Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2016

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. Click to enlarge.

Minivan

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2018

FCA US LLC announced an agreement to supply “thousands” of Chrysler Pacifica plug-in Hybrid minivans ( earlier post ) to Waymo to support the launch of its driverless ride-hailing service. FCA previously delivered 100 Pacifica Hybrid minivans, adapted for self-driving, to Waymo during the second half of 2016 and an additional 500 in 2017.

Minivan

Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2023

With more than 25 battery-electric vehicle (BEV) launches planned in the US between now and 2030, the Kokomo-built EDM will be integrated into vehicles designed on the STLA Large and STLA Frame platforms. The optimized efficiency of the new EDM will help each platform achieve driving range up to 500 miles (800 km).

Indiana

Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2017

Waymo (formerly the Google self-driving car project) will add an additional 500 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans ( earlier post ) to expand its self-driving program. FCA previously delivered 100 minivans, modified for self-driving, to Waymo during the second half of 2016. Earlier post.)

Minivan

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 21, 2024

longer than Euro version out two years ago Larger 91-kwh battery pack, higher-power rear motor EPA range up to 234 miles, 10-80% in 26 min. And by design, it’s hard to imagine a better way. spec is 3-row, 10 in.

Minivan

Green Car Reports

APRIL 7, 2017

It's a well-reviewed new minivan design from the company that invented the modern minivan three decades ago. Unlike any other minivan, however, its large battery pack gives it 33 miles of EPA-rated electric range, and it can drive largely on battery alone despite its size, its seven seats, and its gaping cargo capacity.

Minivan

Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2013

Chrysler Group is working with NextEnergy to evaluate vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology using four all-electric minivans. The battery-powered minivans are connected to a charging module that, using NextEnergy technology, can simulate any electrical grid in the world.

Chrysler

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2022

The Grand Cherokee 4xe, targeting an estimated 25 miles (40 km) of all-electric range, returns an estimated 57 miles per gallon-equivalent (MPGe) and has an estimated total range of more than 440 miles (708 km). The hybrid powertrain combines a high-tech, 2.0-liter, liter, Pentastar V-6, gasoline engine.

Jeep

The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 24, 2023

Earlier this year, Volvo teased the all-electric EM90 minivan. While minivans have become pure poison on our market, Asian countries still utilize them due to the fact that they offer more interior space than just about everything else. That’s mighty quick for a minivan, especially one as big (205 inches long) and heavy as the 009.

Minivan

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

Designed specifically for a lithium-ion battery-powered chassis, Nissan LEAF is a medium-size hatchback that comfortably seats five adults and has a range of 100 miles on a city drive cycle (LA4). Projects include: $70 million to Chrysler to develop, validate and deploy 220 plug-in hybrid electric pickups and minivans.

Nissan

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2017

Among the innovative aspects of the new Pacifica’s design is its tailor-welded-blank door structure, which utilizes ultra high-strength hot-stamped steel, and its hydroformed loadbeams, also made from ultra high-strength steel. In addition, the all-new Pacifica minivan also makes strategic use of aluminum. Click to enlarge.

Chrysler

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Toyota is recalling 167,802 Sienna hybrid minivans because bolts on the backs of its third-row seats may not have been tightened properly at the factory. The affected minivans are equipped with 60/40 split-folding third-row seats in which the seat backs are bolted to recliner plates on each side. offer hybrid powertrains.

Minivan

Baua Electric

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Toyotas egg-shaped minivan, the Previa, is officially going electric. It will be revived as the first all-electric Toyota minivan. Will the funky-looking minivan find success as an EV? When will Toyota launch its first electric minivan? Meanwhile, Toyota has bigger plans to enter the electric minivan market.

Minivan

Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Goodbye To the Minivan. Kia is out of the minivan business and is shaking up things with the all-new 2022 Carnival. The Korean car company will remind you it is not a minivan but an MPV or Multi-Purpose Vehicle. With those words it hopes to remove the stigma of people saying “I will never own a minivan.”. Drivetrain.

Kia

Baua Electric

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The Toyota Previa was the automaker’s minivan in the ’90s Toyota might bring back the Previa nameplate The resurrected Previa might feature electrified powertrains With its aerodynamic shape and mid-mounted engine, the Toyota Previa minivan remains one of the Japanese automaker’s most daring designs.

Minivan

Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 5, 2021

All-New, All-Hybrid Family-Friendly Minivan. To further its electrification commitment, Toyota has released two 2021 hybrid-only models–the Venza crossover and the Sienna minivan. Next up for 2021 is the all-new Sienna Hybrid minivan, which previously was powered only by a gasoline V6. Soaking up the highway miles.

Toyota

Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

How about more than 520 miles? Or how about 32 miles on no gasoline at all as you chauffeur around the kids and do in-town errands? Chrysler calls it a “multipurpose vehicle,” but we will stick with modern minivan. The EPA rates fuel economy, when using the hybrid gasoline-only engine at 30 miles per gallon. How It Works.

Chrysler

Green Authority

MARCH 15, 2023

There’s a unique, web-like design to the frame that does a good job distributing weight, and it has some plexiglass in spaces to protect against splashes or keep the passenger’s feat out. A kick-less kickstand: Lectric has designed a nifty dual-leg kickstand that really comes in handy. The new pedal assist is well-designed.

Minivan

The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Buzz on a 7,500 km (4,660-mile) road rally through nine European countries in 16 days as part of the Baltic Sea Circle Rally. We knew it could be done with careful planning and plenty of patience, even with the van’s modest 263-mile range. It design looked premium and modern despite lots of hard plastic. Buzz later this year.

Miles

Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Goodbye to the Minivan: Hello to the MPV For all those “I will never own a minivan” people, Kia wants them to take a look at the 2025 Carnival MPV (multi-purpose vehicle). A big one–minivan or MPV ? Exterior Styling: SUV or Minivan? Not the minivan look Calling it a MPV is tipoff to the Carnival design.

Kia

Baua Electric

JUNE 24, 2024

Gas-electric Kia Carnival debuts for 2025 Powertrain delivers a net 242 hp Three levels of brake regeneration are controlled by shift paddles Kia on Monday announced prices for the new hybrid version of its Carnival minivan. The Carnival Hybrid joins two other hybrid minivan entires in the U.S. inch touchscreen and 12.3-inch

Minivan

Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 16, 2021

If you are one of those “I will never drive a minivan” type of persons, please keep reading. Oh, and could you get used to 32 miles of all-electric driving and 30+ mph when in hybrid mode? When Clean Fleet Report first reviewed the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid in 2017, it was the only electrified minivan on the market. How It Works.

Chrysler

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

The base all-wheel drive Model X 90D has a range of some 257 miles (414 km), with a 0-60 time of 4.8 Musk emphasized that basic design of car contributes to the overall safety. The low center of gravity resulting from the low battery pack results in half of the rollover propensity of any current SUV or minivan, Musk said.

SUV

The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 14, 2025

From Mopar Insiders : The C6X, initially inspired by the Airflow (CA) unveiled at CES 2022, underwent a major redesign after Chrysler CEO Christine Feuell requested a more boundary-pushing design language. Most all-electric vehicles offering over 300 miles come with an MSRP above $75,000. Thats pure speculation on our part.

Chrysler

Teslarati

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

May Mobility says it has technology that’s the equivalent of Level 4 automated driving, which means that the vehicles won’t be required to have a driver at certain points and in regions where it’s designated as legal, according to Society Automotive Engineers (SAE) autonomy designations. The post Toyota-backed U.S.

Toyota

Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 13, 2025

seconds for 0-60 miles per hour. Ample power from two sources The EPA rates the XC90 Recharge AWD Ultimate at 27 mpg for the gasoline hybrid engine, and 33 all-electric miles from the 18.8 The 33-mile all-electric range shows Volvo engineers are getting close to the 50 miles plug-in hybrids will need to achieve beginning in 2035.

Recharge

The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2023

While it’s not as legendary of a nameplate as other icons of motoring, the Pathfinder was once a rugged body-on-frame SUV that could go just about anywhere, it’s now a minivan without the utility of a minivan. I was once a Pathfinder owner - a first-gen four-door. It’s a half-assed solution to something that probably needs a full ass.

Cars

Baua Electric

MAY 17, 2023

A patent software for the design surfaced in 2022 as neatly, however since upcoming apparently Chrysler has long gone in a unique path. The post Chrysler Airflow identify, design, gained’t elevate over to manufacturing EV appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

Chrysler

Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 17, 2023

ID.Buzz minivan (already on sale in Europe). drag coefficient) that play a role, along with a new electric motor design, that promises to eventually deliver a 435-mile range model. drag coefficient) that play a role, along with a new electric motor design, that promises to eventually deliver a 435-mile range model.

Europe

The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 27, 2025

This Benz is a full decade older than that church-on-Sundays/oil-change-every-1000-miles Honda and looks damn near as nice. That's not quite up to the standards of the 601k-mile W201 or the three W123 oil-burners that beat the 400k mark, but the W124 has earned a legitimate reputation for reliability over the decades.

Mercedes

The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

There are much cheaper minivans on the market, meaning someone would really need to be interested in an unique EV for them to pull the trigger on the Buzz. But it is hard to imagine it having mass-market success, even if it ends up being the most luxurious minivan ever built.

Dealers

Baua Electric

OCTOBER 21, 2024

longer than Euro version out two years ago Larger 91-kwh battery pack, higher-power rear motor EPA range up to 234 miles, 10-80% in 26 min. And by design, it’s hard to imagine a better way that VW might have positioned an electric van for the past and the future, all at once. Remember when minivans made a design statement?

Minivan

Cars That Think

JANUARY 6, 2025

An EREV resembles a PHEV, pairing gas and electric powertrains, but with two key differences: An EREV integrates much larger batteries, enough to rack up significant all-electric miles before the internal-combustion engine kicks in; and the gas engine in an EREV is used entirely to generate electricity, not to propel the car directly.

Plug-in

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2017

g/mile NMOG + NO x Tier 3 fleet average target (the old Tier 2 Bin 2 level). Achates is building the analytical models to figure out how to design the ports for any given applications. liter engine to be deployed in the demo truck is a new clean-sheet design incorporating all the latest learnings. The new Achates Power 2.7-liter

Light

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2009

The GM Viability Determination notes that the company is in the early stages of an operational turnaround in which it has made material progress in a number of areas, including purchasing, product design, manufacturing, brand rationalization and its dealer network. The Volt is an extended range electric vehicle—i.e.,

Volt

The Truth About Cars

JULY 3, 2023

Chrysler revolutionized the American family-hauler world in the 1984 model year when the Plymouth Voyager and Dodge Caravan minivans first appeared. Toyota made extra room inside this forward-control design by installing a straight-four engine, laid over on its side, beneath the front seats.

Conversion

Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Going from discharged to a full charge, the times are estimated to be: 120V (Level 1) Two miles of charge per hour, or about 80 hours. 240V (Level 2) 21-34 miles per hour, 7.5 480V DC Fast Charging 56-62 miles in 10 minutes, 80 percent in 38 minutes or less. – Pro: 260 miles. – Pro S: 250 miles.

All-Electric