Coda closing in on location for battery plant, just three states remain in the hunt

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Manufacturing/Plants , Green Daily , Coda Automotive Coda EV Sedan - Click above for high-res image gallery Coda Automotive chief executive officer Kevin Czinger had a lot get off of his chest a few days ago . Speaking at Moving Ahead 2010 , a future-of-transportation conference held at Ohio State University, Czinger detailed the future of Coda and discussed how the company will move forward in ways that fall outside the norm of the industry

Coda will use Apple-style stores, and get repairs done at Firestone shops

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Green Daily , Coda Automotive Coda EV Sedan - Click above for high-res image gallery Perhaps Coda Automotive heard Tesla’s chief executive officer Elon Musk discussing the company’s intention of selling vehicles at Apple-style stores or maybe Coda just knows how successful the iPod maker is. Whatever the case, Coda CEO Kevin Czinger has decided that his company will employ the “genius bar” approach that has made Apple so successful.

Coda chooses Goodness Mfg as agency of record, ads will start this spring

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Coda Automotive What, exactly, does it mean to select an “advertising agency of record”?

Coda says plug-in vehicle tax rebate (instead of credit) would triple customer demand

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Legislation and Policy , Coda Automotive Know the difference between a tax rebate and a tax credit? They may seem like the same thing - paying fewer taxes - but there’s a big difference. A credit is something you get back when you file your taxes and a rebate, in this case an instant cash rebate, is money you’d get back when you buy the item.

CODA Automotive raises $25 million in latest funding round

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Coda Automotive Coda EV Sedan - Click above for high-res image gallery As Coda Automotive moves toward the first deliveries of its battery-powered sedan later this year, it will continue to need cash to fund development and production.

Borg Warner announces new single-speed eGearDrive transmission for Coda electric sedan

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Miles EV 2010 Coda Sedan - click for high-res image gallery Somewhat LEGO-like, the details of the all-electric 2010 Coda Sedan are coming together. We learned earlier this summer that the EV will use a 100 kW / 134 hp motor from UQM . This week, BorgWarner announced that its eGearDrive single-speed transmission will find a home under the hood of the electric vehicle, which will be introduced in California next year

Coda Automotive adds former MINI, VW exec as marketing officer

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , MINI , Miles EV Code EV sedan - Click above for high-res image gallery The Coda electric sedan just got a new advocate.

Former treasury secretary to help Coda work with Chinese suppliers

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Miles EV Coda sedan - Click above for high res image gallery Following up on Coda Automotive’s announcement the other day about closing its Series B funding round , we’ve received an update from Marketing and Communications director Kara Saltness. One of the investors in the Series B round was former treasury secretary Henry Paulson

Coda Automotive gets new investment from Henry Paulson, Piper Jaffray

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Miles EV Coda sedan - Click above for high res image gallery As Coda Automotive continues its long march toward eventual production of its new EV sedan a year from now, one of things it will need is cash.

Coda EV sedan to use UQM motors for propulsion

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Miles EV Coda sedan - Click above for high res image gallery Another element of Coda Automotive’s electric car program has been confirmed today with the announcement from UQM that it would be supplying motors to the startup company’s new EV.

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