(Coda)
Coda assembly
The first all-electric Coda sedan rolled off the assembly line in Benicia, Calif., this month. Coda, which is based in Los Angeles, manufactures most of the vehicle's battery system and body in China. The parts are then shipped to Benicia for final assembly. The company has not said how many of the $37,250 sedans it plans to manufacture in 2012, but numbers are expected to be low — around 5,000 units or less.
— San Jose Mercury News
(The Associated Press)
Oregon chargers
Eight electric-vehicle charging stations, stretching 160 miles along Interstate 5, are now active in Oregon. Part of the West Coast Green Highway, the stations are located at gas stations, restaurants and motels just off I-5, spaced about 25 miles apart. There will also be stations in California and Washington.
— The Associated Press
2 Comments
By Gary on March 25, 2012 8:21 AM
A Toyota Prius uses batteries and a gas engine to power itself. Why not build a car that uses batteries and a fuel cell? The batteries could power the car while the fuel cell is warming up. Then the fuel cell could power the car and recharge the batteries.
By DRJJJ on March 26, 2012 3:13 PM
You might want to wait to see if China will sell lithium to the rest of us at a cost effective price before building a huge infastructure of charging stations with borrowed money we don't have! Hybrids are working well, cost effective and don't rely on a srarce natural resource we don't have! They are reliable and safe too! A vision without a way to pay for it is dangerous now! Letting prisoners out becasue we blew it on changing stations, solar, etc that not eough can afford isn't progressive, it's dangerous!