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Posted by Desoto61 [138.163.0.42] on Monday, November 09, 2009 at 14:51:32 :
In Reply to: Re: Chrysler Shelves Plan to Sell Electric Car in 2010 posted by rick [206.208.224.161] on Monday, November 09, 2009 at 14:15:47 :
They showed off three concepts earlier this year/last year. A minivan, a wrangler, and a small Lotus based all-electric coupe that was pretty sporty.
They really need to get a hybrid into the minivan and one of the smaller vehicles too. Then recoupe some of the money on that fancy hybrid tranny they built with GM and BMW and offer a hybrid RAM and Grand Cherokee, maybe move it into the next Chrysler 300 too.
The only way to do an all electric vehicle that I think will sell well is to make it cheap (under 20K max, 12~15K even better) They will never be a practical only car, but for lots of people (myself included) they would be a great second car.
A small Fit sized vehicle would meet the daily driving needs for lots of people and never need gas and little maintenance. A conventional car would still be needed for longer trips though.