Comment by Animats

So there's a company in China, Launch, to which you can outsource making cars. Like Flextronics for electronics. So you can have a "fabless" car company.

The economics of that are interesting. Launch just makes cars. They don't take the market risk of having to sell them to consumers.

As for Aptera, "We are committed to commencing production and delivery as soon as possible. However, the exact timing remains uncertain and is dependent on several key factors..." So it's a Kickstarter for cars. At this point you have to ask whether the product is the car or the next financing round.

Also, it may have too much China content to be sold in the US. They may have to pay off Trump to get past that.