Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2017

Waymo (formerly the Google self-driving car project) will add an additional 500 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans ( earlier post ) to expand its self-driving program. FCA previously delivered 100 minivans, modified for self-driving, to Waymo during the second half of 2016. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2023

The optimized efficiency of the new EDM will help each platform achieve driving range up to 500 miles (800 km). 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

JANUARY 11, 2017

The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) has an operational global warming impact 31% less than that of the previous-generation, gasoline-powered Chrysler minivan, according to an analysis by FCA US engineers using industry-standard software. The calculations are based on 120,000 miles (200,000 km) of operation.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

LG Chem announced that it won a contract to supply the 16 kWh Li-ion battery pack and controls for the new Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid minivan introduced earlier this year at the Detroit auto show. Chrysler estimates that the Pacifica Hybrid will deliver an all-electric range of 30 miles. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 21, 2024

longer than Euro version out two years ago Larger 91-kwh battery pack, higher-power rear motor EPA range up to 234 miles, 10-80% in 26 min. spec is 3-row, 10 in. Starts at $61,545, spans to $71,545 for top 1st Edition AWD VW’s electric Bus reboot is finally arriving in the U.S. And by design, it’s hard to imagine a better way.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2016

The Google Self-Driving Car Project and FCA announced will collaborate to integrate Google’s self-driving technology into all-new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans ( earlier post ) to expand Google’s existing self-driving test program. —Sergio Marchionne, CEO, FCA.

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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 Reports

APRIL 7, 2017

It's a well-reviewed new minivan design from the company that invented the modern minivan three decades ago. Unlike any other minivan, however, its large battery pack gives it 33 miles of EPA-rated electric range, and it can drive largely on battery alone despite its size, its seven seats, and its gaping cargo capacity.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 16, 2017

It's the sole plug-in hybrid minivan for sale anywhere in North America, and its combination of seven seats and 33 miles of EPA-rated electric range have attracted huge interest. Production of the partially electric minivan began early in April, but over the last several.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2016

The gasoline-powered version of the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica minivan has earned a highway-cycle fuel-economy rating of 28 mpg US (8.4 l/100km) from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—a benchmark unsurpassed by any minivan on the US market and 12% better than the vehicle Pacifica replaces. l/100 km), respectively.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Exceeding its initial program targets, the plug-in 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid ( earlier post ) has earned an electric-mode fuel economy rating of 84 miles-per-gallon-equivalent (MPGe) from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). No other minivan has ever come close to this rating. (As Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2013

Chrysler Group is working with NextEnergy to evaluate vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology using four all-electric minivans. The battery-powered minivans are connected to a charging module that, using NextEnergy technology, can simulate any electrical grid in the world.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

MAY 25, 2008

We'd like to have a minivan or airport bus sized vehicle converted to electric with air conditioning, We'd like a 60-70 mile range at highway speeds.

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InsideEVs

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Meet the Geely-owned brand's second production vehicle and the world's first to feature CATL's Qilin battery tech in a 140-kWh pack.

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InsideEVs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It's easy to see why Chinese electric cars are scaring the hell out of U.S. automakers like Tesla.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

No similar issues have occurred with 23 plug-in hybrid minivans deployed as part of a parallel project (also with Electrovaya batteries, ( earlier post ). million miles of service in various conditions, from high-altitude Colorado to Arizona’s desert. mpg, while the minivans delivered 55.0 The fleet accumulated more than 1.3

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InsideEVs

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This is the all-electric version of the T-Class, which in turn is just a posh version of the Renault Kangoo.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 24, 2023

Earlier this year, Volvo teased the all-electric EM90 minivan. While minivans have become pure poison on our market, Asian countries still utilize them due to the fact that they offer more interior space than just about everything else. That’s mighty quick for a minivan, especially one as big (205 inches long) and heavy as the 009.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2022

The Grand Cherokee 4xe, targeting an estimated 25 miles (40 km) of all-electric range, returns an estimated 57 miles per gallon-equivalent (MPGe) and has an estimated total range of more than 440 miles (708 km). The hybrid powertrain combines a high-tech, 2.0-liter, liter, Pentastar V-6, gasoline engine.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The Toyota Previa minivan was too small, too weird-looking, too underpowered— in short, too Japanese to ever be a runaway sales hit in North America. Here's one that got close to the half-million-mile mark before being retired in Northern California. 1995 Toyota Previa with 450k miles in California wrecking yard.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The largest sources of transportation CO 2 emissions in 2017 were passenger cars (41.4%); medium- and heavy- 5 duty trucks (23.1%); light-duty trucks, which include sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks, and minivans (17.1%); commercial aircraft (6.7%); other aircraft (3.1%); rail (2.3%); pipelines (2.3%); and ships and boats (2.2%).

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Charged EVs

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Since then, in North America, Honda has sold two pure EVs in tiny numbers: the 2013-2014 Honda Fit EV (82 miles of EPA range) and the 2017-2019 Honda Clarity Electric midsize sedan (89 miles of range). A spacious five-seat utility vehicle, it’s EPA-rated at 273 to 296 miles of range. Both were purely compliance cars.

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Charged EVs

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The Buzz retails at $61,500 to $71,500, with EPA-rated combined ranges of 234 miles in base rear-wheel-drive form or 231 miles with optional 4Motion all-wheel drive. Range for the two versions is remarkably close: 234 miles for RWD, and just 3 miles less for the AWD variant at 231 miles.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid is the sole plug-in hybrid minivan for sale anywhere in North America, but it hasn't had a particularly smooth rollout. Its seven seats and 33 miles of EPA-rated electric range make it appealing to families who want a plug-in vehicle with more than five seats and more than 20 miles of range.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

EPA projects a small improvement in 2010, based on pre-model year sales estimates provided by automakers, to 395 grams of CO 2 per mile and 22.5 For 2009, the last year EPA has final data from automakers, the average CO 2 emissions from new vehicles were 397 grams per mile and the average fuel economy value was 22.4 mpg (10.45

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

Designed specifically for a lithium-ion battery-powered chassis, Nissan LEAF is a medium-size hatchback that comfortably seats five adults and has a range of 100 miles on a city drive cycle (LA4). Projects include: $70 million to Chrysler to develop, validate and deploy 220 plug-in hybrid electric pickups and minivans.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2016

The nearly 5,900 employees at Windsor Assembly are bringing more than 33 years of minivan production knowledge and expertise to the launch of the Pacifica Hybrid. Since launching the first minivan in 1983, the Windsor plant has built 10 million of the more than 14.3 —Brian Harlow, Head of Manufacturing, FCA – North America.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 18, 2020

Toyota has introduced new versions of the Venza utility vehicle and Sienna minivan, and they’re hybrid exclusive this time. And new high-power charging cables can handle more miles per minute and keep cool. The Lightyear One is one step closer with a production deal for its solar roof. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2012

In Consumer Reports ’ latest survey , 35% of US respondents report driving fewer miles than they did a year ago. Further illuminating a future market shift, sedans and and minivans are on fewer participants’ radar relative to their current model.

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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 Reports

JULY 5, 2019

Seating for six, up to 32-miles of EPA-rated all-electric range, and a 30-mpg combined rating set the 2019 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid up to be not just the ideal minivan but the ideal family mover at this point in time.

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Electric Cars Report

DECEMBER 20, 2024

These six-seater luxury MPVs boast an electric-only range of 73 km (45 miles). liter engine […] The post Toyota Launches Alphard and Vellfire PHEV Minivans in Japan appeared first on Electric Cars Report. While sharing similarities with the existing hybrid system, including a naturally aspirated 2.5-liter

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 11, 2016

Chrysler’s Town & Country was one of the first minivan on the market when it arrived in 1989 as a spinoff of the original Dodge Caravan, and its mix of practicality and near-premium status did a lot to boost the segment.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The vehicle struck a minivan and then exited the highway it was traveling on. The car struck the minivan at about 68 miles per hour, then increased its speed to 72 MPH before the vehicle’s Automatic Emergency Braking safety measure took effect. A Tesla Model 3. Credit: Tesla).

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

While the never minivan people have a point about the vehicles being boring to drive and bulky, the new Kia PV5 might be cool enough to change some minds. The larger pack offers up to 249 miles of range on a charge, but that number will likely decrease a bit when measured on the EPAs more restrictive test cycle. kWh and 71.2

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 1, 2016

It is in fact a plug-in hybrid, making it the first minivan equipped with that type of powertrain to go into production. The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid has a somewhat deceptive—or perhaps incomplete—name. It is also the first mass-market plug-in vehicle sold by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) in all 50 states of the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2020

While the death rates are adjusted for driver age and gender, they don’t capture other factors that might influence fatality rates, such as the speeds people drive, the number of miles they travel per day and the types of roads they use. Death rates for pickups trended lower by miles driven.

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