Chrysler has shut down its standalone ENVI electric vehicle program and its personnel have been assigned to other vehicle development programs as Chrysler and Fiat merge their hybrid and electric vehicle programs.
Lou Rhodes, who was in charge of ENVI, continues to oversee electrical vehicle development for both companies. A two-mode hybrid versions of the Ram [...]
Chrysler Group will produce a hybrid version of the Ram 1500 pickup, but it has not been determined whether the light truck will have a diesel engine or not. The automaker had previously said both options would be available in 2010.
The hybrid Ram will use the “two-mode” hybrid technology it developed in a partnership [...]
The massive American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009 has been presented to Congress for its consideration. The bill combines $275 billion in tax cuts with $550 billion worth of what Rep. Dave Obey of Wisconsin, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, calls “thoughtful and carefully targeted investments” in technology and infrastructure.
Among the programs included [...]
Chinese manufacturer BYD will introduce the first production plug-in hybrid-electric car to the world at 11 am on January 12 at the Detroit Auto Show. The company will also show an electric crossover. The company uses lithium-iron (rather than lithium-ion) batteries.
Allpar will have limited coverage of the Detroit Auto Show on Sunday and Monday.
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Images of overpaid executives flying their personal planes have had an impact, as the major domestic automaker CEOs will travel to DC to give testimony in their companies’ hybrid vehicles (though a single car-pool would seem more economical); and General Motors announced that it would give up its fleet of aircraft, effective January 1, 2009.
The [...]
Plans for an Election Day merger agreement between General Motors and Chrysler hit a snag Thursday when the Bush administration ruled out funding for it. Without the federal funding, the private investors with whom the automakers had been talking are not interested in the deal.
Citing three people with direct knowledge of the talks, Reuters reports [...]
2009 EPA gas mileage for the Chrysler Aspen Hybrid and Dodge Durango Hybrid are 20 miles per gallon city and 22 mpg highway, best in the full-size 4×4 sport-utility vehicle class. The hybrid system uses the Hemi V8, producing 400 horsepower and 380 lb-ft of torque when coulpled with the electric motor. The twin SUVs [...]
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