http://gigaom.com/2009/06/04/what-the-electric-coda-sedan-says-about-the-future-of-evs-and-china/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:55:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2009/06/04/what-the-electric-coda-sedan-says-about-the-future-of-evs-and-china/#comment-23525 Tue, 25 May 2010 22:31:01 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=33473#comment-23525 [...] China-built components. In addition, companies based in China, including Lishen and Hafei Motors, worked with Coda throughout the development of the Coda Sedan, slated to launch during the fourth quarter of this [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2009/06/04/what-the-electric-coda-sedan-says-about-the-future-of-evs-and-china/#comment-23524 Thu, 06 May 2010 07:02:12 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=33473#comment-23524 [...] means jumping through lengthy regulatory processes. Of course, as Coda has also seen first hand, it also means facing skepticism in the U.S. about the safety of cars built in China, which have historically fared poorly in safety [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2009/06/04/what-the-electric-coda-sedan-says-about-the-future-of-evs-and-china/#comment-23523 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:25:13 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=33473#comment-23523 [...] Earth2Tech put it, “Coda is leveraging what McKinsey Quarterly described as China’s “low-cost labor supply, [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2009/06/04/what-the-electric-coda-sedan-says-about-the-future-of-evs-and-china/#comment-23522 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:28:04 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=33473#comment-23522 [...] in China. The country holds plenty of opportunity for electric vehicle makers (startup Coda Automotive and Warren Buffet-backed BYD Auto are banking on it), and the market there plays an important role [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2009/06/04/what-the-electric-coda-sedan-says-about-the-future-of-evs-and-china/#comment-23521 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:40:52 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=33473#comment-23521 [...] time, Coda CEO Kevin Czinger said that the company had requested funds from the DOE along with its China-based battery partner, Lishen (one of the world’s largest lithium-ion battery suppliers), and an unnamed U.S. [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2009/06/04/what-the-electric-coda-sedan-says-about-the-future-of-evs-and-china/#comment-23520 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:01:37 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=33473#comment-23520 [...] time, Coda CEO Kevin Czinger said that the company had requested funds from the DOE along with its China-based battery partner, Lishen (one of the world’s largest lithium-ion battery suppliers), and an unnamed U.S. [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2009/06/04/what-the-electric-coda-sedan-says-about-the-future-of-evs-and-china/#comment-23519 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:34:22 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=33473#comment-23519 [...] [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2009/06/04/what-the-electric-coda-sedan-says-about-the-future-of-evs-and-china/#comment-23518 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:33:02 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=33473#comment-23518 It doesn’t take a marketing guru to see that the Coda stands no chance of succeeding. It costs more than the infinitely-more-practical Chevy Volt, and without the 10 year battery warranty to boot. And ugly never sells, EV or no EV. These automakers are
falling victim to the hype and will see firsthand that a bunch of enthusiastic but unreliastic environmental bloggers aren’t going to be plunking down $45K for anything, much less something that looks like the Coda. The Chinese will learn that the American market cannot be gauged by reading green websites.

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