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Chrysler Disbands ENVI Electric Vehicle Group; Function Absorbed into Traditional Line Organization

Green Car Congress

In April 2009, Chrysler unveiled four all-electric Chrysler Town & Country minivan concepts to the US Postal Service (USPS) in Washington, DC. In August, Chrysler took $70 million in grants from the US Department of Energy to develop a test fleet of 220 hybrid pickup trucks and minivans. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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8 Reasons Government Grants Should Include Funding for Level 1 Charging Infrastructure

EV Adoption

While having a large number of high-powered DC fast chargers is critical to achieving mainstream EV adoption, we also need to be very smart about how we build out charging infrastructure to support the regular, daily driving needs of Americans. That means that nearly 4 our of every ten EVs on the road are PHEVs.

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