Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

As the race to produce mass market EVs heats up, Chrysler has pulled out of the contest. More details below: Chrysler dismantles electric car plans under Fiat. “As late as August, Chrysler took $70 million in grants from the U.S. Chrysler dismantles electric car plans under Fiat. billion federal aid package.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

As required by the loan agreements signed in December 2008, GM and Chrysler submitted their updated restructuring plans showing a pathway to achieve financial viability to Congress on Tuesday. Chrysler is pushing for the strategic partnership with Fiat. Chrysler product plans. Chrysler Restructuring Plan

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MAY 18, 2017

The European Commission has launched an infringement procedure against Italy for failure to fulfil its obligations under EU vehicle type-approval legislation with regards to Fiat Chrysler (FCA) automobiles. It also includes an obligation on car manufacturers to grant relevant authorities access to their emissions software protocol.

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MARCH 14, 2009

The economic impact of a General Motors or Chrysler bankruptcy is being debated across the country. But the most immediate and pervasive risk to the economy is a wholesale collapse of the automotive supply base, Grant Thornton LLP partner Laura Marcero told the Automotive Press Association in Detroit. Laura Marcero.

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MARCH 11, 2012

The collaborative research and development project is part-funded by a £100,000 (US$157,000) grant from the UK Government’s Niche Vehicle Network Programme , which is managed by CENEX to promote the development and commercialization of new low-carbon vehicle technologies.

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JULY 20, 2010

billion in grants have been given to battery and charging infrastructure companies to speed up deployment and the growth of the US electric drive industry. Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, $2.4

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AUGUST 17, 2011

The collaborative research and development project is being part-funded by a £100,000 (US$166,000) grant from the Niche Vehicle Network CR&D Programme, which is managed by CENEX to provide support and grant funding to groups of companies active in the niche vehicle sector.

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MARCH 30, 2010

The Clean Tech Institute has been training professionals for careers in clean technology for the past 3 years, and has received a grant from the US Department of Labor, under the President's High Growth Training Initiative. Motive develops concept vehicles for major automakers such as Dodge, Hyundai, Suzuki, Chrysler, and Toyota.

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

Developed with the support of a $39 million (£23 million) US Government grant, the vehicles will be manufactured by a new joint venture company being established by US truck supplier Navistar and British electric commercial vehicle specialist Modec. Earlier post.). Zytek’s E-Drive. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 17, 2010

Department of Energy has granted almost $9 billion of low-interest loans to help automakers retool for more fuel-efficient cars. But until now, General Motors and Chrysler had been shut out while Ford, Nissan, and Tesla were awarded loans last June, joined by Fisker in September. Over the last year, the U.S.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

In March 2010, Envia Systems was awarded a $4 million grant from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) and another $1 million from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to support development of high energy density Li-ion storage technology, targeted at plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles.

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AUGUST 5, 2009

Lead grant applicant Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), a subsidiary of ECOtality, received a $99.8 Projects include: $70 million to Chrysler to develop, validate and deploy 220 plug-in hybrid electric pickups and minivans. One of the projects receiving support in the massive $2.4-billion

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MARCH 19, 2009

While the President’s Task Force on the Auto Industry continues to review restructuring plans submitted by General Motors and Chrysler, the US Department of the Treasury announced an Auto Supplier Support Program that will provide up to $5 billion in financing to US-based suppliers.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Michael Harold, chairman of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at UH, will serve as principal investigator on the grant, funded by the US Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE NETL). Engineers from Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles Inc. and Johnson Matthey Inc.

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JUNE 11, 2021

million grant to develop longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries to power US military equipment. In 2019, the US Council for Automotive Research, a consortium of Ford, General Motors and the US FCA, which makes Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram and FIAT vehicles, provided the company with $7.5

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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Auto manufacturers such as Chrysler, BYD, Coda, Honda, Mitsubishi, Hyundai, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo are not included in this table, but have announced or are expected to introduce EVs in this time period, DOE said. Advanced Technologies R&D.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Granted, these are common problems broadly encountered within the industry right now. This is typically blamed on French leadership acquired via the PSA Group merger with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. But new models are taking longer than expected to reach the market as rebadged imports (e.g. Dodge Hornet) arent selling particularly well.

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Green Cars News

MAY 2, 2009

Despite the doom and gloom however, Chrysler insists that its day to day operations won’t be affected and that its green ENVI division will continue. According to Nick Cappa, a Chrysler spokesman, nothing has changed where these plans are concerned and “vehicle electrification is still very important to the company&#.

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APRIL 14, 2009

The state refundable tax credits will help the companies in their quest for some of the $2 billion in federal grants for advanced-battery research and development. A123Systems has also entered into a development and manufacturing agreement with Chrysler LLC to provide battery systems for the company’s ENVI product line. Earlier post.).

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 20, 2007

Daimler/Chrysler has dusted off its long ago announced Sprinter PHEV. 50,000 grants of $10,000 to purchasers of plug-in cars might just drive the market. In the wake of the Chevy Volt presentation by GM, my "plug-in hybrid" google alert has filled my inbox with reports from other automakers about their PHEV projects.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Subscribe Green News Events Manufacturers Region New Cars Used Cars Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Chrysler Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service by Sam Abuelsamid on Apr 22nd 2009 at 10:05AM Chrysler U.S. Apr 22, 2009 - Chrysler invented the minivan 25 years ago.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Corporate leadership within the RenaultNissanMitsubishi Alliance was clearly unstable, with Nissan particularly annoyed with the lack of autonomy it was granted in the relationship. However, Nikkei Asia has reported that the merger talks have more to do with the Japanese automakers trying to rally against stiffening competition in China.

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APRIL 12, 2023

Chrysler Pacifica PHEV 88.2 Tesla, not surprisingly, supports granting the petition to update the PEF for electric vehicles. As examples of the impact: Model Current CAFE MPGe (PEF= 80,049 Wh/gal) Proposed CAFE MPGe (PEF=23,160 Wh/gal) Volkswagen ID.4 Ford F-150 Lightning 237.1

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MARCH 27, 2009

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers is an association of 11 vehicle manufacturers including BMW Group, Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz USA, Mitsubishi Motors, Porsche, Toyota and Volkswagen.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 13, 2024

After the United Automotive Workers (UAW) union successfully garnered wage increases at Ford, General Motors (GM) and Dodge-Chrysler parent company Stellantis through historic, six-week strikes in the fall, automakers Hyundai, Honda and Toyota went on to boost pay at their non-unionized U.S. Tesla has increased wages at its U.S.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Chrysler debuts all-electric minivan Alisa PriddleThe Detroit News April 22, 2009 12:00 PM Chrysler LLC is celebrating Earth Day with the presentation of four all-electric minivans to the United States Postal Service in Washington today. Department of Energys Transportation Electrification stimulus program by the mid-May deadline.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 13, 2025

2016 Fiat 500e – Fidelio Wanting to be like the pros at the big car magazines, I asked my press contact from Fiat-Chrysler (today part of Stellantis) for a long-term Fiat 500e EV test car. Granted, he was my ride when Covid-19 shut down my commute, and later, when I went into work only a day or two a week.

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JULY 23, 2009

The NAS, NAE, IOM, and NRC are part of a private, nonprofit institution that provides science, technology and health policy advice under a congressional charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln that was originally granted to the NAS in 1863. Under this charter, the NRC was established in 1916, the NAE in 1964, and the IOM in 1970.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 24, 2009

Chrysler was told to consummate with Fiat quickly or else. A billion dollars of loans and grants directly supporting Tesla, Th! GM CEO Rick Waggoner was pushed out and the company got sixty days to get its act together. Obama should take extraordinary steps to empower the electric upstarts to prove their mettle.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 22, 2024

Granted, a battery replacement would likely eclipse what you’d see in terms of normal repairs. Brands here included Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler, Volkswagen, Cadillac, Ram, Lexus, GMC, Subaru, Mini, and Acura. Interestingly, the manufacturer that saw the lowest maintenance costs (at $4,035) over a 10-year period was Tesla.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Some examples of badge engineering worked out very well for both manufacturers involved, with the Mitsubishi-Chrysler partnership that gave North American car shoppers close to a quarter-century of Colts near the top of that list. So, it was a single Grant cheaper than its twin from the same Tennessee assembly line.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 30, 2024

1991 Toyota Previa Granted, the original Previa wasn’t very successful in the U.S. The Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid has been a plug-in hybrid for years and as we’ve seen , can go more than 30 miles without the engine. And an all-electric Chrysler minivan is in the workspotentially as soon as 2027. For the U.S.,

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AUGUST 5, 2023

and Chrysler successor Stellantis because the negotiations barrel towards a Sept. “Realistically, you should not expect to get it all, because the car companies are not going to grant it all,” mentioned Marick Masters, a trade educator at Wayne Shape College in Detroit who makes a speciality of exertions problems.

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MAY 17, 2012

The Sustaining Members of CRC are the American Petroleum Institute (API) and a group of automobile manufacturer members (Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Toyota, and Volkswagen). This testing included more than $14.5 Earlier post.)

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JULY 11, 2024

billion in grant awards today targeted at helping automakers keep 11 troubled manufacturing plants open and to start building EVs there. The grants are part of the “ Domestic Conversion Grant Program ,” intended to direct government support to help convert plants over to electric vehicle manufacturing.

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Baua Electric

MAY 5, 2024

This is thanks, in part, to local governments gradually taking advantage of central government grants to put more EV chargers in the ground. “I Let that serve as your gentle reminder that EV sales are down, except at Ford , Cadillac, GMC, Kia, Hyundai, Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Acura, Volvo , Chrysler , etc. …

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AUGUST 11, 2009

per cent, has received 11 grants worth a total of $1.36billion to develop new kinds of batteries and electric car technologies, as well as to build the factories where they will be manufactured. The biggest individual grants however, were reserved for Johnson Controls and A123Systems.

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