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Stellantis Might Be Trying To Save Chrysler With Its Airflow EV Concept The new Airflow may just be too little too late for Chrysler
https://jalopnik.com ^ | December 22, 2021 | ByAndy Kalmowitz

Posted on 12/23/2021 5:51:38 AM PST by Red Badger

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To: Celerity
Or way too early. Most people still can't afford electric vehicles.

Or maybe too late after all. Today's electric cars would have blown 1915's electric vehicles off the road.

But what do I know? I thought Stellantis was a bottled water.

21 posted on 12/23/2021 6:57:14 AM PST by x
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To: Red Badger; fireman15

Great memories of the X-19 and the Spyder.

Beautiful styling but they seem to put little thought to maintenance and repairs. Changing something easy like a clutch master cylinder was a pain. And whatever you do, don’t let anything fall down those deep spark plug recesses into the cylinders!


22 posted on 12/23/2021 7:01:51 AM PST by Not_Who_U_Think
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To: Dr. Sivana
My 1966 Dodge Dart was on the road for 41 years...

Al Bundy!, is that you?

23 posted on 12/23/2021 7:10:57 AM PST by DeFault User
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His Dart was of ‘70s vintage, I believe.


24 posted on 12/23/2021 7:14:01 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
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To: Not_Who_U_Think
Great memories of the X-19 and the Spyder.

About the time we would get the engine running well something would go wrong with the transmission. But working through these issues did make fond memories 30 years later.

25 posted on 12/23/2021 7:14:47 AM PST by fireman15
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To: Demiurge2

Because in an electric car aerodynamics are even MORE critical to get to/maintain that range that people expect.


26 posted on 12/23/2021 7:51:57 AM PST by FrankRizzo890
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To: Red Badger

Yep...I’ll buy a car from a company that’s going out of business.


27 posted on 12/23/2021 8:14:50 AM PST by moovova
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28 posted on 12/23/2021 8:32:26 AM PST by ctdonath2 (Statistics don't matter when they happen to you.)
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To: Red Badger

re: “Stellantis Might Be Trying To Save Chrysler With Its Airflow EV Concept The new Airflow may just be too little too late for Chrysler”

What - are they going to bring back big tail fins?


29 posted on 12/23/2021 8:33:59 AM PST by _Jim (Save babies)
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To: Red Badger
It *will* be all-electric *all* of the time a few years after this becomes widespread:

**** BrLP Motive car market launch ****


30 posted on 12/23/2021 8:39:12 AM PST by _Jim (Save babies)
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To: Celerity

Yep, that’s why.

Every time the government increases fuel mileage requirements you can say goodbye to ‘style’.

You MUST be aerodynamic to meet the requirements. It doesn’t matter if you have 1 or 1M engineers & designers, eventually the science will push you to the same shape.

Personally, I’d love to see old classics remade as EV’s - I’ve thought about doing a ‘Tesla swap’ on a mid-70’s Lincoln Continental. I always have an ‘around town’ car, I have no problem with an EV for this role. It would be economical and have style.


31 posted on 12/23/2021 8:41:03 AM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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https://performanceparts.ford.com/part/M-9000-MACHE


32 posted on 12/23/2021 8:42:29 AM PST by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: Red Badger

Never been a fan of Chrysler engineering. Why would you build a vehicle that required the front left wheel be removed to change the battery?


33 posted on 12/23/2021 8:47:30 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: oldplayer

6. Demise of the Fisher Body Craftman’s Guild Scholarship Program.


34 posted on 12/23/2021 10:20:18 AM PST by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........Then we defeated the Soviets........Now, we are them.)
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To: fuzzylogic

There is a lot of trickery in EV that gets swept under the carpet.

But it would be neat if that Lincoln had a Frunk. It would have about 1000 sqft of cargo capacity!


35 posted on 12/23/2021 10:54:47 AM PST by Celerity
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