FLAGSTAFF (AZFamily) — About 7% of Americans own an electric car. However no one owns a solar-powered car, but that could soon change as one company is close to releasing the first-ever solar-powered car.
In 2019, engineer Steve Fambro co-founded Aptera with the goal of creating a car that can run solely on solar power. In 2025, that dream has become a reality, with its vehicle having its first test drive in northern Arizona, which started in Flagstaff.
“We basically covered the whole thing with solar that we could drive 30-40 miles a day just from solar and that’s what most Americans drive every day,” Fambro said. “So that would mean that most people just wouldn’t have to plug it in.”
Fambro said new solar panel technology was key to making the car run.
“The ability to really make them into reliable, smooth curved panels like you see on the vehicle there in the…
