The Coda Electric Car at the Detroit International Auto Show (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on Monday January 23, 2012 @01:55AM from the maybe-enough-battery-life-to-get-you-to-work-and-back dept.

Last week Timothy Lord looked at the Tesla Model S. He also took a quick look at the CODA electric car. Like Tesla, CODA is based in California. Like Tesla, CODA is building purely electric, "plug-in" cars. But unlike Tesla, CODA is making a bland but practical sedan that can go up to 150 miles on a charge and costs about $37,000. That's not exactly a Kia-competitive price, even though Tim says it looks kind of like a Kia. But it's 100% electric and costs less than a Tesla -- really, hardly more than a Nissan Leaf. And it has a fully-usable back seat and a decent-sized trunk. And unlike the Nissan Leaf, it's made right here in the good old USA.

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*Not* made in the USA by tgd · 2012-01-23 02:05 · Score: 5, Informative

Final assemby is in the USA. Most of the chassis is made in China, and the rest of the parts are sourced from various places around the world.
Unlike, say, a Hyundai which is almost entirely made in the US.
NOT MADE IN THE USA by WindBourne · 2012-01-23 02:22 · Score: 5, Informative

The car is made in China. All that CODA does is install a UQM motor (American made with Chinese parts), Chinese made electronics and a chinese made battery.
This car is 99% Chinese.

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