Aptera Motors Appoints Wellington “Duke” Reiter to Board of Directors

CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aptera Motors Corp. (Nasdaq: SEV), a solar mobility company advancing ultra-efficient transportation, today announced the appointment of Wellington “Duke” Reiter, FAIA, as an independent member of its Board of Directors.

Reiter brings more than three decades of leadership at the intersection of higher education, architecture, urban development, and sustainability. He currently serves as Senior Adviser to the President of Arizona State University and as Executive Director of ASU’s University City Exchange, the unit responsible for building strategic partnerships between the university and outside institutions. He previously served as Dean of ASU’s design school and as President of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Previous to that, he was on the faculty of the Department of Architecture at MIT and in private practice in Boston. He led the conceptualization of ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus and is the founder of Ten Across, an initiative examining energy, water, and climate resilience along the I-10 corridor from California to Florida.