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Former Chrysler LLC CEO Tom LaSorda is taking on a new role as an advisor to Anaheim, California-based Fisker Automotive, a manufacturer of premium plug-in electric vehicles. Fisker is looking to increase sales of its high-dollar sports cars and broaden its product line. The company was founded in 2007 by Henrik Fisker and Bernhard Koehler. [...]
Chrysler has reportedly switched from using A123 to Electrovaya as its preferred battery supplier for electric cars and hybrids; while ENVI prototypes and the Fiat 500 EV used A123 batteries, the new Ram plug-in hybrid (PHEV) will use Electrovaya batteries. Chrysler’s electric car initiatives, once under the domains of GEM and ENVI, have been integrated [...]
Former Chrysler LLC vice-chairman and president Jim Press has been hired as a consultant for Nissan-Renault’s global sales and marketing operation. Press has been working with the company for four months but the official announcement came just yesterday. “He’s visited with our dealers in the States, Europe and Japan and has already begun providing substantial [...]
Tom LaSorda, who retired at the end of April as Chrysler president and vice chairman, has a new job: he has joined Penske Automotive Group as an advisor as the auto retailer considers a bid for Saturn’s distribution network. A spokesman for Penske confirmed an earlier Bloomberg News report that LaSorda had been brought on [...]