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VFM ▸ CASE STUDY ▸ APTERA 2026 · US SOLAR EV BRAND · RATED 5/5

Aptera®

Aptera makes a solar electric vehicle unlike anything else on the road. We reached out to them cold with a few boards. Their co-founder replied, picked a style, and rated the film 5 out of 5.

CLIENT WORK AUTOMOTIVE COAST RUN STYLE
// THE VERDICT · SUBMITTED THROUGH OUR REVIEW FORM
Chris Anthony, co-founder of Aptera Chris Anthony Co-Founder · Aptera 5/5
★★★★★ 5/5 · EXCEPTIONAL
"Awesome aesthetic and AI rendering work. These style videos can be great for any type of promotional work."
Chris Anthony Co-Founder · Aptera

SHARED WITH CHRIS'S PERMISSION

Chris Anthony, co-founder of Aptera, smiling in front of the Aptera logo wall CHRIS ANTHONY · APTERA HQ
// THE BACKSTORY · HOW IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED

It started with two boards.

No brief. No call. We put Aptera's car into worlds it had never been, and sent the boards to their team cold.

ACT 01 · THE BOARDS WE SENT
Board one: the Aptera parked on a moody cliff edge with a waterfall and sea stacks behind it
BOARD 01 · NORTH ATLANTICSENT COLD
Board two: the Aptera driving through rainbow coloured mountain ranges
BOARD 02 · PAINTED RANGESSENT COLD
ACT 02 · THEY REPLIED. WE BUILT THEM OPTIONS.

Two directions: GTA, and the Coast Run.

They wanted something stylised, not photoreal. So we built two cartoon leaning worlds for their car. A GTA world with attitude, and an oversaturated coast run that feels like the best summer of your life.

GTA style frame: the Aptera parked in a sunny Florida driveway, its owner standing beside it in a palm print shirt
DIRECTION A · GTA CUTDRIVEWAY SCENE
GTA style frame: the Aptera on a coastal highway with a seaplane overhead and muscle cars alongside, Vice Beach sign above
DIRECTION A · GTA CUTVICE BEACH HIGHWAY
ACT 03 · HIS PICK, IN HIS OWN WORDS
FROM · CHRIS ANTHONY · APTERATUE, JUN 30

"While I do love GTA,

the Coast Run oversaturated style seems like something fun to play with."

FROM THE ACTUAL EMAIL · HIS REPLY TO US
// THE DELIVERY · THE COAST RUN

So we built him the coast.

The style Chris picked, delivered: the Aptera gliding down a beach highway in a world that feels like the best summer of your life. Every frame generated, graded and composed in house. Rated 5 out of 5.

The Aptera solar EV driving down an oversaturated coastal highway, turquoise ocean and beach to the right, palm lined city to the left
COAST RUN · FRAME 01OVERSATURATED
Second frame of the Aptera coastal run, winding beach road with palms, saturated blue sky with towering clouds
COAST RUN · FRAME 02OVERSATURATED
Studio vehicle sheet of the Aptera: front, side, rear and three quarter views on a grey studio background
VEHICLE BIBLE · 4 ANGLESBUILT BEFORE A SINGLE SCENE
// PROCESSHow the project ran

Brief to five stars, in a week.

  1. 01
    The brief.Chris named the style he wanted and how they would use it. We replied with a direction and a firm quote.
  2. 02
    The vehicle bible.Before any scene, we locked the Aptera itself: every angle, the solar roof, the light signature. That is why the car looks right in every frame.
  3. 03
    The world.The oversaturated coast, built around the car. A looping video delivered inside a week. Chris rated it 5 out of 5.
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