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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Re:Electric Charging Stations by slackware+3.6 · 2012-01-23 02:12 · Score: 0, Troll

The malls/some stores around here have special parking spots for hybrid/electric cars that are closer to the entrance than the handicapped spots in some cases. Not one of the parking spots was being used last time I was at the mall. Driving an EV does not make you more worthy of a parking spot than anyone else.