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Chrysler boss: We are rethinking the minivan for the electric era

Green Car Reports

In an interview at the 2022 New York auto show Chrysler CEO Christine Feuell gave Green Car Reports some insights. That's not about to change anytime soon, but when the first electric vehicles arrive from the storied automaker it is clear they will lean into the automaker's strengths.

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Nissan e-NV 200 Concept Electric Minivan: NYC's Electric Taxi?

Green Car Reports

The vehicle in the photos is blue, but imagine it in New York City taxicab yellow, complete with a black checkboard stripe and mismatched fonts in the logo. The Nissan e-NV 200 Concept electric minivan shown here could well be NYC's next taxi sometime toward the end of the decade.

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NYC's Nissan 'Taxi Of Tomorrow' Plan Upheld By Highest State Court

Green Car Reports

Back in 2011, New York City chose a new vehicle to replace the majority of its taxi fleet, then a hodgepodge of Ford Crown Victoria sedans, various hybrid models, and a few minivans. The decision to standardize New York's roughly 13,000 medallion taxi.

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January’s Secret: It’s the Best Month

Baua Electric

After December’s rush of Amazon eighteen-wheelers and minivans headed to Grandmother’s house, highway traffic falls sharply in January, and the year ahead, just days old, has the clarity of the open road. Along with its little sibling, February, January belongs to the year’s slowest period for tourism in many cities, including New York.

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Road Test: 2022 Chrysler Pacifica Limited Plug-in Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

Chrysler calls it a “multipurpose vehicle,” but we will stick with modern minivan. The only minivan with a plug. New York City to Toledo? If Chrysler had their way, you will see it more as a multi-purpose vehicle than a minivan. How It Works. The 2022 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid has a gasoline-powered 3.6-liter

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Move Over Ford: Nissan Plans All-Electric Future For NY Taxis

All Cars Electric

From the iconic Ford Crown Victoria through to the Ford Escape Hybrids replacing many of them as part of air quality legislature coming into force in 2012, Ford’s relationship with the New York taxi is a long one.

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Road Test: 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Plug-in Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

If you are one of those “I will never drive a minivan” type of persons, please keep reading. When Clean Fleet Report first reviewed the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid in 2017, it was the only electrified minivan on the market. But the landscape has changed since 2017 as the 2021 Toyota Sienna minivan is now a hybrid. Ready to ride.