Transportation | June 04, 2009 |
New Electric Car Coming to California in 2010: the CODA Sedan
By Clayton Cornell On Wednesday nascent auto-maker CODA announced a new electric car available in California in fall 2010. The fully electric sedan will have a range of 90-100 miles on a fully-charged battery.
Speaking during a webinar, the company also formally announced a global joint venture between CODA and battery manufacturer Lishen Battery Co., located in Tianjin, China. Lishen is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of lithium-ion cells for companies like Apple, Motorola, Samsung, and Vodafone. CODA will maintain a 40% stake in the partnership.
CODA has also coupled with a European OEM engineering firm and major automotive assembly plant in China to design and build the chassis for the vehicle, allowing them to circumvent major manufacturing costs. CODA assured us that the electric vehicle will be safety certified for the US market.
The global battery partnership has also teamed up with a US company to file a DOE application for federal funding. Applications for Federal stimulus funds were due May 19th, and if selected, the partnership would build a battery manufacturing plant in the US.
CODA claims that the CODA 4-door Sedan will be the first mainstream all-electric vehicle available in the United States that will provide the type of utility needed for normal day-to-day tasks.
The 90-100 mile minimum range covers 94% of commuter trips in the United States according to statistics from the Bureau of transportation. Base price for the CODA sedan will be $45,000, but after State and Federal subsidies it should be closer to mid-$30,000s, putting it in the same ball-park as GM’s Chevy Volt.
"The Coda sedan is an all-electric vehicle for everyone. It’s a practical revolution for real drivers who need reliable transportation." --Kevin Czinger, President and CEO, Coda Automotive.
Details and Technical Specs of the CODA Electric Vehicle
The CODA will get 90-100 miles in on a charge, depending on driving style. The car will be powered by a 33.8 kwh lithium-ion battery pack.
The car ships with a 6.6 kw charger, which when plugged into a 220V AC input completes charging for a depleted battery in 6 hours. The typical commuter driving 40 miles a day (and one who has access to a 220V plug) would be able to charge in 2 hours per day. The car can also recharge more slowly from standard 110V outlets. The car will have a 3-year, 36,000-mile warranty, and an 8-year, 100,000 mile battery warranty.
CODA’s sedan is electronically limted to 80 mph, and accelerates 0-60 in less than 11s.
The company expects the sedan to achieve a 5-star impact safety rating based on early testing. They are working with top-tier parts suppliers for all the working parts.
CODA expects to begin priority pre-sales in fall-2009, when an unknown deposit amount will be accepted. No deposits are accepted yet but the company is accepting “indications of interest.” In, June 2010, CODA will launch a 200 car fleet-test in California. By fall of 2010 the company will begin customer delivery in California.
The company hopes to ramp uo to a 20,000 vehicle run rate in 2011, when it will expand to Reprinted with permission from Gas 2.0
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Why CA only? I'm ready to place a deposit now.Your production schedule seems quite ambitious. I'm sure you have investigated the posibility making a deal with an existing auto maker (already tested and approved)to temporarily use thier frame/body shell. Until individual designes and trim are applied they all look alike.
GOOD LUCK.
Renewable energy, power supply, energy efficiency
Rational energy production Miscellaneous Renewable energy
Thermovoltaik - current from warmth
ADD THERMAL GENERATORS (Addition-thermocouple-voltage) - Decentralized current supply for each household.
Thermovoltaik, the environmentally friendly technology thermo-generators for power supply are efficient compact with energy concentrated in a small volume. With an efficiency of 48% the transformation of heat into electrical energy is very cost-effective.
Additionally, by the stored heat of the generator only the quantity of fuel has to be supplied, a well-isolated generator housing normally delivers as a heat loss to the environment.
The Thermovoltaik is the work area of physics that deals with the conversion of thermal energy into electrical energy. If two different metals are together contacted and heated a voltage electricity with relatively high levels develops.
An Thermo generator consists of several thermo cells in row as laminar contacted thin film coatings forming a pillar block.
A thermo cell is made of several thin film coatings of different materials. If heat is added to a thermo pillar block by the additive method the total voltage the sum of all individual cells.
The output power derives from the general tensions, the size of the cell surfaces (ampere / mm ²),and the temperature the amount supplied.
The electric power is linear proportional to the generator temperature.
The thermal energy supply is compatible with all fuel types. Through power-heat-coupling, biogas, solar radiation with thermal and photovoltaic cells, solar power, hydrogen or geothermal energy.
The compact design of the generators are the diverse applications, ranging from cardiac pacemakers to megawatt power plants in the industry, household, air, sea or space.
A high current inverter, DC / AC inverter converts DC power of the generators in to AC power.
This inverter of unconventional design, is applicable in miniature size for circuit boards for electronics or as inverter for passage of extremly high current for consumer of megawatt power and is applicable to all DC sources.
The additive method also offers new applications in sensor technology with higher sensitivities. High electricity generator and inverter patent DE 43 13 827 A1.
(German)
STROM AUS WÄRME
Erneuerbare Energien, Energie erzeugen, Energie sparen
Rationelle Energieerzeugung – Erneuerbare Energien
Thermovoltaik, die umweltfreundliche Technologie
Add-Thermogeneratoren für die Stromversorgung sind effizient mit kompakt geballter Energie auf kleinem Volumen. Mit einem Wirkungsgrad von 48% ist die Umsetzung von Wärme in elektrische Energie sehr kostengünstig. Zusätzlich wird durch die gespeicherte Wärme des Generators nur die Menge an Kraftstoff nachgeführt, die ein gut isoliertes Generatorgehäuse als Wärmeverlust an die Umgebung abgibt.
Die Thermovoltaik ist das Arbeitsgebiet der Physik, das sich mit der Umwandlung von Wärmeenergie in elektrische Energie befasst. Wenn zwei unterschiedliche Metalle zusammen kontaktiert und erhitzt werden, entsteht eine elektrische Spannung mit relativ hohen Stromwerten.
Ein Add-Thermogenerator besteht aus mehreren in Reihe als Schichten flächig kontaktierten Thermozellen und bildet einen Säulenblock. Eine Thermozelle ist aus mehreren Dünnfilmschichten unterschiedlicher Materialien gefertigt. Wird einem Thermosäuleblock Wärme zugeführt, ist durch Additivmethode die Gesamtspannung die Summe aller einzelnen Thermozellen.
Die Ausgangsleistung ergibt sich aus den Gesamtspannungen, der Grösse der Zellenflächen (Ampere/mm²), sowie der zugeführten Temperaturhöhe. Die elektrische Leistung ist linear proportional zur Generatortemperatur.
Die Wärmeenergiezufuhr ist mit allen Brennstoffarten möglich. Durch Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung, Biogas, Sonneneinstrahlung mit Thermo- und Photovoltaik-Solarzellenkopplung, mit Wasserstoff oder Geothermie.
Durch die kompakte Bauform der Generatoren sind die Anwendungen vielfältig, angefangen vom Herzschrittmacher bis Megawattkraftwerke in der Industrie, Haushalt, Luft-, Raum- oder Seefahrt.
Ein HOCHSTROMWECHSELRICHTER (HSWR), DC/AC-Inverter, wandelt die Gleichspannung der Thermogeneratoren in Wechselstrom um. Dieser HSWR unkonventioneller Bauart ist in Miniaturbauform für Elektronikplatinen oder dimensioniert als Wechselrichter für extrem hohen Stromdurchlass für Megawattleistungen anwendbar und ist für alle Gleichstromquellen geeignet.
Die Additivmethode bietet zudem neue Applikationen in der Sensorentechnik mit höheren Empfindlichkeiten. Generator und Hochstromwechselrichter Patent DE 43 13 827 A1.
Rudolf Zölde
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES
rzinnova@gmail.com
r.zoelde@gmx.eu
www.thermogen.ws24
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