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Despite Coda just going into production of its inaugural electric sedan, the startup will announce on Friday it’s launching a division that plans to sell its batteries and battery management system to act as energy storage for the power grid. Read More »

Coda sedan

Electric vehicle startup Coda Automotive has cut the price tag on its inaugural electric sedan by $5,000 and boosted the warranty on its battery by two years. Read More »

 
 

Venture capital investing in cleantech companies was up slightly in the third quarter of 2011, but still continues to focus on large follow-on rounds as investors’ more capital-intensive companies are maturing and need more capital to scale up, and in some cases, reach a commercial stage.… Read More »

Coda sedan

One of the big hurdles in engineering electric cars is to figure out how to effectively monitor and control the battery systems. For Coda, that means buying EnergyCS to beef up its battery management system development and expand into the grid energy storage market. Read More »

The road hasn’t been easy for Next Autoworks (formerly V-Vehicle), which is backed by Google Ventures, T. Boone Pickens, and Kleiner Perkins. But the way forward has grown even rockier as legislators consider a proposal to shuffle around funds set aside for Next Autoworks’ project. Read More »

Electric car startup Coda Automotive pushed back the launch of their inaugural electric sedan to later this year. Check out my video interview with Coda Automotive VP Chris Paulson on Coda’s upcoming launch of its inaugural electric sedan. Read More »

Electric car startup Coda Automotive has found its new CEO. GM veteran Phil Murtaugh, who launched GM’s Shanghai-based business, is taking over as permanent CEO for interim CEO Steven Heller. Coda’s previous CEO Kevin Czinger stepped down from the company late last year. Read More »

Sounds like there’s trouble brewing at CODA Automotive, the venture-backed startup which hopes to be one of the first to sell an all-electric sedan to mainstream consumers. Late Friday CODA announced that CEO Kevin Czinger will step down. Read More »

This morning another China electric vehicle partnership has emerged: called the New Energy Sustainable Transportation International Alliance, the group includes auto parts maker Eaton, IBM, development firm AECOM, automaker Beiqi Foton Motor Co., lithium ion battery maker MGL and electric motor producer Broad Ocean. Read More »

Startup Coda plans to start delivering its first all-electric sedan, which has a more reliable, longer range than the Nissan LEAF, to customers in December. The company is also in the process of raising another $125 million and has passed a crucial phase of its DOE… Read More »

How long should you expect a plug-in car battery — the most expensive part of the vehicle — to last before dwindling storage capacity or other problems leave you longing for a replacement? This question opens a hornet’s nest of vehicle emission regulations. Read More »

When it comes to solutions for greener transportation, one size does not fit all. Here’s the latest rundown on which plug-in models are scheduled to roll out when and where, how much range they’ll deliver and the expected pricing. Read More »

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Tesla Motors, the electric car startup scheduled to debut in public trading on Tuesday, could deliver the biggest IPO for a U.S. car company since Ford Motor. It will also reveal the degree of public confidence in electric vehicles at this early stage of the market. Read More »

Coda Automotive, a California-based electric car startup that has partnered with Chinese battery giant Lishen, plans to apply “soon” for Department of Energy loans. If that funding and state aid comes through, then Coda to build a battery factory in Ohio. Read More »

Coda Automotive, the startup that aims to build electric cars in China for the U.S. market, has just announced the close of a whopping $58 million Series C round of financing to help launch its first vehicle — the Coda Sedan — in California later this… Read More »

It’s not just technology advancements that could pave the way to smaller, lighter battery packs in electric vehicles — but also the collection of data as automakers learn more about how these cars perform on the road. Read More »

Aptera, the three-wheeled electric car startup, has yet to launch production of its first model. But already the company’s looking toward possible gas models. An Aptera exec weighs in on the company’s blessing and curse when it comes to negotiating supply deals. Read More »

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