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Road Test: 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Plug-in Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

Photos by John Faulkner and Chrysler. The newly styled 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid is ready for your test drive. When Clean Fleet Report first reviewed the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid in 2017, it was the only electrified minivan on the market. Impressive Efficiency. Impressive Luxury. Story by John Faulkner. Ready to ride.

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Tech: Don’t Believe These 5 Plug-In Hybrid Myths!

Clean Fleet Report

In fact, places like California, according to the California Air Resources Board (CARB), are already promoting PHEVs as part of its drive to have only zero-emission new vehicles (ZEVs) on sale by the year 2035. Road Test: 2021 Chrysler Pacifica PHEV. If you’re in the mood for investing in a PHEV, go for it!

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Electric Car Company Aurica Motors Enters Two Partnerships for Manufacturing Training and Engineering

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Electric car company Aurica Motors, which plans to retool the NUMMI plant in California to build not only electric cars but compatible battery charging stations ( earlier post ), has entered two partnerships in support of its mission. Motive develops concept vehicles for major automakers such as Dodge, Hyundai, Suzuki, Chrysler, and Toyota.

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USCAR helps to develop charging-readiness tools for plug-in & electric vehicles through US DRIVE

Green Car Congress

Founded in 1992, USCAR is the collaborative automotive technology company for Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors. The Grid Interaction Tech Team helped to identify and address roadblocks that would prevent successful commercialization of all types of plug-in electric vehicles.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Chryslers first electric car, set to be introduced late next year around the same time as General Motors Chevrolet Volt, will be a sports car with a zero-to-60 time of under five seconds and a top speed of 120 miles per hour. "This vehicle is so light it doesnt even require power steering," said Chrysler spokesman Nick Cappa.

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Road Test: 2022 Kia Carnival SX

Clean Fleet Report

So why do Kia, Honda, Toyota and Chrysler continue to make these boxy people movers? In 236 miles of driving through Southern California, and using the adaptive cruise control when on the freeway, we averaged 26.7 Upscale touches and plenty tech. Road Test: 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Plug-in Hybrid.

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Toyota "Moves"

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Four years ago, the professor at the University of California at Davis and a team of engineering students created a plug-in vehicle. But it also probably helped that Daimler-Chrysler has been delivering its first plug-in hybrid vans to big companies. A typical hybrid has a big gasoline engine and a tiny electric motor.

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