Charging in Century City Shopping Center

Thursday or Friday.

 

Is coda closing shop? I wonder what the reason is for their removal?

 

I'm confirming that Coda is closing. Their storefront in Century City is no more. They still have a car in the lot and some signage but the store itself has all the windows wrapped up and doors locked. So the charging station probably is gone because of that too.

 

Well, so much for that.
I think they had a very odd positioning in the market. It wasn't cheap because it had a large battery, yet the interior was insanely cheap, to the point of not having automatic windows. So it was neither here nor there. The people who could afford it would refuse to drive in such a cheap car, and the people who would be okay with the cheap interior couldn't afford it.

 

Its just a display store, not their main shop which is a few blocks down. Is the shop on olympic still open?

 

It's hard to say without walking in but the signage is still there.

 

There's a difference between a Coda store/dealership closing or moving and the company going under.

I don't think the latter's the case, yet. However, I wouldn't be surprised if they go under by end of 2013.

 

lol, glad we could make that distinction. i meant more that it was an indication that things weren't going well. Tesla also has plenty of display stores and those aren't closing down.

 

^^^
On this note, there was this news: Coda Automotive undergoes "massive layoffs" *UPDATE (actually at 15% layoff). But, I dug up http://www.autonews.com/article/20121217/OEM06/312179995/amid-slow-sales-coda-idles-50:

I didn't know that...​

 

when you think about the cars they make at that price point, it's hard to imagine that they can consistently and successfully sell lots of units.

 

^^^
Yeah, unfortunately Coda doesn't report sales and all we're left to is scraps of info. I've test driven one before and was unimpressed (posted briefly about it at Coda review thread/discussion | PriusChat). And yes, the interior bits were very unimpressive for the price and it was very unrefined vs. other BEVs in its price range.

Looking at the plug-in sales at November 2012 Dashboard - HybridCars.com and choices available from more solid companies/less likely to go under, it highly likely Coda's sales are dismal.

 

Yep. Sucks.