Green Automaker Gives Its Two Cents About Typ-1

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While an army of auto entrepreneurs are pitching pie-in-the-sky gas mileage from their Jetsons-ish cars, Aptera may lead the pack for both space-age design and mileage promises.

Touting a $30,000 electric car that gets in the 120-mile range before needing a charge and a hybrid approaching 300 miles per gallon, Aptera’s three-wheel Typ-1 is a futuristic beast with butterfly doors.

The small company is battling the big guys and the small. General Motors has the Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in hybrid electric car that it claims will be on the streets by 2010.

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