3 wheels instead of 4.

Ridiculous? Yes.!

So, I guess a skateboard is a car. Geez.

But the design that makes the Aptera so efficient also disqualifies the car from the Department of Energy's $25 billion loan program for ultra-efficient cars—the same fund from which GM has requested more than $8 billion.

I'm missing something here!?

The Aptera has only 3 wheels, which in the language of the loan program, makes it a motorcycle and not a car. Thus it, and the company who builds it, do not qualify for the program.

Thank you.

It's very impressive that cash is already being given out for the new energy programs; things are happening quickly and moving in the right direction, imo.

Of course not all projects will qualify.

Cutting edge inventors always have to argue their case. Or they can adjust their design.