Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2010

Dodge Challenger sales (3,695 units) up 317%. Dodge Charger sales (6,023 units) up 126%. Dodge Journey sales (4610 units) up 11%. Dodge Nitro sales (2,186 units) up 96%. Chrysler Town & Country minivan sales (8,083 units) up 18%. Dodge Dakota sales (1,088 units) up 49%. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

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. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2009

A prototype electric minivan for the USPS. Proposed vehicles covered under the submission include Dodge Ram 1500 Plug-in Hybrid-electric Vehicles (PHEVs), Chrysler Town & Country PHEVs and Chrysler Town & Country Electric Vehicles (EVs). Tags: Electric (Battery) Hybrids Plug-ins. Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

MAY 2, 2009

The ENVI sector had plans to produce at least one of its prototypes with the Dodge Circuit EV listed as a 2010 product in the company’s viability plan. ENVI has so far delivered four battery electric Town & Country minivans to the US Postal Service with another 24 planned.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Department of Energy to develop a test fleet of 220 hybrid pickup trucks and minivans, vehicles now scrapped in the sweeping turnaround plan for Chrysler announced this week by Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne. More details below: Tags: Obama Energy chrysler. More details below: Chrysler dismantles electric car plans under Fiat.

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Green Cars News

MAY 4, 2009

Already this year, Chrysler had turned to A123Systems to provide batteries for its ENVI line-up of electric and plug-in vehicles which included the Dodge and Chrysler Minivan as well as the Jeep Patriot, Jeep Wrangler, 200C and the Dodge Circuit.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2010

On Minivan models that were equipped with the 4.0-liter The soon-to-be-introduced Dodge Charger will feature a Pentastar V-6 providing another 42 horsepower, now 292 hp (218 kW). Tags: Engines. On models including the Chrysler Town & Country, horsepower also has risen to 283—up 86 horsepower from the previous 3.8-liter.

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