Today’s seller Good price or no dice Koda claims the car was “so great” that the company that made it went bankrupt. Let’s see if this weird little electric car’s current price (see what I did there) doesn’t break the bank.
High mileage or not, 207,000 is a lot, but a fully functional car like yesterday only costs $2,999 2004 Volvo XC70 You will win praise. In the case of our Volvo, that meant an impressive 88% Nice Price win, and a clear sell-off in the real world before we even finished voting.
today’s 2012 Coda EV It may be harder to sell than yesterday’s Volvo. After all, it’s much more expensive and comes from a company that no longer exists and virtually no one has ever heard of. To make matters worse, the car’s 31kWh Lifepo4 battery has lost some of its cells, limiting its range to about 40 to 30 miles.
When new, and with the Energizer Bunny drumming as it drove away, the Coda was able to travel a claimed 160 miles on a charge. That’s not bad for a commuter, and slightly better than the 85 or so miles of range squeezed out of electric cars from established manufacturers at the time.
But the problem is that the Coda arrived at the same time as Tesla’s Model S, and that car rewrote the book on what an EV is. Another big problem with Coda was that it cost nearly $40,000 to purchase and offered materials and build quality that made Russian toilet paper look luxurious by comparison. I know; I test drove it right after it was introduced and it was pretty bad.
So who is this quirky broken EV for? Well, there are probably YouTubers like Kyle Connor and national treasures also known as Robert Dunn.
Kyle bought it molded coder Last year, the princely sum of $1 earned Aging Wheel and Under Dunn fame. 4 of them went crazy. What’s one more thing to add to the heap? Also, Robert has done battery work (cell replacement, load balancing, etc.) on one or more Codas, so the problem with this car is probably his. It’s probably a trivial thing for you.
For those who have given this car a reprieve from the wrecker, the battery appears to be the only part that has had serious problems. Everything else seems complete and the car seems to be charging just fine. Perhaps even more surprising is that it has covered a respectable 62,000 miles, according to the ad.
That’s a lot to do with any shitty box, and it’s even more remarkable considering Coda’s mediocre performance and terrible charging times. They have a 6.6 kW onboard charger and require 6 hours of downtime to charge the only 31 kW battery. Consumed by 220 households, it can be processed while the owner is sleeping or perhaps out at a party. I’m not one to criticize how someone spends their late nights.
The plaque in front of the shift knob is now a joke, but there are some things to consider. This proudly marks this car as number 3 out of 500. Unfortunately, Coda never reached even that modest number, as it filed for bankruptcy in 2013 and ceased production after just 117 cars were built and sold. Right now, it’s just a blip in EV’s timeline and fodder for quirky YouTube content. Is it worth the $4,000 the seller is asking for this clean title car? The seller concocts a grand plan to maintain that price by claiming that an equal electric rebate would bring the car’s price down to the registration fee. Let’s accept it with a grain of lithium.
What do you think about the Coda Saga and its $4,000 asking price? Do you think that’s fair considering the condition of the car? Or, at that price, is ban sale a fitting coda for this EV?
You decide!
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