Clean Fleet Report

JULY 18, 2025

This is nothing for Faraday Future who have been waiting to give birth to its first mass production vehicle for 11 years! Mariah Carey’s new ride The company says the FX Super One is a multipurpose vehicle, MPV, a term used by auto manufacturers that want their minivan to be viewed as something more than a family-friendly people mover.

Future

Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 9, 2025

Maybe Volkswagen should pay Buzz owners as product specialists and brand ambassadors? Gavin Ryan, senior product planner ID.Buzz, told us: “The ID.Buzz will bring enthusiasm to Volkswagen. Heck, just parked at Costco, the post office or a fast charger, it drew a crowd.

Re-Charge

The Truth About Cars

JUNE 9, 2025

Ford and Chrysler kept their G-Series competitors in production for similar spans. Ford did the same thing with its Econoline/Club Wagon vans, while Chrysler had the Dodge Sportsman / Tradesman plus the pre-minivan Plymouth Voyager. GMC dealers sold the Rally passenger van and the Vandura cargo van during that period.

Chevrolet

InsideEVs

AUGUST 13, 2025

This year it opened a production plant in India. In the markets where VinFast wants to expand, Chinese EV manufacturers (with likely superior products) are also entering or are already there. Pricing incentives are up for all used EV products, but Tesla leads the charge with a whopping 9.4% for every $1 of profit.

America

The Truth About Cars

APRIL 23, 2025

Stellantis temporarily shuttered one of its Canadian production facilities as it assessed the impacts of President Trumps tariffs, but the shutdown didnt last long. The automaker recently restarted operations at its minivan production facility, recalling more than half of the 900 temporarily laid-off workers at the plant.

Production

DIY Electric Car

JUNE 24, 2025

Chinese-made FAW minivan imported and converted to electric by Vantage in California. Of the things added by Vantage for the conversion, almost everything has gone bad and been replaced/repaired, spending literally months in the shop, while the original Chinese-made FAW minivan platform has had one problem -the wiper motor.

Minivan

InsideEVs

JULY 28, 2025

The vertical take-off and landing aircraft isn’t ready for mass production yet. The finished product was designed to accommodate one pilot and four passengers or cargo, depending on the configuration. In a world-first, its VX4 electric airplane prototype flew from one airport to another.

Taxi

Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2010

will introduce a new Prius minivan equipped with Li-ion batteries early next year—the first of a coming rollout of hybrids equipped with Li-ion packs. Toyota reportedly will initially manufacture the Li-ion batteries at its Teiho factory in Aichi Prefecture, with production at Panasonic EV Energy Co.,

Lithium Ion

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2011

Components of the flex-fuel PHEV minivan. The 25 Chrysler minivans will join a fleet of 140 Ram 1500 PHEV pickup trucks ( earlier post ) that are being deployed to 12 partners including local municipalities, state governments, universities and energy companies across the United States. The minivan project. Click to enlarge.

Li-ion

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2011

Chrysler Group LLC will add a hybrid version of the new Chrysler 300 sedan next year as a 2013 model, and add a hybrid minivan in 2013, according to CEO Sergio Marchionne.

Minivan

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Toyota Motor Corporation’s (TMC) engine production subsidiary in Thailand, Siam Toyota Manufacturing Co., STM), will from 2015, expand the production capacity of diesel engines used in Innovative International Multi-purpose Vehicle Project (IMV) series vehicles to meet increasing demand in emerging markets.

Thailand

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

Electrek

MAY 10, 2021

Mercedes-Benz today unveiled its EQT concept electric minivan with an interesting design, but the electric version has only a vague timeline to production. more… The post Mercedes-Benz unveils EQT electric minivan with interesting design appeared first on Electrek.

Minivan

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

Electrek

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Hyundai is gearing up to launch its first all-electric minivan. Production is set to begin next year, and the EV minivan is expected to play a key role in its global expansion. Heres what to expect.

Minivan

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2009

Chrysler unveiled four all-electric Chrysler Town & Country minivan concepts to the US Postal Service (USPS) in Washington, DC, as part of the USPS Earth Day celebration. Chrysler’s ENVI group leveraged the flexibility of its electric-vehicle strategy to demonstrate an all-electric version of its best-selling minivan.

Minivan

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

plans to double its global production of hybrid vehicles from the 2009 level to 1 million units in 2011. Toyota plans to boost production of these existing vehicles in addition to launching new hybrid minivans, subcompacts and luxury cars, according to the report. The Nikkei reported that Toyota Motor Corp. million in 2012.

HS 250h

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2017

The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) has an operational global warming impact 31% less than that of the previous-generation, gasoline-powered Chrysler minivan, according to an analysis by FCA US engineers using industry-standard software. No minivan has ever been rated higher.

Minivan

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Targeted to start by the first quarter of 2024, the plant aims to have an annual production capacity of 40 gigawatt hours. With this announcement, the two companies look to solidify their partnership even further and continue leveraging each other’s strengths.

Li-ion

Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2023

Production is expected to start in the third quarter of 2024, following retooling. The portfolio of transmissions includes six-, eight- and nine-speed transmissions, as well as the SiEVT transmission for the Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid electric minivan, built at the Windsor Assembly Plant in Ontario, Canada.

Indiana

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

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

We expect the licensing of NMRP to HELLER will result in improved quality of products and services as well as customer satisfaction in the automotive industry as a whole. Nissan will also advance its research and development by investing the profit gained from licensing assets like NMRP.

Nissan

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Volvo revealed its first minivan, and it’s a long-range, road-trip-worthy EV. Karma has another new product plan. With the full reveal of the Volvo EM90 electric minivan this past weekend—for now only positioned for China—Volvo is. And why is it a problem that EV owners are driving less?

Minivan

Green Car Reports

MAY 6, 2014

Nissan officially started production of its second electric vehicle, the Nissan e-NV200 small van, at its assembly plant in Barcelona, Spain.

Spain

Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Rivian has filed a new patent that describes a dual guide rail sliding door that would be perfect for a minivan. The design is driving speculation that Rivian could be on its way to develop the market’s first electric minivan just after it produced the industry’s first production version of an all-electric pickup truck.

Minivan

Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2011

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (TMMIN), Toyota Motor Corporation’s (TMC) vehicle production subsidiary in Indonesia, plans to increase the annual production capacity of TMMIN’s Karawang Plant from 100,000 vehicles to 140,000 vehicles by early 2013. The production increase includes a new-capital investment of approximately.

Indonesia

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

unveiled the VEZEL production model. VEZEL, says Honda, offers the dynamic qualities of an SUV, the elegance of a coupe and the functionality of a minivan. At the Tokyo Motor Show, Honda Motor Co., In Japan, both hybrid and gasoline models of the VEZEL will go on sale. L direct injection engine.

Gasoline

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The Renegade PHEV will be produced alongside the Renegade and 500X full combustion engine products that are currently produced at the Melfi vehicle assembly plant. The pre-production units of the new Jeep Renegade PHEV are scheduled in 2019. The plant facilities involved in the production will also be modernized accordingly.

Jeep

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

The company has during the last three years invested three billion RMB (US$459 million) in a new plant that today has a production capacity of 150,000 vehicles per year. NLM’s product portfolio includes an electric commercial distribution minivan which is a part of the agreement. —Kai Johan Jiang, Chairman of Nevs.

Minivan

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

The compact minivan will complete the Golf family at the middle of next year. l/100 km (64 mpg US ), equating to 95 g CO 2 /km—the best value in the field of compact minivans. Volkswagen is presenting a concept car of the newly developed Golf Sportsvan in a world premiere at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt.

Concept

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2020

FCA also has selected Waymo as its exclusive strategic partner for L4 autonomous technology across the FCA fleet and has already started to work with Waymo to imagine future FCA products for the movement of people and goods operated by the Waymo Driver. Our now four-year partnership with Waymo continues to break new ground.

Commercial

Green Car Reports

JUNE 16, 2017

It's the sole plug-in hybrid minivan for sale anywhere in North America, and its combination of seven seats and 33 miles of EPA-rated electric range have attracted huge interest. Production of the partially electric minivan began early in April, but over the last several.

Minivan

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2022

Toyota Motor North America (Toyota) announced that its Michigan-based production development teams have been modifying Indiana-produced 2022 Sienna minivans, adding a vehicle control interface, to create a new vehicle platform compatible with third-party autonomous driving kits and sensors (“Autono”) for use in Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) applications. (..)

Toyota

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2014

SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW) has started production at its new manufacturing base in Chongqing. It also signed an agreement for the second phase of production at the facility. The first phase of production at the Chongqing base represents initial investment of RMB 6.6 billion (US$1.1 billion) by the joint venture. SAIC has a 50.1%

GM

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2022

is the first product release that is powering Aurora’s trucking fleet and its ride-hailing Toyota Sienna fleet. Aurora’s Common Core of Technology enables the intelligence and learnings from its trucks to easily adapt to its minivans. These updates are shared across Aurora’s fleet of trucks and minivans. The Aurora Driver 2.0

El Paso

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2014

One will be a PHEV version of the new Chrysler Town & Country minivan to be introduced in 2016; the second will be a PHEV version of a new full-size crossover vehicle to be introduced in 2017. FCA will launch a PHEV minivan in 2016 to comply with ZEV requirements. Several mild hybrid applications will come to market shortly thereafter.

Chrysler

The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 24, 2023

Earlier this year, Volvo teased the all-electric EM90 minivan. It’s a luxury-minded product catering to Chinese tastes. 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. What are your thoughts?

Minivan