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streamlined. reporter: it s covered in solar cells that capture the sun s energy, delivering miles of power without needing to be plugged in. the company is hoping to start production next year at a price point below $40,000. we have 44,000 orders for this. we re not even in production. reporter: we took it for a test drive near san diego. so in the most perfect conditions, like on a day like today, aptera projects you can get 40 miles just from the sun alone. if that bears out, that means that most commuters will never have to plug this in. our test model had some obvious flaws, and it could barely make it uphill without overheating. we re slowing down again. i think you re the first person to ever drive this on a hill. reporter: while there are limitations, experts envision solar ev could change the way we think about solar transportation, putting less stress on the power grid an utilizing free energy. you don t have to pay the billions and billions of dollars of grid e
The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has announced $26 million to fund projects that will demonstrate that America s electricity grid can reliably run with a mix of solar, wind, energy storage, and other clean distributed energy resources.