Posted on December 3rd, 2011 • by Bill Cawthon
Frank O. Klegon, who served as executive vice president of product development in the former Chrysler LLC until his retirement in 2009, has been elected president of SAE International (formerly the Society of Automotive Engineers). His two-year term begins in January. Klegon was named to the lead product development job in 2005, while Chrysler was [...]
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Posted on April 6th, 2009 • by Bill Cawthon
Chrysler has selected A123Systems to supply batteries for the first ENVI electric vehicles due to make their debut next year. “This is a great example of two American companies working together to put cutting-edge technology on the road,” said Frank Klegon, Executive Vice President-Product Development, Chrysler LLC. “The most significant challenge to electric vehicles is [...]
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Posted on February 12th, 2009 • by Bill Cawthon
Frank Klegon, Chrysler’s executive vice president for product development, says the company is not including additional workforce reductions in the viability plan to be submitted to the federal government next Tuesday. Klegon’s comments came after the announcement of General Motors’ plan to trim an additional 10,000 people from its payroll. Klegon noted Chrysler had a [...]
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Posted on February 11th, 2009 • by David Zatz
Writing for the Associated Press, Tom Krisher interviewed Frank Klegon regarding Chrysler’s twin business plans, one including Fiat and the other standing alone. He wrote that two teams were independently working on the plans. In either case, Chrysler plans to provide equity to bondholders to get concessions from them, and is talking with the UAW [...]
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Posted on January 15th, 2009 • by David Zatz
Chrysler has re-organized their product development teams to reflect new processes and synergies. Key appointments are: Scott Kunselman, Jeep/Truck Vice President. Reporting to Scott are several chief engineers for specific programs, as well as directors of program management, body engineering, interior engineering, and chassis engineering. Daniel Knott, Car/Minivan/SRT Vice President. Again, reporting to Daniel are [...]
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Posted on January 12th, 2009 • by Bill Cawthon
Dodge Ram 1500 pickup buyers will have to wait at least another year to have a diesel option. The new light-duty Cummins engine scheduled for introduction in 2010 has been pushed back to 2011 at the earliest. Frank Klegon, Chrysler’s VP of product development said the company is re-evaluating its approach to diesel emissions because [...]
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