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Fiat Chrysler to electrify more vehicles as diesels fall out of favor

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Ford launched hybrids in 2004, before any other maker, but its battery-electric efforts thus far have been strictly compliance cars. Chrysler, however, was by far the most pessimistic.

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Chrysler and EPA to partner on hydraulic series hybrid powertrain for light duty vehicles

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Chrysler Group LLC and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are working together to determine the possibility of adapting a hydraulic series hybrid system for application in large passenger cars and light-duty vehicles. following a meeting with Sergio Marchionne, Chrysler Group CEO, and Lisa P. Earlier post.)

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US tells owners to stop driving older Nissan vehicles over air bag concerns – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The agency made its announcement after the Japanese automaker issued a warning on Wednesday telling vehicle owners not to drive certain vehicles – the 2002-2006 model year Nissan Sentra, 2002-2004 Nissan Pathfinder and 2002-2003 Infiniti QX4 – that were recalled in 2020 but have not been fixed.

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EPA Reports Fifth Consecutive Annual Increase in US New Vehicle Fuel Economy; Up 9% Since 2004, Back to Levels of Early 1980s

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mpg, or 9%, since 2004. This positive trend beginning in 2005 reverses a long period of increasing CO 2 emissions and decreasing fuel economy from 1987 through 2004, and returns CO 2 emissions and fuel economy to levels of the early 1980s. Automotive engineers are constantly developing more advanced and efficient vehicle technologies.

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Former FCA boss Sergio Marchionne stored Italy’s auto trade, Elkann says

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“Sergio was a patriot in the highest sense of the word,” Elkann, 47, stated in an interview for the untouched version of the biography of the overdue Marchionne, who ran the Italian automaker from 2004 till his loss of life in 2018. Marchionne and Elkann stored Fiat from related chapter and mixed it with U.S.

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Junkyard Find: 1983 Chevrolet S-10 Durango 4x4

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Apparently Ford didn't sic its lawyers on GM for using the Durango name (used on pickup-ized Fairmonts for 1979 through 1982), nor did GM prevent Chrysler from selling Durango SUVs starting in the 1997 model year. There are newspapers and junk mail from 2004 inside, so I'm guessing that's when it was crashed and parked.

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EPA fuel economy report finds weight and power leveling off, footprint stable

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Since MY 2004, CO 2 emissions and fuel economy have improved in ten out of twelve years, and decreased only twice. Subaru, Nissan, and Honda are leading in adoption of CVTs, while Mercedes, BMW, and Fiat-Chrysler lead in the adoption of transmissions with seven or more speeds. Model year (MY) 2016 vehicle fuel economy was 24.7