Borg Warner Transmission Company will supply its eGearDrive transmissions for the Coda electric sedan, scheduled for U.S. introduction in California in mid-2010.
The Coda sedan also will have a PowerPhase 100 electric propulsion system supplied by UQM Technologies Inc., which makes brush-less, permanent-magnet electric motors.
BorgWarner, of suburban Detroit, initially plans to supply the transmissions from its factory in Longview, Texas, to an assembly plant in China, spokeswoman Erika Nielsen said. Eventually, the company may supply the transmissions from its factory in Beijing as volumes and the business case warrant.
Coda, of Santa Monica, Calif., was launched in June as an offshoot of Miles Electric Vehicles, which makes neighborhood electric vehicles for fleets.
Coda said Chinese automaker Harbin Hafei Automotive will provide the $45,000 sedan’s chassis and assemble the car in Harbin, China. Lithium ion battery packs will come from China’s Tianjin Lishen Battery.
BorgWarner makes transmissions and all-wheel-drive systems.
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