The Coda Electric Sedan is now available in California. Coda Automotive has dealers in the Los Angeles and San Diego areas where you can take the Coda Sedan for a test drive.
The Coda Sedan has long since disappeared, until the newly launched Coda Cars website popped up this week. On it, is an announcement that says “Club Auto Sales and Ready Remarketing have teamed up to provide a great car at a great price. We have purchased the remaining Coda Automotive vehicles and are offering them… Continue reading Coda Sedan lives again – briefly at least
CODA Automotive is recalling 2012 model year vehicles due to improperly rolled side curtain airbags. The airbags were rolled the wrong way when installed, which could cause the airbag to not deploy as intended in the event of a crash. Coda says this recall supersedes the previous recall 12v-409. All owners will be notified and… Continue reading Coda Sedan being recalled for side airbag issues
Coda Automotive (Coda Holdings Inc.) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. “After concluding a comprehensive review of our strategic options, the Board of Directors, management team and senior lending group have concluded that focusing on the Company’s energy storage business presents the best opportunity moving forward,” said Phil Murtaugh, Chief Executive Officer, CODA Holdings, Inc.… Continue reading Coda Automotive files for bankruptcy
Way back in 2010, Coda automotive announced the all electric Coda Sedan – a 4 door, 5 passenger electric vehicle with a 33.8kWh battery pack and a claimed range of 120 miles per charge. Even so, they’ve struggled from the start to sell the Sedan, even reducing the price drastically didn’t move many cars. After… Continue reading Coda Automotive closes LA showroom
On the heels of news that Coda has been laying off employees, and Coda dealerships have been slashing prices to try and sell the Sedan EV, news has surfaced of 4 lawsuits filed since June of last year. June 2012: EDAG Group files a lawsuit saying Coda owes them $608,770 October 2012: RLE International files… Continue reading Coda Automotive dealing with supplier lawsuits
Coda Silicon Valley in Santa Clara, CA, has been offering the Coda Electric Vehicle for the price of $24995, down from the Coda MSRP of $38,145 according to Green Car Reports. The discount hints that dealerships are having a hard time selling the EV even in electric vehicle hot spots like the San Francisco Bay… Continue reading Coda Sedan electric vehicle price dropped to $25,000 at some dealerships
The National Highway Traffic Safety Association has finished crash testing the 2012 Coda Sedan, and the results were mixed. Several of the tests earned 5 stars, while others were as low as 2 stars. NHTSA issued a recall for the 2012 Coda Sedan over its side and window airbags, so the test results actually list… Continue reading 2012 Coda Sedan Crash Tested
InsideLine recently took a 2012 Coda Sedan to a test track to run it through its paces. While they weren’t all negative about the Coda Sedan, they weren’t excited about it either. The vehicle they tested was the 2012 Coda Sedan EV with 2,100 miles on it and a base price of $38,145. During hard… Continue reading 2012 Coda Sedan receives poor track test results from Inside Line
Using $3 million in funds from the California Energy Commission, Better Place is launching a project in California with 4 Coda Sedan electric vehicles that will be customized to allow their batteries to be switched out in a matter of minutes. The program will start in 2014, and Better Place ultimately hopes to support a… Continue reading Better Place battery swapping coming to California Taxis in 2014
Motor Trend has put the Coda Sedan on it’s short list for the 2013 Car of the Year award, marking a much needed victory for the LA based automaker. The Coda Sedan has been on sale since March 2012, but has experienced real trouble in trying to spur sales in the US. Motor Trend praised… Continue reading Coda Sedan makes Motor Trend car of the year contender list
Coda Automotive was offering California consumers a $552 rebate with the purchase of a 2012 Coda Sedan in October. Coda was saying that amount would pay for your electricity for a year and allow you to essentially travel 10,000 miles for free. “With gas prices this high in California, this is the perfect opportunity to… Continue reading Coda Sedan rebate ends today
Overseas, Better Place is partnering with Renault to expand its network of charging stations and battery swapping locations. Here in the USA, Better Place is partnering with Coda Automotive. Better Place has a $20 million California Energy Commission grant for clean transportation to manage taxis serving the San Francisco and San Jose airports. The goal… Continue reading Better Place and Coda Automotive team up for airport taxis
Coda sold its first battery powered all electric sedan in March. Now, Coda Automotive is looking to expand its US dealership network to about 30 next year. Coda will add dealers in locales from Oregon to Florida next year as the company hopes to capture as much as 15% of the non luxury electric vehicle… Continue reading Coda will expand dealer network to 30 next year
Coda Automotive has recalled 78 of it’s Coda Sedan electric vehicles due to faulty side curtain airbags that may not deploy in an accident. Full details can be found at the Coda Sedan Forum website.
The LA Mobile Arts Festival is under way, and Coda decided to enter an exhibit: a 2012 Coda Sedan iPad Art Car. The wrap was designed by artist Matthew Watkins by finger painting on an iPad. The Coda Sedan will be on exhibit at the Santa Monica Arts Studios until August 25th. Head over to… Continue reading Coda Sedan gets funky art wrap for LA festival
The EPA has finished testing the 2012 Tesla Model S, and it’s numbers are impressive. The Tesla Model S gets 89 MPGe combined (88 MPGe in the city and 90 MPGe on the highway). The range of the Tesla Model S has been declared at 265 miles per charge, which beats the Tesla Roadster by… Continue reading EPA rates Tesla Model S at 89 MPGe with 265-mile range
After announcing a partnership with Great Wall Auto last week, Coda Automotive has apparently withdrawn it’s request for a $334 million Department of Energy loan. Coda was skeptical that the DOE’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing loan would ever be funded. According to Coda Auto’s vice president of government affairs Forrest Beanum, Coda Automotive was going… Continue reading Coda Automotive gives up on DOE Loan
Columbus Ohio will miss out on more than 1000 manufacturing jobs due to the cancellation of plans for Coda Automotive to build a car battery factory there. Coda Automotive announced the plans for the manufacturing plant almost two years ago and later applied for a government loan for more than $500 million to help pay… Continue reading Coda abandons plans to build battery facility in Ohio
