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Chrysler pushing to dramatically cut GEM dealer network
GEM Peapod - Click above for high-res image gallery Chrysler has made a big deal in the past about its long history selling GEM electric cars, and there are tens of thousands of them on the roads today. Of course, the EVs that Chrysler has been selling since 2000 (when DaimlerChrysler purchased GEM) are all NEVs - expensive, slow electric vehicles that aren't selling well these days. With Chrysler's recent emergence from bankruptcy, the company is still looking to cut losses wherever possible. Letting some GEM dealers go is one option. ... Read more →
REPORT: GM persuing Chrysler for repayment of Two-Mode Hybrid development Jeremy Korzeniewski
In a case that's sure to light up our own comments section along with untold numbers of message boards across the web, our friends at PickupTrucks.com are reporting that General Motors has filed ...
Bosch looks for more business as Chrysler starts to build Fiats Sam Abuelsamid
Bosch has long been a major supplier of many different automotive components to Fiat, and the company is hoping to leverage that association with the new Chrysler. Bosch provides a higher proportion ...
STUDY: The way to profits in Detroit? Make fuel efficient cars Jeremy Korzeniewski
According to a new study by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, the Detroit three automakers need to make major changes in their current corporate cultures if they truly ...
IHS Global Insight report forecasts Dodge Hornet may come by way of Fiat Jeremy Korzeniewski
Dodge Hornet concept - Click above for high-res image gallery So far, the path of the Dodge Hornet from concept to production has been a long and winding road leading to nowhere. We first saw the ...
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REORT: Chrysler kills light-duty Cummins engine for Dodge Ram 1500, at least for now 18 days ago on AutoblogGreen
2009 Dodge Ram - Click above for high-res image gallery According to court documents, Chrysler has put at least a temporary halt to the expected light-duty Cummins diesel engine for the Dodge Ram 1500. Mark Land, director of public relations at Cummins, tells our sleuthy friends at ...
Peapod meets the Governator, makes new friend [w/VDEO] 22 days ago on AutoblogGreen
It appears that the Peapod has emerged unscathed from the recent turmoil of Chrysler's brush with bankruptcy. In fact, the little neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) with the big friendly (or evil, depending on your point of view) smile is now riding about the 35 mph-or-lower streets of California, ...
U.S. government buys 17,205 new cars for $287 million, Ford represents 25 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Completing the Obama Administration's plan to replace its fleet of government vehicles with newer, more efficient vehicles, the U.S. General Services Administration is reporting that it has purchased roughly $210 million worth of new vehicles from Chrysler, Ford and General Motors. Of the three ...
VIDEO: Scott Griffith, Zipcar CEO: We have never had a request for a GM product 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above to watch the video after the break It shouldn't come as a major surprise that car sharing services like Zipcar are reporting increased membership rates and demand for short-term rental vehicles in these tough economic times. It's also to be expected that as more and more people rely ...
Malcolm Bricklin reveals a few more details of his hydrogen plans 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Speaking in an interview with Robert Farago from The Truth About Cars, Malcolm Bricklin offered a few more details on his plans to convert existing vehicles from Chrysler and General Motors to hydrogen hybrids. To put it mildly, we remain unconvinced that the technology will work, but Bricklin once ...
Malcolm Bricklin has hydrogen visions for displaced Chrysler and GM dealerships 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Add serial entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin to the list of people interested in getting a crack at the 2,000 or so automotive dealerships that are scheduled to be shut down by either General Motors or Chrysler in short order. Unlike most other interested parties, though, Bricklin's plan would also ...
Chrysler submits $448m plan to build electric vehicles 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Chrysler Town & Country EV - Click above for a high-res gallery Chrysler has submitted a series of plans to the U.S. Department of Energy intended to speed up the development of plug-in hybrids and fully electric cars and trucks under the DOE's Transportation Electrification Initiative and ...
Chrysler says alliance with Fiat will allow it to meet future CAFE requirements 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Chrysler's ENVI line of concepts - Click above for a high-res gallery of the Dodge Circuit EV Joining the chorus of supporters applauding the Obama Administration's new CAFE standards is bankrupt automaker Chrysler. After 'thanking the administration for their leadership' and for creating a ...
Spotted in the wild: Fiat 500 on the street in Michigan 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
click above for a high res gallery of the Fiat 500 on the street in Birmingham By now, we all know that if Chrysler is to have a future as an automaker, it is going to need some modern small cars. The plan is to fill that void with products that have their origins at Chrysler's new Italian ...
Fiat's partnership with Chrysler could bring the Ford Ka to America 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
2009 Ford Ka - Click above for a high-res gallery To quote the famous Scottish author Sir Walter Scott, "Oh what a tangled web we weave..." In this particular case, the web in question is a global vehicle market with automakers and product lines so intertwined with one another that Fiat's ...
Driving the Dodge Circuit, now with video 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Dodge Circuit EV concept - Click above for a high-res gallery A few weeks ago, we got a chance to step into the Dodge Circuit for a quick spin through downtown Detroit. We shot some video of that drive and now you can see the car in action (from the inside, mostly) and hear John Myers, who works ...
REPORT: Dodge Circuit DOA? Not according to Chrysler 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Dodge Circuit EV concept - Click above for a high-res gallery In a report primarily focused on future product plans for British sports car maker Lotus, AutoCar happens to mention at the end the Dodge Circuit program has been killed as a result of the current financial crisis. The Circuit is the ...
Chrysler bankruptcy: what happens with the electric car plans? to A123 Systems? 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Dodge Circuit EV - Click above for a high-res gallery Pegging down future automobile product plans is hard enough in a normal economy. With the current state of affairs, it's like grabbing a snowflake with a heated fork. It's damn hard and you have to start over as soon as you think you got it ...
Fiat likes compressed natural gas, now offering 6 different models 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Will compressed natural gas soon be a widely used automotive fuel in the U.S.? Probably not, but it could become more common if Fiat's European moves are any indication. CNG is a popular alternative in some parts of Europe and several automakers, including Fiat, offer factory-equipped cars that run ...
Fiat to get stake in Chrysler; work to begin on new fuel-efficient platform 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Chrysler's ENVI line of concepts - Click above for a high-res gallery of the Dodge Circuit EV Wondering what Chrysler's newly-announced bankruptcy means for its current green initiatives? So are we. According to the latest information we could get our grubby mitts on, Fiat is slated to get a 20 ...
REPORT: Chrysler headed into bankruptcy as debt talks fail 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
It looks like the concessions and government intervention aren't going to be enough to keep Chrysler out of bankruptcy. The AP is reporting that talks between Chrysler's lenders and the Treasury Department have broken down, meaning the company will not be able to reduce its $6.9 billion in secured ...
Fiat working on new hybrid system for small cars to share with Chrysler 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Italian magazine Quattroroute is reporting that Fiat is hard at work on a new hybrid system for smaller cars and it is prepared to share the system with Chrysler. The system could appear in the tiny 500 and the upcoming Topolino paired up with Fiat's new 900cc two cylinder turbocharged engine. The ...
Chrysler now taking orders for Peapod NEV, or so we hear 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Peapod - click above for a high res gallery Yesterday's Earth Day event marked the start of Peapod Mobility officially accepting orders (online only) for the Peapod neighborhood electric vehicle. Well, that's was the word on the street, anyway as USA Today mentioned this week and we said in our ...
Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Two months ago we went for a ride in the Dodge Circuit EV. We can now say with confidence that it is worth waiting 70+ days to make the shift to the left side of the car, following a brief spin around Cobo Hall in a prototype vehicle during the SAE World Congress here in Detroit. We got to spend ...
Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Chrysler U.S. Postal Service Minivan - Click above for high-res gallery Chrysler is celebrating Earth Day today by unveiling the first four of what will be a fleet of 250 battery-powered minivans for the U.S. Postal Service. The USPS will be using the vans for a variety of duties at locations ...
Peapod will use iPhone as nav system, green driving advisor, and - huh? - a key 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
click to enlarge Last week at the New York Auto Show, we visited Peapod Mobility and got a good look at the duck-like car with the big smile. One thing that we noticed in the promotional booklet that Peter Arnell, the chief innovation officer at Peapod Mobility, gave us was a few pages on the ...
Chrysler's first EV will be the Dodge Circuit 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a hi-res Gallery of the Dodge Circuit EV It looks like the Dodge Circuit EV may have won the "who wants to be the first electric Chrysler concept to go into production" contest. Although they still haven't officially made an announcement, Chrysler's viability plan did list an "EV ...
Pics Aplenty: Peapod Mobility neighborhood electric vehicle 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Peapod NEV - Click above for a high-res image gallery Last week at the New York Auto Show, we got the chance to visit Peapod Mobility, the Chrysler-owned maker of neighborhood electric vehicles, or NEVs. As such, the Peapod is capable of hitting speeds of up to 25 miles per hour and has a range ...
Chevy Volt test drives: surprisingly good stuff in the Cruze bodies 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
General Motors has begun doling out test drives of its Chevrolet Volt prototypes to the salivating media. AutoblogGreen is scheduled for some time behind the wheel in short order, but some bigger names have already written up their first impressions of the car. CNN's short version: Promising, but ...
New York 2009: Chrysler's new flex-fuel V6 debuts in 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
When Chrysler revealed the new Jeep Grand Cherokee this week in New York, it marked the first public appearance of the company's new V6 engine family. What had previously been referred to as the Phoenix is now officially dubbed the Pentastar V6. Over the next couple of years, variants of this ...
A123 will build battery plant in Michigan regardless of status of federal loans 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Earlier this week, Chrysler confirmed it would be using battery packs supplied by A123, an American company that specializes in high-tech lithium ion battery technology, to power future electric vehicles as part of its ENVI program. To make this deal work out, A123 will build an assembly plant ...
Feds to buy over 17,000 of D-3's fuel-efficient vehicles 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid As part of the Obama administration's $787 billion stimulus package, the federal government plans to spend $300 million to replace its current fleet of vehicles with more fuel efficient models. About $285 million of that amount will ...
Peapod, up close and personal with the electric vehicle in Manhattan 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Peapod - click above for a high res gallery Breaking away from the excitement free food here at the New York Auto Show today, we joined up with our friends over at Engadget to pay a quick visit to Peapod Mobility. You know, the GEM version 2 folks. While saying this is the next-generation GEM is ...
New York 2009: Chrysler shows off its battery packs 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Lou Rhodes and the Dodge Circuit battery pack I've heard of carrying extra batteries for a laptop but this is a bit ridiculous. Actually, that's the president of Chrysler electric vehicle ENVI division Lou Rhodes with his laptop sitting on top of the battery pack case for the Dodge Circuit. When ...
No DOE ATVM loan money for GM and Chrysler 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The same rules that could potentially end up keeping Tesla from qualifying for low interest loans from the Department of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Incentive Program are also keeping General Motors and Chrysler out of the running. In order to qualify for the loan program, an ...
Chrysler to use A123 cells in its electric vehicles 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Dodge Circuit EV Chrysler has just announced that it has signed an official agreement to use battery packs from A123 in its planned electric vehicles and extended-range electric vehicles. This isn't a shocking revelation by any means, considering that ...
