The Dodge Circuit once rumored as the first EV to come out of Chryslers ENVI unit, then rumored dead because of various reasons during the bankruptcy, is now rumored to have a release date. Lou Rhodes, president of Chryslers ENVI unit has said that Chrysler plans to order 100,000 vehicles from Lotus (the Circuit is [...]

The evolution of the Dodge EV has finally arrived.  The Dodge Circuit is everything the Dodge EV was and more.  Boasting a premium sound system, power windows/doors, cruise control, leather seats, leather wrapped steering wheel – everything you would expect from a high performance sportscar. “The exterior styling of the Dodge Circuit EV mates bold [...]

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 [...]

We all know that the Dodge EV is based on a Lotus Europa.  The yellow car with black stipes down the hood is what we were introduced too.  However, none of us thought that it was a Dodge when we looked at it.  The production car is going to get a face lift, probably something [...]

Ever since chrysler unveiled the three production intent electric vehicles to the public the Dodge EV has been compared to either the Dodge Viper or the Tesla Roadster.  Both comparisons are appropriate since all three vehicles are high performance cars.  The Viper has incredible horsepower and 0-60 times, it is also a sports car that [...]

While a lot of the legwork was done for them by Lotus, we still have to give Chrysler a little credit for getting an electric vehicle prototype on the road so quickly. When we first saw the Dodge EV a couple of months ago, it looked like it was ready to roll, with a Tesla-like [...]

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 [...]

While showing off Chrysler’s electric vehicles at the Rose Bowl last Friday, ENVI head Lou Rhodes (driving an electric Dodge eV concept car) and Doug Quigley of engineering (in the Challenger SRT8), raced down the Pasadena stadium’s massive parking lot. You can see the video. Source: allpar

When Chrysler reveiled their three ENVI vehicles a few weeks ago we found that one of them was an all electric sports car for Dodge.  Likely a replacement for the Viper (Chrysler is looking to sell the Viper name for some cash, the new CAFE standards preclude Chrysler from making the Viper in a few [...]