Comments on: Coda ships its first electric sedan (finally)

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:37:14 +0000

I agree. Until the batteries can rival 200k miles like most ICE cars do, electric cars are an expensive alternative. Having plenty of credits at true up, I want to switch to an electric car, but at a high premium for electric cars I have doubts about the current crop of options.
I bet most people will try a plug in hybrid and let electric cars prove themselves. The early adopters will hopefully be enough to push economies of scale on these cars and allow for battery improvements and higher investment.

By: michael kanellos

michael kanellos — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:27:27 +0000

At least they dropped the price and it’s not nearly as ugly as it once was. I’ve only met a few people, however, who’ve actually driven it. The reviews were underwhelming. .

By: ishekhar

ishekhar — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:11:57 +0000

Let us see : 100,000 miles on the battery pack, meaning 4,000 gallons of gas for a typical 25mpg sedan , ie ~ $15K on gas if electric-charging were completely free, which is not.

Having recently upgraded my home electricity to completely solar based system, electric car is next thing I am eying at. But $40K is still little too much..

Nevertheless, nice to see one more manufacturer in the market.

By: mfive

mfive — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:12:06 +0000

The body styling is a direct Subaru Mediocrity knock off : )