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Chrysler’s Electric Car Coming in 2010

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Posted on Sep 23, 2008
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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.


AP via Google:

The Dodge sports car is completely electric and based on Lotus Europa underpinnings, but the Jeep Wrangler and Chrysler minivan models will be extended-range vehicles similar to the Volt, which GM has said will go on sale in November 2010.

Like the Volt, the Wrangler and minivan plug into a standard wall outlet and can go 40 miles on battery power alone, but then a small gasoline engine kicks in to recharge the batteries. Chrysler said its vehicles will be able to travel up to 400 miles on 8 gallons of gas.

Chrysler wouldn’t reveal pricing, but GM’s Volt is expected to cost $30,000 to $40,000 initially, far more expensive than most conventional cars. Chrysler officials said they hope to drive down the cost as more vehicles are sold.

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By reagd, February 1, 2010 at 4:34 pm Link to this comment

Good facts. I’m gonna wait for the next update on this.

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By Bryan, November 17, 2008 at 1:17 pm Link to this comment
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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.

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By dave, September 24, 2008 at 1:13 pm Link to this comment
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Didnt GM have a sucessful electric car already in California?
Oh 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.

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By check123, September 24, 2008 at 11:39 am Link to this comment
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http://www.youtube.com/user/freestylewalka
look at these awesome electric cars that this guy made videos of!!

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By nino, September 23, 2008 at 5:27 pm Link to this comment

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.

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By jack, September 23, 2008 at 4:59 pm Link to this comment
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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

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By TheDepressingTruth, September 23, 2008 at 3:45 pm Link to this comment
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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!

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By Big B, September 23, 2008 at 3:17 pm Link to this comment

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.

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By Richard, September 23, 2008 at 3:03 pm Link to this comment
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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.

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By skulz fontaine, September 23, 2008 at 2:55 pm Link to this comment

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.

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