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MARCH 1, 2023

The portfolio of transmissions includes six-, eight- and nine-speed transmissions, as well as the SiEVT transmission for the Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid electric minivan, built at the Windsor Assembly Plant in Ontario, Canada.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2014

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ (FCA) Chrysler Brand will launch two plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) over the next several years, said Al Gardner, President and CEO of the Chrysler Brand, during the FCA Investor Day presentations at Auburn Hills, Mi. FCA will launch a PHEV minivan in 2016 to comply with ZEV requirements. —Bob Lee.

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JUNE 15, 2021

Nissan introduced the system to market in November 2016 on the Note, followed by a version of the Serena minivan in March 2018, the Kicks SUV e-POWER in June 2020, the new version of the Note in December 2020 featuring the second-generation e-POWER system, and a version of the Qashqai in Europe in February 2021.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 30, 2022

We’ve seen electric sedans, sports cars, crossovers, and even pickup trucks, but there’s one segment of the market that’s been left out: minivans. The only minivans I’ve seen are the Nissan ENV-200 work van and the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid (a PHEV).

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Minivan Nissan Chrysler PHEV 110

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

EPA projects that the hybrid share of new vehicle sales will increase to 4.3% L/100km), though there is uncertainty in these projections as they were made during the atypical automotive market in 2009. As part of its 2010 estimates, EPA is projecting an increase in hybrid share to 4.3%, up from 2.3% in 2010, up from 2.3%

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 16, 2012

There's likely a huge market demand for higher-mileage minivans and wagons, but so far, the 2012 Toyota Prius V is the sole entry that gets more than 40 mpg in EPA testing.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2020

By incorporating the Waymo Driver, the world’s leading self-driving technology, into our Pacifica minivans, we became the only partnership actually deploying fully autonomous technology in the real world, on public roads. Our now four-year partnership with Waymo continues to break new ground. —Mike Manley, Chief Executive Officer, FCA.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2009

(TKM), plans to unveil a concept for a new compact car designed for the Indian market, as well as display 13 other concept and production vehicles, at the 10 th Auto Expo automobile show in New Delhi from 5-11 January 2010. The concept for the new compact car is to be unveiled at a TKM press conference on 5 January.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2010

Automakers “are stepping up marketing activity, urging customers who are still driving old vehicles to buy new ones before the subsidies expire,” says an official at Mitsubishi Motors Corp. sales volume increase in July thanks in part to the hot-selling Prius hybrid. The subsidies expire at the end of September. Toyota Motor Corp.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2013

Other highlights of the report include: Many new technologies are rapidly gaining market share. The use of gasoline direct injection systems has grown from essentially zero in MY 2007 to a projected 24% of the market in MY 2012. Both conventional hybrids and diesel vehicles have increased market share slightly since MY 2007.

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Fuel Economy 2012 EPA Economy 284

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Reuters reports that Chrysler has disbanded its ENVI team, formed in 2007 to bring electric-drive vehicles and related advanced-propulsion technologies to market. In April 2009, Chrysler unveiled four all-electric Chrysler Town & Country minivan concepts to the US Postal Service (USPS) in Washington, DC. Earlier post.)

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Chrysler Electric Vehicles Minivan Vehicles 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The FCA Melfi, Italy plant is beginning preparations to produce the Jeep Renegade Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) scheduled for market launch in early 2020. By 2022, FCA will offer a total of 12 electric propulsion systems (BEV, PHEV, full-hybrid and mild-hybrid) in global architectures.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 7, 2017

Today, we have good news on electric-car buyers, a grim EPA budget, an apparently failed new battery, and production of the first plug-in hybrid minivan to hit the market. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Four out of 10 drivers globally would consider buying an electric car today, but the numbers vary a lot by country.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 20, 2012

In hybrid and electric cars, regenerative braking systems are used to convert kinetic energy into electrical energy under braking, slowing the car down and improving gas mileage or all-electric range.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2009

plans to begin selling hybrid vehicles based on its own technology in Japan in 2011. Nissan is likely to develop a low-cost, compact powertrain similar to those in Honda hybrids, with an electric motor to provide additional power to a constantly working engine. the Fuga luxury sedan due on market next fall, earlier post ).

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JANUARY 19, 2022

Mopar has introduced new, Wi-Fi-capable, Level 2 (240-volt) charging units for at-home charging for Jeep 4xe and Chrysler plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The all-new 2022 Grand Cherokee 4xe is the first Grand Cherokee to offer plug-in hybrid capability. The hybrid powertrain combines a high-tech, 2.0-liter,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2021

In March 2018 an e-POWER version of the popular Serena minivan was launched, which was followed by the all-new Kicks SUV e-POWER in June 2020. The Kicks e-POWER also launched in some Asian markets, expanding the availability of e-POWER technology. The Note claimed the best-selling car in Japan title in 2018.1. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The batteries produced at the new facility will be supplied to Stellantis assembly plants throughout the US, Canada and Mexico for installation in next-generation electric vehicles ranging from plug-in hybrids to full battery electric vehicles that will be sold under the Stellantis family of brands.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2014

The Trends report has been published annually since 1975 and covers all passenger cars, sport utility vehicles, minivans, and all but the largest pickup trucks and vans. More are coming to the US market, such as the Audi A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid and Volkswagen e-Golf BEV. Emissions Fuel Efficiency Hybrids Plug-ins'

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

The 2018 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid is a one-of-a-kind vehicle, the sole plug-in hybrid minivan offered for sale in North America. Now, the Pacifica Hybrid is back on sale in its second model year, and the minivan with 33 miles of.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Other highlights of the latest Trends report include: Light truck market share decreased in MY 2012, but continues to be variable. Light trucks (pickups, minivans/vans, and truck SUVs), accounted for 36% of all light-duty vehicle production in MY 2012, the second lowest level since 1993. Market share of gasoline turbo vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

million, for installation of approximately 2,500 charging stations in each of five markets: Tennessee, Oregon, San Diego, Seattle and the Phoenix/Tucson region. The project will also deploy up to 1,000 Nissan LEAF EVs ( earlier post ) in each market, for a total EV deployment of up to 5,000 units.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

The Nissan Leaf won that year because it was the sole affordable battery-electric vehicle on the market. In 2011, Green Car Reports launched an award for the new car, or family of cars, that represented the best green vehicle introduced for the model year.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Goodbye to the Minivan: Hello to the MPV For all those “I will never own a minivan” people, Kia wants them to take a look at the 2025 Carnival MPV (multi-purpose vehicle). Launched in 2022 with a gasoline engine, the 2025 Carnival now has a hybrid option for those seeking better fuel economy and performance.

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Kia Hybrid Minivan Fuel Economy 98

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

and Duke Energy last week announced a 10-year commitment to transition their company cars and trucks to plug-in hybrid or all-electric vehicles. Currently, the only near-term options for available PEV supply are sedans, minivans, vans and a few bucket trucks. Tags: Hybrids Plug-ins. FPL Group, Inc.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 5, 2021

All-New, All-Hybrid Family-Friendly Minivan. Toyota long ago made a commitment to hybrids, with the Prius being the most successful result of the company’s commitment to combining electricity and gasoline. Toyota and its upmarket Lexus division have 16 hybrid models, making the combined nameplates the leader in hybrid offerings.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2021

Hybrid/Alternative Energy Car. High Performance Car. High-end Luxury Car. Luxury Car. Luxury Compact SUV/Crossover. Mid-size Car. Mid-size Pickup Truck. Mid-size SUV/Crossover. Sports Car. Subcompact Car. Subcompact SUV/Crossover.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 6, 2025

What they got wrong was assuming that all of those vehicles would run on battery power alone, with gasoline-electric hybrid technology bound for the technological scrap heap. In China , Europe , and the United States , buyers are converging on hybrids, whose sales growth is outpacing that of pure EVs. million, accounting for 10.6

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2012

The survey, conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center, found that car owners were open to different ways of saving at the pump, from downsizing to looking at hybrids, electric cars, or models with diesel engines.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2014

The Trends report has been published annually since 1975 and covers all passenger cars, sport utility vehicles, minivans, and all but the largest pickup trucks and vans. Light truck market share. The MY 2014 light truck market share is projected to increase by 2%, based on pre-model year projections by automakers. Source: EPA.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2009

A prototype electric minivan for the USPS. Proposed vehicles covered under the submission include Dodge Ram 1500 Plug-in Hybrid-electric Vehicles (PHEVs), Chrysler Town & Country PHEVs and Chrysler Town & Country Electric Vehicles (EVs). Tags: Electric (Battery) Hybrids Plug-ins. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 24, 2015

We know very little about the plug-in hybrid version that Fiat Chrysler will launch sometime after the new 2017 Chrysler Town & Country minivan is unveiled next year. But while a spate of plug-in hybrid SUVs and crossover utility vehicles is just about to enter the U.S. Green Future Cars Plug-In Hybrids plug-in cars'

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2018

ft 2 (2.4%); cars increased 1 ft 2 (2.1%); minivans/vans increased 1.0 Since MY 2008, market share has shifted towards car SUVs and truck SUVs, and away from cars, pickups, and minivans/vans. Truck SUVs reached a record market share of 29%, resulting in a record 41% market share for combined SUVs in MY 2016.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Chrysler has the market locked-up for anyone needing a seven passenger vehicle that can go a very long way on a tank of fuel. If this is appealing, then the 2022 Pacifica plug-in hybrid (PHEV) is what you are looking for. Chrysler calls it a “multipurpose vehicle,” but we will stick with modern minivan. How It Works.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

The announcement marks the single largest investment in advanced battery technology for hybrid and electric-drive vehicles ever made. Production of nickel-cobalt-metal battery cells and packs, as well as production of battery separators (by partner Entek) for hybrid and electric vehicles. Industry officials expect that this $2.4

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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. Oh, and could you get used to 32 miles of all-electric driving and 30+ mph when in hybrid mode? The newly styled 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid is ready for your test drive. It was more than a hybrid—it was a plug-in hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2011

Conversely, responses for hybrid vehicles dropped in 2011, and basic/introduction cars fell more than 20 percentage points from last year. With regard to investment in global growth markets, respondents predict increased investment in China (58%), India (50%), Brazil (41%) and Russia (33%). US automaker gains in market share.

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