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Major U.S. car brand to go full electric, will no longer offer internal combustion vehicles
wnd.com ^ | 1/5/2022 | Abby Leibing

Posted on 01/06/2022 5:43:45 AM PST by rktman

Automaker Chrysler just announced plans to go completely electric by 2028, anticipating the release of its first electric vehicle by 2025.

Chrysler announced the plans along with a new AI-enabled vehicle system powered by a battery that the company says can travel 350 to 400 miles per charge, as The Associated Press reported.

Chrysler is part of Europe’s Stellantis, which last month announced a new strategy to embed AI-enabled software into millions of vehicles across its 14 different brands. This could gain Stellantis $22.6 billion in annual revenue by 2030.

This is all part of the race among automakers to produce more completely electric and hybrid cars that also have more autonomous driving features. Overall, this would begin shifting cars away from gasoline-powered engines.

As one of the main American brands of Stellantis, Chrysler will be on the front lines of this change in the auto industry in North America.

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: automotive; chrysler; electric; electricvehicle; ev; nohemis; pc
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To: rktman
Chrysler is part of Europe’s Stellantis

Stick with selling bottled water or a videogame or whatever else you make, Stellaris. This is a non-starter.

261 posted on 01/06/2022 10:30:17 AM PST by x
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To: Hot Tabasco
To get an electric sled 10 miles takes a couple kWh in the very coldest weather. You can probably do it with one of these: https://dakotalithium.com/product/dakota-lithium-dl-170-ah-12v-battery/?msclkid=b04f8e2dbb2d1466001deffa8debf652. Yes, your can of gas has much better energy density for a lot less money. But no, your can of gas is not constantly improving, not getting cheaper, not getting less smelly, etc. It's getting harder to argue against electric with time.
262 posted on 01/06/2022 10:39:48 AM PST by palmer (Democracy Dies Six Ways from Sunday)
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To: brownsfan

I think it’s about limiting people’s range of free travel. Like to about 100 miles one way.


263 posted on 01/06/2022 10:54:48 AM PST by Sarcazmo
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To: Sarcazmo
I think it’s about limiting people’s range of free travel. Like to about 100 miles one way.

And think how easy it would be to program cars in a way such that even if you plug it in to charge, it will not charge, if say, you've already driven too much over a certain period of time, or if the government determines, oh I don't know, if you haven't subjected yourself to certain jabs.

264 posted on 01/06/2022 10:57:31 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: palmer

I would never deny that battery technology is a discovery on par with aspirin in the realm of medicine. There are some recent findings I was just reading about.


265 posted on 01/06/2022 11:01:08 AM PST by Scarlett156 (Don't take it personally. I just get bored really easily. )
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To: 1Old Pro
Smiths always had a great track record with electrical gauges in British cars /s I'm sure they're ready to reenter the market.

[insert Lucas/Prince of Darkness joke here]

266 posted on 01/06/2022 11:04:12 AM PST by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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To: jerod

unless you count the billions of dollars in carbon credits they’ve sold to GM Ford etc...

that’s where most of the money comes from


267 posted on 01/06/2022 11:07:17 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Cowman

Then Obama brought in the Italians to solve the unreliable tired design...


Obama’s only concern was protecting the viability of UAW contact.


268 posted on 01/06/2022 11:08:58 AM PST by Tallguy
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To: woodbutcher1963

To be fair, it’s kind of a grudge match between me and the Neon now.

They were made to a price point by Chrysler. The low trade in was because they got a bad rep from some hit or miss design choices. The head gaskets were bad. The base paint options peeled. The shifters were notchy. But, they were also fairly quick for the time. The manual transmissions are bullet-proof. Very balanced handling with minimized torque steer. It’s very fun to drive. Good interior room for the size, and I like the funky styling.


269 posted on 01/06/2022 11:20:20 AM PST by Rinnwald
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To: Pollard

Thank you. A clean running, efficient 2021 3.5l engine is at least as powerful as a dirty, gas hog 1971 fat block engine.

Very important if one is pulling a load, and the same principle applies across the board. The manufacturers know so much more about the fuel-air flow than they did in the old days. Let’s tell the truth, they’re only making this change because Xi and Joe are leaning on them so Xi can sell all the battery minerals and Joe can get his cut, which will go to a family member.


270 posted on 01/06/2022 11:28:05 AM PST by OKSooner (All thinking people should read "The Real Anthony Fauci" by RFK Jr.)
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To: rktman

My son had a Chrysler that required taking off the front wheel to change the battery. What kind of stupid is that?


271 posted on 01/06/2022 11:36:39 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: palmer
You can probably do it with one of these

Assuming you are from Virginia, you obviously know nothing about long winters, snow conditions and snowmobiling.

You can probably do it with one of these

No way in hell am I going to spend $10K on a snowmobile that only gets between 60 and 100 miles and spend another $1800 on a 12V backup just in case I run out of juice on the trail. To say nothing about where I'm going to put it on my sled....LOL!

No thanks, I'll take the old fashioned gasser over the EV sled any day.

272 posted on 01/06/2022 11:43:19 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: CommerceComet

I recall my uncle was a MOPAR fan back in the 1960s & 1970s.

My father was always thought they were junk. He was a GM fan until the 1980’s when they started making junk. Finally, in 1988 he bought my mom a Honda Accord. My father fought the Japanese in WWII on New Guinea and Luzon. He came home from Luzon on a hospital ship. He always said “never trust a Jap, they are sneaky ba$tards”. So, it was really hard for him to buy a Japanese car.


273 posted on 01/06/2022 12:16:30 PM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

$5000 for a Pacer?

My dad bought a Camaro in 1978 for $5600


274 posted on 01/06/2022 12:20:08 PM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: dfwgator

Won’t buy a Chrysler....

After several close calls at closing up shop, Chrysler should say “If we’re still in business by 2028 we will force you to buy all electric if you buy from us. So there.”


275 posted on 01/06/2022 12:39:36 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: READINABLUESTATE

Some of the frozen batteries in electric cars in the Virginia snowstorm gridlock this past week quickly degraded and then went dead at the wrong time. Didn’t look good.


276 posted on 01/06/2022 12:43:16 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: frank ballenger
Some of the frozen batteries in electric cars in the Virginia snowstorm gridlock this past week quickly degraded and then went dead at the wrong time. Didn’t look good.

"But they drove with priiiide!...."

277 posted on 01/06/2022 12:44:29 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: frank ballenger
Some of the frozen batteries in electric cars in the Virginia snowstorm gridlock this past week quickly degraded and then went dead at the wrong time. Didn’t look good.

Hopefully by 2028 climate change will keep all areas of America from having bad weather so the landscape is ripe for EV's.

278 posted on 01/06/2022 12:45:28 PM PST by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: 1Old Pro

RE:: Hopefully by 2028 climate change will keep all areas of America from having bad weather so the landscape is ripe for EV’s.


Whew. I feel so much better now.


279 posted on 01/06/2022 12:47:16 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: frank ballenger

“Some of the frozen batteries in electric cars in the Virginia snowstorm gridlock this past week quickly degraded and then went dead at the wrong time. Didn’t look good”

Please post a link


280 posted on 01/06/2022 12:58:48 PM PST by setter
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