  |
 |
| |
|
|
|
 Chrysler’s Electric Car Coming in 2010Posted on Sep 23, 2008
With gas-guzzling brands such as Jeep and Dodge, Chrysler has had a particularly hard time selling its cars to weary consumers, but it turns out that the company has three forward-thinking models headed to a showroom near you. Chrysler plans to sell either its all-electric sports car or one of two plug-in hybrid models sometime in 2010. Rivals Toyota and GM also plan to release plug-in hybrid cars in 2010.
SHARE THIS TRUTHDIG ARTICLE:
|
|
Why Obama Can Keep Gates
Email
Print
Share
del.icio.us
Digg
Facebook
Fark
Furl
Ma.gnolia
Mixx
MySpace
NewsVine
NewsTrust
Reddit
SphereIt
StumbleUpon
TwitThis
YahooBuzz
Jump to Comments
By Bryan, November 17 at 12:17 pm #
(Unregistered commenter)
The problem with the EV1 is that the technology wasn’t scalable. Come up with all the Big Oil conspiracy theories you want, but any reasonable person can realize that the UAW and the unreasonable cost of labor that GM, Ford, and Chrysler deal with than anything else.
Additionally, dave- YOU may say that you would be happy with a flawed electric car. But how about the scores of auto reviewers that would criticize the car? I think they outnumber the few early adopters.
I am all for electric car development. I think the prospect of a versitle vehicle that can be powered by e85, gasoline, electricity… or a combination of all of them sounds like the sort of choice that consumers crave.
Report thisBy dave, September 24 at 12:13 pm #
(Unregistered commenter)
Didnt GM have a sucessful electric car already in California?
Report thisOh yeah - they crushed them all.
Since people sell kits to convert cars now, and electric cars have been around for a hundred years - why do we hae to wait till 2010?
I’d be happy with a little gas engine topping off the batteries.
We don need perfection, just better.
By check123, September 24 at 10:39 am #
(Unregistered commenter)
http://www.youtube.com/user/freestylewalka
Report thislook at these awesome electric cars that this guy made videos of!!
By nino, September 23 at 4:27 pm #
They did it before, in California in the late 90’s but guess who shut it down?? Can you say big O? Even GM had a great EV model.
see: http://www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar/
The biggest problem still is scale. This aint gonna save us… We all need to change and change fast.
Report thisBy jack, September 23 at 3:59 pm #
(Unregistered commenter)
home-grown lekticity is what won’t never happen...brudah
-------- technology that leads away from the centralized model is at hand but being suppressed—the electric car of the 90s was killed because it was too successful—the energy oligarchs will milk this dying paradigm and send every kid they can to fight to defend it—they will only invest in the new models when they’re certain they control them—their greed is boundless—but, one day they will go too far—they will feel the breath of the specter of Robbespierre and reel in shock from that sudden “light headed” sensation
Report thisBy TheDepressingTruth, September 23 at 2:45 pm #
(Unregistered commenter)
Typical AP story...Lotus hasn’t built the Europa in more than 20 Years! Maybe they meant the Lotus Elise which the Tesla is based upon?
Of course being an AP story....the reporter could have just made the whole thing up!
Report thisBy Big B, September 23 at 2:17 pm #
When I was a child I was promised a Jetson’s flying car! Where the hell is my flying friggin car?
Man, first the economy collapses, and now this!
Shit.
Report thisBy Richard, September 23 at 2:03 pm #
(Unregistered commenter)
I get 400 miles on 10 gallons of gas with a Honda Fit. It’s interesting to watch Detroit jump on the hybrid bandwagon with costly vehicles that are beyond what most Americans are willing to pay. And at the same time seeking a financial bail out from Congress.
Report thisBy skulz fontaine, September 23 at 1:55 pm #
And duh lecticity comes from duh coal fired nooklar lecticity jenuraturs. Yup! Burn more coals and gets more duh lecticity. Yups! Makes bout sense as duh bail out duh bankurs! Oh yeah and duh little Spikey tinks duh Peelburg is duh bomb.
Report this