From Wired.com, a first glance at the all-electric Coda sedan. Coda Automotive unveiled the Coda on Wednesday and promised to begin selling it by this time next year. The four-door, five-passenger mid-size car features pedestrian styling, a range of 90 to 120 miles and a whopping $45,000 price tag. It will be available only in California to start, but the company plans to roll it out nationally by 2012.
Visit Coda Automotive here to read more about the new vehicle and its specifications.
In the wired article, I love this statement which is so true: Automotive companies -
General Motors and Tesla come to mind — have made big promises and unveiled slick prototypes to build buzz for their cars. But Miles has spent 30 months developing the car without saying a word, refusing to even say what it might be called until it had a production-ready vehicle to show off.
The Coda goes from 0 to 60 in under "11 seconds" but can be fully charged via a 220 volt electrical socket (like the one that provides power to your clothes dryer) in six hours. A 110-volt socket can work too, but it would take over 24 hours to fully charge the vehicle. A fully charged vehicle would take you between 90 to 120 miles.
At a price tag of $45,000, it may be a bit too pricey for most Americans, but having an all-electric option is a step in the right direction for energy conservation.
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