Miles Electric Vehicles Preparing New HQ and Showroom for 2010 Electric Sedan
By John O'Dell March 24, 2009
Miles Electric Vehicles
, the Santa Monica-based low-speed EV company with plans to launch a highway-legal electric sedan next year, is moving into new corporate headquarters and showroom in anticipation of that event.
The former Saturn dealership on Wilshire Boulevard at 16h Street in Santa Monica is substantially larger than Miles' present office, a good thing as the company has grown from just 6 employees in 2005 to about 20 headquarters staff now and is still growing.
The new facility also will provide far more exposure for Miles and its vehicles than the company now gets in its digs in a low-traffic area near the Santa Monica Airport.
Miles hadn't been planning to disclose its plans for a while but ever-alert Edmunds.com copy editor Doug Lloyd saw the banner (placed earlier this week, we're told, by a company executive who hadn't been clued in on the "don't-say-anytning-yet" plan) and snapped a photo (above).
Dan Mosher, Miles' chief financial officer, said the company expects to make the move in April.
The Miles electric sedan (left, a prototype)
is slated to be launched in the last half of 2010.
Meantime, a company spokeswoman said, passers-by on Wilshire will probably be treated to exhibits of low-speed electric vehicles in the Miles showroom.
John O'Dell, Senior Editor
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I wonder if they are going to be jerks at this location as well?
I went into the old place and was rudely told that "We are trying to run a business here!" by some jerk in an obnoxiously orange polo shirt and they didnt have time to show me any of the vehicles which were in the showroom.
I've had friends that have had similar experiences over there. They are not very customer friendly.
I'll wait for Nissan or Toyota... a company with a history of customer service...
Miles won't be around long enough to service a car if I bought it...
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