Chryslers future is electric

Chrysler talks about it’s electric vehicles some more.  They estimate that by 2020 at least half of the market will be made up of vehicles that utilize batteries to get better mileage in one way or another.  It could be simply shutting the engine off at stops all the way up to fully battery powered [...]

Chrysler seriously considering Dodge EV

Chrysler recently announced that it is seriously considering producing the Dodge EV as it’s first production ENVI vehicle.  The Dodge EV is based on the Lotis Europa was unveiled on Tuesday.  Chrysler is also no stranger to platform sharing, it currently produces the Routan minivan for Volkswagen based on the Chrysler Town & Country and [...]

Chrysler talks about four new ENVI vehicles

Today Chrysler is announcing four new models in their electric drive vehicle line up from their ENVI division.  Chrysler claims that these vehicles will go on sale starting in 2010.  The models include a sportscar for the Dodge brand, a Wrangler for the Jeep brand, a minivan for the Chrysler brand, and a neighborhood vehicle [...]

Chrysler unveils Dodge EV

This morning on CNBC Chrysler CEO Bob Nardelli revealed the Dodge EV, a high performance sports car similar to the Tesla Roadster.   Along with the EV he announced three other vehicles operating on an electric powertrain. The four vehicles are made by ENVI, the electric drive division of Chrysler.  In addition to the EV [...]