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Chrysler to introduce PHEV models in 2016 and 2017 to meet ZEV requirements; new FCA gasoline engine family coming in 2015

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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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Name check: 2025 Alfa Romeo’s first electric car renamed Junior after objections from Italian officials

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According to Italian law since 2003, all Italian-related names can only be used if they are produced in Italy. READ MORE: Alfa Bravo! Milano compact SUV is first electric car from Alfa Romeo. Expected here in 2025 READ MORE: Mamma Mia! 2025 Alfa Romeo Milano is now the Junior. “So a car called Milano must be produced in Italy.

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DENSO’s new e-compressor making world debut on Ford’s electrified vehicles

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DENSO introduced electric compressors for hybrid electric vehicles in 2003. Also, for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV), the e-compressor helps make the car less reliant on the internal combustion engine when running A/C.

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Honda signs E-KIZUNA project agreement with City of Saitama for EV, PHEV and electric scooter testing; new household gas cogen unit with more efficient EXlink engine

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In 2003, Honda began sales of its first compact household cogeneration unit, which combined a gas engine with Honda’s original sine wave inverter power generation technology. Earlier post.)

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Some of the Facts : Automakers Comment to CARB

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The letter states that the Staff recommendation has increased the volume of ZEVs and PHEVs required from 2012-2014 and this would result in additional costs of up to $3.4 What is missing in this presentation is the ZEV Program requirements endorsed by CARB in 2003, the requirements as they stand now.

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Ford Launching Transit Connect in US Starting This Summer; Battery-Electric Version Due in 2010

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To prepare the Transit Connect, introduced in Europe in 2003, for the needs of small businesses in the United States, Ford upgraded the powertrain to a Duratec 2.0-liter More than 600,000 Ford Transit Connects have been sold since 2003, to customers in 58 countries and on four continents.

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JEC updates well-to-wheels study on automotive fuels and powertrains; electro-mobility, natural gas and biofuels

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In 2003 JEC issued its first Well-to-Wheels study, a type of analysis which takes into account the entire energy lifecycle of fuels and powertrains and their possible combinations. The differences in performance between PHEV and REEV technologies are primarily a function of the different assumed electric range (20 km vs. 80 km, or 12.4

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