His Aptera, which he designed in his garage in Carlsbad, California, is a three-wheeled, bullet-shaped two-seater that minimizes drag and weighs only 850 pounds (the Toyota Prius weighs 2, 890 pounds).
他的 Aptera ，这个他在加州 Carlsbad 自己家车库里设计的交通工具，这是一个三轮的，水滴形的，双座的载具，它最小化了牵引力和重量，仅有850磅（丰田 Prius 重2890磅）。
I first mentioned the Aptera last year, when it was being test driven.
我第一次提到了Aptera去年，当时它正在测试驱动。
Which one of the following statements is NOT true of the common characterists of Tesla and Aptera?
关于Tesla 和Aptera共同的特点，下列哪项陈述是错误的？
Much like a jet, the shape of the Aptera is designed to be highly aerodynamic.
像飞机，形状的Aptera的设计是高度的空气动力学。
And, in terms of pure efficiency, its only real competitor will be the 300-mpg Aptera.
单从效率上来说，它的唯一的对手是300英里/加仑的Aptera。
And when combined with a hybrid engine that burns diesel, the Aptera could break 300 mpg.
当安装了可以使用柴油的混合引擎，Aptera 每加仑油可以跑300英里。
Slated for initial production in late 2008, the Aptera will come in all-electric and plug-in hybrid models.
提名为最初产品在2008年底，Aptera将进来所有电和插入式混合模型。
Besides Aptera and Tesla—which are, in their different ways, the most conspicuous examples—Venture
Aptera和Tesla尽管走的路不同，但他们都是最成功的范例，除了它们之外，还有一些厂商也不容忽视。
Aptera says it has received $500 deposits from 4000 early adopters already, but it will sell only in California to start, with all service undertaken at the company's HQ.
Aptera表示，已收到500美元的存款从4000早期采用者已经，但它的售价仅在加利福尼亚州开始，所有的服务承诺在该公司的总部。
Unlike Tesla, another boutique electric-vehellocle maker from the Golden State, Aptera is aiming for the bottom end of the market. A Tesla sports car will set you back $98, 000 (or it would if you could get your hands on one: Tesla has delayed shellopment of its first 50 cars until next year). An Aptera, by contrast, starts at $26, 900, and should be available thellos time next year. And instead of a Ferrari knock-off, you get a space-age tricycle. But Aptera and Tesla have thellongs in common. They are both small (Aptera has 16 full-time employees, though that will grow; Tesla has 250). They were both started by people with no experience in the motor industry. And they are both aiming to start by roping in the eco-fashelloonistas of California, and then work outwards to the mainstream.
与另一个来自加州的昂贵的电动车品牌--Tesla不同，Aptera的方针是针对低端用户一辆Tesla运动车的售价为98000美元（你还纷歧定马上就能获得车：因为首批50辆Tesla车要延期到明年才能交付使用）相对而言，一辆Aptera牌车才26900美元，而且明年的这个时候你一准能得到车只用花一辆Ferrari跑车价格的一零儿，你就能获得一辆宇宙时代的电动三轮车了但是Aptera公司和Tesla公司有很多不异之处--他们的规模都很小（尽管Aptera未来员工人数还会增加，现在它确实只有16名全职雇员；Tesla有250名雇员）；他们的创始人都是没有任何从事汽车工业的经历；他们的经营计谋都是先以加州的提倡环保人士为消费对象，既而逐步扩展消费群体以成为主流车
In their eyes it was liberty incarnate; and as though to serve as pendant to the Minerva Aptera of the Piraeus, there stood on the public square in Corinth the colossal bronze figure of a cat.
就拿猫来说吧，昂格勒斯那样瞧不起猫，猫却受到古代共和国的尊重，他们认为猫是自由的化身，在科林斯①城的公共广场上，就有一只极大的紫铜猫，仿佛是和比雷埃夫斯②的那尊无翅膀的密涅瓦塑像作对衬似的。
That means that an upstart such as Aptera can focus on the electronic brains of the vehicle and its final assembly, rather than having to make everything from scratch.
这使得Aptera这种一夜暴富的公司可以专注于电子核心设备的研发以及最后的整车装配，而不必什么都做，什么的研究。
That means that an upstart such as Aptera can focus on the electronic brains of the vehicle and its finalassembly, rather than having to make everything from scratch.
这使得Aptera这种一夜暴富的公司可以专注于电子核心设备的研发以及最后的整车装配，而不必什么都做，什么的研究。
英语释义
1
n. pl. Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnaen
2
order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea,
3
spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in
4
several distinct classes and orders.