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Fiat Chrysler investing additional $266M in Kokomo to increase capacity for 8-speed transmissions

Green Car Congress

Currently, the eight-speed transmission is available on the Jeep Grand Cherokee, Chrysler 300, Dodge Challenger, Dodge Charger, Dodge Durango and Ram 1500. That number has more than doubled to nearly 700,000 in the first 11 months of 2014. The Company sold more than 800,000 of these models in the US through November 2014.

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Chrysler Group files S-1 for IPO; snapshot of R&D priorities; exploring a light-duty hydraulic hybrid

Green Car Congress

CHrysler’s current research efforts include various strategies to warm engines and transmissions faster; to have the vehicles run at an ideal set point; and to recapture waste heat. This transmission is now in the new Ram 1500, the Jeep Grand Cherokee (including in the diesel version), and the Dodge Durango.

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Tales From the Beat Episode 108: Dan Roth

The Truth About Cars

It was this forgettable vehicle that was a Chrysler version of a Dodge Durango called the Chrysler Aspen. And we spent, I don't know, a million, whatever it was to put on this show and no one remembers it. And I'll tell you what it was. Oh, I remember the Aspen, yeah. Yeah, it had a life about as long as a flea. Um, it was a hybrid though.