January 25th, 2010 by Bill Cawthon
Global Electric Motorcars (GEM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Chrysler Group, has set a new record by becoming the first manufacturer of Low-Speed Vehicles (LSVs) to reach 40,000 sales.
“GEM is a successful example of how Chrysler Group is reducing CO2 emissions while answering customer needs for alternatively powered vehicles,” Steve Bartoli, Head of Regulatory Affairs [...]
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May 5th, 2009 by DaveAdmin
The number of creditors objecting to the Chrysler-Fiat-Treasury plan appears to be dwindling, if a motion filed today by the “Attorneys for the Chrysler Non-TARP Lenders” (Thomas Lauria, who claimed death threats as the sole named attorney) is any evidence.
In part II, the document tellingly describes the “Non-TARP Lenders” as holding “over $300 million of [...]
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March 30th, 2009 by DaveAdmin
In their rush to send out key details of Obama’s auto plan, many journalists ignored important information. This is the full text; other documents are available from the White House.
One of the challenges we have confronted from the beginning of this administration is what to do about the state of our struggling auto industry. [...]
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March 17th, 2009 by DaveAdmin
Cars at Carlisle has announced its agenda for the All-Chrysler Nationals for 2009. Two reunions will take place, one for the M-code Dart and Cudas with factory 440 engines, and one for the A12 Road Runner and Super Bee. There will also be invitational displays, including one for survivors, and a recreated 1969 dealership. There [...]
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January 15th, 2009 by DaveAdmin
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 various chief [...]
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January 10th, 2009 by Bill Cawthon
The U.S. Army has begun ordering the first of 4,000 electric vehicles for on-base transportation use. The first six will come from Chrysler’s Global Electric Motorcars (GEM) division.
All the vehicles will carry the Army logo, “Army Green, Army Strong.”
The Army wants to reduce its fuel consumption by 2 percent in the next six years. Since [...]
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