Coda Automotive to launch all-electric vehicle in the fourth quarter

n2doc

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Coda Automotive to launch all-electric vehicle in the fourth quarter

March 1, 2010 | 6:48 pm
As Coda Automotive prepares to launch its all-electric, China-built sedan in California in the fourth quarter of 2010, the Santa Monica company said it is focused on safety.

�We�ve worked to make it a safe car so , above all, families can use it,� said Dan Mosher, Coda�s chief financial officer at the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco. �We are working to achieve the highest safety standards so that we can get a five-star crash rating. We�ll have a passenger-side occupant detection airbag, which is the most advanced 2011 model safety standard.�

In recent months, Coda has finalized the sedan�s engineering, settled on component suppliers and announced a joint venture with leading Chinese battery manufacturer Lishen. Last week, it also revealed that it had raised an additional $5 million.

Still on its to do list: meet the government�s safety requirements.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/03/as-coda-automotive-prepares-to-launch-its-all-electric-china-built-sedan-in-california-in-the-fourth-quarter-of-2010-the-sa.html

Sorry, but I think I'll skip on this Chinese made ugly-bomb....especially in the mid 30K range.....

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Ian David

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Tue Mar-02-10 02:19 PM
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1. I'm buying the first electric car that can get me from Boston to New York on a single charge,

As long as it's under $20,000 I don't care who makes it.

Companies should be RACING each other to be the first one.

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DCKit

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Tue Mar-02-10 02:43 PM
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2. Looks like every other small sedan.

With all their experience building cheap electric toys, China ought to be leading on this. However, given their propensity to build absolute crap, I'll pass as well.

But it's not as if the automotive corporations of every other country didn't see the writing on the wall in the early 1970's, yet did nothing but accept billions in gubmint funding for R&D and tell us that all the technology WE were paying to develop was "just around the corner". Just as victory in Iraq and Afghanistan is always "just around the corner" - and just as believable.

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madrchsod

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Tue Mar-02-10 03:13 PM
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3. that`s about the same miles - distance the first electric cars had a 100yrs ago

Edited on Tue Mar-02-10 03:14 PM by madrchsod

so much for progress....:rofl: :hide:

the biggest problem back then was finding somewhere to plug in the recharger

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Tue Mar-02-10 09:46 PM
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4. big U.S. gov't $$$$$ and built in China! unbelievable

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