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2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid PHEV minivan EPA-rated at 84 MPGe in electric-only mode; role of eFlite dual-motor/one-way clutch strategy

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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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Road Test: 2022 Chrysler Pacifica Limited Plug-in Hybrid

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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. Chrysler calls it a “multipurpose vehicle,” but we will stick with modern minivan. The 2022 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid has a gasoline-powered 3.6-liter The only minivan with a plug.

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Road Test: 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Plug-in Hybrid

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Photos by John Faulkner and Chrysler. If you are one of those “I will never drive a minivan” type of persons, please keep reading. The newly styled 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid is ready for your test drive. But the landscape has changed since 2017 as the 2021 Toyota Sienna minivan is now a hybrid. Impressive Efficiency.

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Chrysler Pacifica PHEV contract marks first delivery of a complete pack for volume NA PHEV for LG Chem

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Li-ion battery maker LG Chem will supply the 16-kWh Li-ion battery pack system and controls for the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan. The Pacifica Hybrid, scheduled to be launched in late 2016 and introduced at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, will be the first mass-produced hybrid minivan in North America.

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Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2018: Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid plug-in minivan

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Over the next seven years, more than two dozen vehicles that plug in to the grid to recharge. The Nissan Leaf won that year because it was the sole affordable battery-electric vehicle on the market.

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Chrysler providing 10 PHEV Ram 1500 pickups to MBTA as part of demo project

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Chrysler Group LLC, working in partnership with the US Department of Energy (DOE), will deliver 10 demonstration fleet Ram 1500 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) pickup trucks to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). Chrysler Group LLC has delivered Ram 1500 PHEV trucks to the city of Yuma, Ariz., Earlier post.).

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Chrysler Changes Its Mind About EVs

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As the race to produce mass market EVs heats up, Chrysler has pulled out of the contest. More details below: Chrysler dismantles electric car plans under Fiat. “As late as August, Chrysler took $70 million in grants from the U.S. Chrysler dismantles electric car plans under Fiat. by Kevin Krolicki, for Reuters.

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