Case Study: Aptera saves $225,000 per year on compliance, benefits administration, and payroll with Rippling

Rippling saves Aptera $225,000 per year on compliance, benefits administration, and payroll

Aptera, the solar electric vehicle manufacturer, struggled with an inflexible PEO (Insperity), mounting compliance work across five states, and time-consuming payroll errors that strained its small HR team. To regain control and automate core HR functions, Aptera adopted Rippling, using Rippling HR Services and Rippling Payroll for compliance, benefits administration, and payroll processing.

Rippling replaced the PEO with automated state tax registrations, an LMS for required training, benefits administration (COBRA, HSA, FSA, commuter), and on-demand HR and legal support (via partner Mineral), while making payroll corrections instantaneous. As a result, Rippling saved Aptera $225,000 annually (roughly $130,000 in a benefits headcount, $85,000 in payroll headcount, and $10,000 in legal costs), cut payroll time by about 20 hours per month, and reduced each pay run to 1–5 minutes.

Aptera

Sarah Cravens

Head of Employee Experience