I Got TWO Codas and One's an Odd CVT Prototype
Direct Link: https://youtu.be/djvD3In_-7s
Here's the story behind my two Codas, the prototype cars, and my upcoming trip to California to retrieve yet another Coda
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Robert, have you tried the Wayback Machine for efficientdrivetrains.com? Seems like their website was still very much alive until 2018: https://web.archive.org/web/2020*/www.efficientdrivetrains.com/
It looks like they were acquired by Cummins, Inc. https://www.cummins.com/news/releases/2018/07/02/cummins-announces-acquisition-electric-and-hybrid-powertrain-provider
If you don't call the video about fixing the Wheego "Breathing LiFe(PO4) back into the Wheego" I'm going to be very upset.
So basically that converted Coda has the battery of a Citicar in the trunk?
That Snyder ST600c is still sitting in the same spot it has for over 6 years on a tiny “dealer” lot and I’m really questioning my sanity for wanting it more and more each time I see it.
Very excited that the Wheego gets to live again!!!
Really enjoying all the Coda content! I wonder if there's anyone left that still uses one as a daily driver or if they've all fallen into obscurity.
Last night I was reading a forum post made in 2015 by a Coda owner. He was having such a hard time replacing a single bad battery cell that he went out and bought a first gen Honda Insight instead. I suspect I have the only daily driven Coda at this point
I wish we knew the story behind the CVT decision. It’s probably something dumb like an executive that knows something about cars (CVTs are efficient!) but not enough (CVT won’t make electric motors more efficient!) On a personal note, Robert, I found you through Under Dunn and have me binge watching videos on a topic I’m not even interested in. Keep at it!
Awesome stuff! Im a machinist, so if you need custom work done i can help out. I know you had talked about it in a previous video of buying a lathe. At any rate, if you need a hand, or just advice on it or more complex machining i can give you a hand. I live (from what ive gathered) fairly close to most of the filming locations. You can shoot me a message on here if you need anything
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind! I went ahead and got myself a mini lathe to play around with machining and make the occasional useful part, but there's a fair amount it can't do
nobody can eat that many codas
Sometimes the answer to the question 'why?' is simply 'because you can'. And adding a CVT to any car is just awesome. Yep, I'm Dutch, why you ask? :) (for those who didn't get that reference: the CVT was invented by the Dutchman that founded the DAF car factory)
Guess I'm blowing off work for the next 12 minutes.