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 [...]
J.D. Power rated the Dodge Grand Caravan as the most reliable minivan in America, giving it a higher reliability score than any other full or midsized van. The Grand Caravan was named Most Dependable Van, beating the Honda Odyssey and Toyota Sienna.
This test covers three full years, and is a better measure of long-term reliability [...]
The Windsor Assembly Plant has begun to make export-targeted minivans, including right-hand-drive and diesel versions, built on the same line as North American minis. The Chrysler Grand Voyager is sold in over 80 countries, in right and left hand drive configurations, with both petrol (gasoline) and 2.8-liter common-rail diesel (CRD) engines; the diesel is around 90% [...]
Chrysler Canada today announced sales of 15,958 units for the month of July 2009, an increase of 73% over June 2009 but a loss of around 10% when compared with July 2008. The gain was largely due to an increase in product availability and consumer confidence. During the same month in 2008, the company sold [...]
Wendelin Wiedeking, CEO of Porsche and Germany’s highest-paid manager, is leaving the company immediately, ending a long power struggle that pitted one of Europe’s most respected executives against two of Germany’s most powerful families. Porsche finance chief Holger Haerter will also be leaving the sports car maker.
Michael Macht, Porsche’s production chief, will replace Wiedeking and [...]
“Mooseater” passed along a news bulletin which announced a series of measures called “1 in 20 by 2020″ designed to result in 5% of the province’s vehicles being electric within 11 years. Ontario is home to the Canadian headquarters of Chrysler, GM, and Ford.
Included in the plan is a mass purchase of electric vehicles for [...]
In a change of heart that will save over a thousand Canadian jobs, Chrysler has reversed its decision to eliminate the third shift at the Windsor minivan plant.
“It’s great news for 1,200 CAW Local 444 members out at the Chrysler plant and obviously the spinoff jobs that come with it,” Canadian Auto Workers President Ken [...]
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