The electric vehicles division over at Chrysler is being shut down.  The leaders at Fiat decided that ENVI will not be the name they use to electrify their vehicles.  This does not mean that Chrysler is giving up on EVs.  I would like to point out that in Chryslers 5 year plan announced on November [...]

Chrysler’s ENVI electric vehicle program has spawned several possible vehicles that may one day reach showrooms.  However, the automaker has gone silent in regard to any upcoming EV projects leading speculators to believe that the program may be dead in the water. All is about to change though as Chrysler board member Alfredo Altavilla let [...]

Chrysler will showcase its electric vehicle future at the 79th International Motor Show in Geneva on March 3, with the European premieres of the Chrysler 200C EV concept vehicle and Dodge Circuit EV prototype. Chrysler recently unveiled these two vehicles—along with the new Jeep Patriot EV, the updated Chrysler Town & Country EV and the [...]

Fiat, the maker of the Cinquecento car, will pay no cash for its stake or commit any funding in the future. Chrysler’s majority owner, private-equity group Cerberus Capital Management, will see its 80% stake in the group diluted. Chrysler Chairman and CEO Bob Nardelli called the deal a “great fit” and said it will give [...]

A little smaller than the current Chrysler 300, this concept vehicle is the likely successor to the Seabring.  The theme for the 200C is connectivity.  The 200C has connections for just about everything you can think of. “What makes the Chrysler 200C EV concept even more meaningful is the use of technology that will make [...]

Chrysler LLC’s chief says the automaker has received an initial $4 billion loan from the U.S. Treasury Department. Chief Executive Bob Nardelli said Friday night in a release that the Auburn Hills, Mich.-based company’s talks with the federal government about the bridge loan have been completed. Nardelli says the initial loan will allow Chrysler to [...]

President Bush announced a rescue plan for General Motors and Chrysler LLC Friday morning that will make $13.4 billion in federal loans available almost immediately.A senior administration official briefing reporters said he expects that GMand Chrysler LLC will be signing the loan papers to access the cash later Friday morning. The money will come from [...]

While many believe that Chrysler won’t be around in a couple of years, Chrysler is moving ahead with plans to electrify the automobile. And, in a CNN piece, Chrysler took a poke at the Chevy Volt and claimed that it wouldn’t be a one trick pony, or “one electric vehicle company.” Thus, Chrysler’s big EV [...]

With lawmakers drawing closer to a loan deal to save Chrysler and General Motors, Chrysler CEO Bob Nardelli told workers this morning that he is “very encouraged by developments over the weekend.” “While the situation in Washington remains dynamic, I am very encouraged by the developments over the weekend and the growing interest shown by [...]

Chrysler LLC’s three advanced production-intent electric vehicle prototype vehicles are headed to California, where they will make their worldwide auto show debut at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show. The vehicles — the Dodge EV, Jeep(R) EV and Chrysler EV — will be on display during press days (Nov. 19-20), and throughout the show’s public [...]