Chrysler Electric Car 3 To 5 Years Away

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Chrysler might not have had the best first quarter this year, with sales plummeting 22%, but here is some good news. Nick Cappa, a Chrysler spokesperson, said in an e-mail to the Detroit Free Press that they are "...planning on product within three to five years," and that product being an electric car. This comes at a time when GM hopes to have their Chevy Volt on the road in 2 years, Toyota working on a plug-in version of their Prius hybrid, and a variety of small electric car makers such as Tesla and Miles are working on their own electric sedans.

Nick Cappa also said; "If you want to go ahead and make everything a full hybrid system, fine, but what if you can turn everything into a range-extended vehicle and take it beyond the 2020 campaign for 35 miles per gallon? The new technology ENVI is developing could do that." ENVI is Chrysler's unit working on developing electric drivetrain.


Link: AutoblogGreen