% Looks like a fire-sale price % http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1081723_2012-coda-sedan-electric-car-price-slashed-to-25000 [image] 2012 Coda Sedan Electric Car Price Slashed to $25,000 By John Voelcker Jan 16 2013 hat tip: Jim Burness
[image http://images.thecarconnection.com/med/ad-for-2012-coda-sedan-priced-at-25000-from-silicon-valley-coda-dealer-january-2013_100416361_m.jpg http://www.greencarreports.com/pictures/1081723_2012-coda-sedan-electric-car-price-slashed-to-25000_gallery-1#100416361 2012 Coda Sedan Electric Car Price Slashed to $25,000, Gallery 1 ] Coda Automotive, the startup maker that builds the 2012 Coda Sedan electric car, is going through some very tough times. But it looks like one of its three dealers is trying to figure out the right price point for the all-electric compact sedan--which was originally priced at $38,145, including a destination charge of $895. Several days ago, Coda Silicon Valley advertised five brand-new Coda Sedans for $24,995 the price of after a "dealer discount" of $14,744 (buyers still likely have to add the $895). That offer actually expired on Sunday, and we were unable to reach Silicon Valley Coda at any of the numbers listed on its website. But it looks like this fire-sale price may be the dealer's way of getting rid of the few Coda Sedans it has in stock. The company has been, at best, in retrenchment mode over the last few months, after rumors spread that it had sold fewer than 100 of its cars after it put the car into production last March. In early December, Coda laid off 15 percent of its staff. The day after Christmas, the company said it had closed its Coda Experience Center in the Westfield Mall in Century City, California. Ten days later, Coda laid off another 15 percent of its staff. And the company has never released any sales figures. The competition will only get tougher now that the 2013 Nissan Leaf, a high-volume electric car from a known global automaker, carries a list price for the new Leaf S base model of just $28,800. Indeed, commentator and analyst Brad Berman wrote in December that he expects Coda to turn its energies toward "Coda Energy, its spin-off focusing on stationary grid storage (battery) systems." ... [© Green Car Reports All Rights Reserved] ... http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1081449_coda-woes-deepen-more-layoffs-electric-car-store-closed Coda Woes Deepen: More Layoffs, Electric-Car Store Closed For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only EV posts: EVLN: FIA electric grand prix championship in Hong-Kong & mainland EVLN: New CA jobs/opportunities from UCSD EVSE/microgrid projects EVLN: EV tech being used for S. Korean high-speed trains EVLN: Overheated Battery Grounded Boeing 787 Dreamliners + EVLN: Interview with Atul Kapadia of battery-maker Envia Systems {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-25k-2012-Coda-EVs-tp4660632.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
