Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2014

Industry data supplied by Ford Motor Company and Del Webb, part of the multi-brand homebuilder PulteGroup, show that the baby boomer segment (ages 55 to 64), which comprised the growing market for large homes and made minivans and big SUVs vogue are now shifting to still lavish, but smaller homes and utility vehicles. cubic feet.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

and Charlotte, N.C. The Chrysler Group LLC also is developing a similar fleet of 25 Chrysler Town & Country minivans with plug-in hybrid technology for demonstration and evaluation that will be allocated to select cities later this year. Chrysler Group LLC has delivered Ram 1500 PHEV trucks to the city of Yuma, Ariz., Albany, N.Y.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

Charlotte, NC Aiken, SC. Develop, validate, and deploy 220 advanced plug-in hybrid electric pickups and minivans. Advanced Battery Supplier Manufacturing Facilities: $235 million. DOE Award ($mil.). Project locations. Technology. Celgard, LLC, a subsidiary of Polypore. Production of polymer separator material for lithium-ion batteries.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 16, 2021

If you are one of those “I will never drive a minivan” type of persons, please keep reading. When Clean Fleet Report first reviewed the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid in 2017, it was the only electrified minivan on the market. But the landscape has changed since 2017 as the 2021 Toyota Sienna minivan is now a hybrid. Ready to ride.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Chrysler calls it a “multipurpose vehicle,” but we will stick with modern minivan. The only minivan with a plug. Charlotte to Orlando? If Chrysler had their way, you will see it more as a multi-purpose vehicle than a minivan. Chrysler says the Pacifica Hybrid is “the most technologically advanced minivan in its class.”

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Weird, I know, but Toyota’s latest Sienna was a pretty darn great take on the minivan in 2024, so why mess with success in 2025? Some of these updates may even sound familiar, and while shooting the car this week in Charlotte, North Carolina, I stopped to figure out why. This facelift ain’t a facelift. Clever stuff.

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