Light years? Not sure why you'd take a rep of the company so seriously. He's trying to push the cars.
It sounds ordinary to me, actually. I am unable to find anything impressive about the battery pack at all.
It's a regular Lithium Ion variant that has advantages and disadvantages over the pack in the LEAF, as far as I can tell.
This Miles Electric Vehicle has been around for a while, hasn't it? It's just renamed now and the company reorganized.
Here it is in a 2007 article saying 6 prototypes will soon be ready for testing, and it would be for sale in 2009:
http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/13/autos/electric_car/index.htm?cnn=yes
Because he's not a company rep, a salesperson, or anyone from the marketing department, he's the head of battery development, Phil Gow. He explained the mechanics of the battery system to me because I was curious, he was not trying to "sell" me on it by any means. I was a salesman for years, I would be able to tell lol. Like I said I happened to be at the mall during a Coda press conference, and had the incredible opportunity to meet people that generally do not speak to the public.
There is no such thing as a "regular lithium ion variant". There are many, many different types of Lithium Ion batteries, and Coda uses packs with a Lithium Iron Phosphate chemistry, which does not exist in electric cars currently. I don't see what disadvantages it has to the Leaf packs, considering it has nearly twice the range in a similar form factor. In fact the physical placement of the batteries alone plays a huge part in how the car drives and handles (extremely low center of gravity, dead center), not to mention they are completely out of the way of any crumple zones or areas that would be affected in a crash.
Here they claimed 120+ miles range with a 25kw Lion battery pack.
http://green.autoblog.com/2008/02/06/miles-xs500-will-be-a-lot-more-expensive-than-planned/
That apparently takes twice as long to charge as the Coda and has half the life expectancy. On top of that, it only has a 25kw battery as opposed to the Coda's 36kw (advertised, 39kw in reality). They can claim 120+ miles all they want, but there are already legitimate reviews backing up Coda's claims, and plenty more to come. Where are the Miles test drive reviews? Considering it looks just like the Coda, will probably be in the same price bracket, and clearly performs more poorly, I don't see how that car is even a point of discussion.
Nobody has any reason to trust me, but I've done my research and the Coda seems to be the best overall EV around so far. I'm sure with a tiny bit of research anyone else will come to the same conclusion, it honestly just seems like you are trying to shoot me down for no reason at this point haha.
I do appreciate and encourage your research of competitors though, all it does is provide the community with more knowledge, which is only ever a good thing.
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