Freightliner's ecoFRED motorhome chassis now ready for orders

Filed under: Hybrid, Daimler

Freightliner is now taking orders for its new ecoFred motorhome chassis, the first of its kind in the large RV market. The new chassis uses a Cummins 6.7-liter diesel inline-6 with an Eaton automated-manual transmission. In between the auto-clutch and the gearbox is a motor-generator that provides regenerative braking, auto-stop and electric drive capabilities. Electrical storage comes by way of a lithium ion battery pack although the capacity andSource: AutoblogGreen RSS Feed

Finding ways to cover innovation

MediaShift’s Mark Glaser interviewed David Nordfors, who runs the Research Center for Innovation Journalism at Stanford, which seeks to find ways to help business and technology reporters cover innovation.

Here is an excerpt:

What was your impetus for starting the Innovation Journalism program?

Nordfors: We aren’t able to have a public discussion [about innovation] because journalism is organized in those same darn verticals as the rest of society. So you have oneSource: Talking Biz News RSS Feed

2011 Infiniti M wraps tons of tech in an attractive wrapper, hybrid coming in mid-2010

Filed under: LA Auto Show, Sedan, Infiniti, Luxury

2011 Infiniti M - Click above for high-res image gallery
Take a look over Infiniti's current line-up and two vehicles stand out: The M and the QX. Both vehicles have been soldiering on while the brand's volume models (G and FX) have undergone major redesigns, leaving Infiniti's flagship sedan and hulking SUV toiling away unchanged since 2003 and 2004, respectively.
Tonight, that changes.
We'll probably see a mildly Source: Autoblog RSS Feed

Gartner Inc. Buys AMR Research for $64 million

IT research firm Gartner, Inc. will buy supply chain research company ARM Research for $64 million in cash. Trading Markets has the wire:

The acquisition is expected to expand Gartner’s suite of research offerings and also complement its consulting and events business. AMR Research’s sales team is also expected to enhance Gartner’s ability to further penetrate the market opportunity for syndicated research.

Gartner CEO Gene Hall said, “AMR Research is an excellentSource: Business Pundit RSS Feed

Not-so-shocking admission: Zap kills Xebra, slows development of Alias

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Zap, USA

Our sleuthing colleagues over at The Truth About Cars have dissected electric car maker Zap's latest 10-Q filing, and they unearthed the following little tidbit: "The decrease of $1.5 million (in revenue) is primarily due to the phase out of our three wheeled Xebra vehicle with reduced selling prices."
We can't say that we're particularly shocked that Zap has found it difficult to continue moving its little three-wheeled XebraSource: AutoblogGreen RSS Feed

U.S. Fiesta unveiled early by Ford Canada?

Filed under: Ford, LA Auto Show, Green Daily

2011 Ford Fiesta U.S.-spec - Click above for image gallery
Did our friends in the great, frostbitten north just jump the gun by half a week and reveal the 2011 North American Ford Fiesta ahead of its upcoming LA Auto Show debut? Boy we kinda hope not. Well, specifically, we hope the the little five-door fire cracker we've come to know and love (largely thanks to the well-executed Fiesta Movement) doesn't get this new grille. It's by Source: AutoblogGreen RSS Feed

High price for a hybrid: Lexus sets MSRP for LS 600h at $108,800

Filed under: Hybrid, Lexus

2010 Lexus LS 600h - Click above for high-res image gallery
Lexus' LS 600h may look modest on the outside, but the 2010 version of the hybrid sedan will set you back a cool $108,000, plus an $875 delivery fee, when it arrives at dealerships soon. The flagship LS line was given a mid-cycle refresh earlier this year and the hybrid version was upgraded with the same ECO mode that boost efficiency and can also be found on the 2010 Prius for aSource: AutoblogGreen RSS Feed

Bring the Noise: Belgium's Spa-Francorchamps reportedly safe... for now

Filed under: Motorsports, Europe, Government/Legal

Following earlier news that the Donington track, which was supposed to take over the British Grand Prix in lieu of Silverstone, had to declare bankruptcy comes a reversal of fortune for the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. The longtime host of the Belgian Grand Prix looked to be in serious trouble with local authorities when nearby residents got fed up with the noise emanating from the track. Government officials threatened to shutSource: Autoblog RSS Feed

Pittman, Bloomberg reporter, dies

Mark Pittman, the award-winning investigative reporter whose fight to open the Federal Reserve to more scrutiny led Bloomberg News to sue the central bank and win, died on Wednesday, according to a Bloomberg story. He was 52.

Bob Ivry writes, “A former police-beat reporter who joined Bloomberg News in 1997, Pittman wrote stories in 2007 predicting the collapse of the banking system. That year, he won the Gerald Loeb Award from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, the highestSource: Talking Biz News RSS Feed

Chevron staging a comeback with new GR8

Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, UK, Specialty, MISC

The history of the British automobile is littered with dozens upon dozens of small, independent cottage-industry automakers. Names like Lotus, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Bentley, Rolls-Royce and Land Rover have stood the test of time. And in recent years companies like Ascari, McLaren Automotive and Ariel have sprung up to join the fold. (Heck, Lee Noble's been responsible for half of them.) But for every newSource: Autoblog RSS Feed

BlackBerry Master Control Program 0.9.2.0 released

BlackBerry Master Control is an app that sits on your PC and allows you to take screenshots, set the device time, turn the radio/on off, recover memory, gather information, view/clear event logs, display modules, gather module information, create ALX/JAD files, backup and restore third party applications, (Advanced) handheld wipe (all 3 types), factory reset, load, save and erase modules. The application also lets you keep multiple OSs on your PC, whereas RIM says you need to delete themSource: BlackBerryCool RSS Feed

REPORT: China's Changan delays plan to enter North American auto market

Filed under: China, Plants/Manufacturing, Earnings/Financials

Changan is coming to America, just not yet. Aiming to establish a base in Mexico with which to move into the U.S. market, the Chinese automaker signed a deal last year to build a plant south of the border. The familiar story of planetary financial catastrophe has encouraged Changan to tap the brakes on its plans, however.
Said the company's R&D head to Reuters, "We are still doing market research there. There Source: Autoblog RSS Feed

REPORT: Toyota forced to submit data on Tundra frame rust to NHTSA

Filed under: Truck, Safety, Toyota

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) began a preliminary evaluation last month of rusting Tundra frames from the 2000 and 2001 model years. Around 200 complaints had been registered before the NHTSA commenced its investigation, with upwards of seventy more complaints coming in since then.
As with the rusting Tacoma frames, the Tundra members in question were made by Dana. Importantly, though, the Tundra examination Source: Autoblog RSS Feed

Transformers Watches Are A Modern Tribute To Kronoforms

By Andrew Liszewski

In terms of transformability, these new Transformers watches aren’t that far off from the Kronoforms that helped make the 80’s as awesome as they were. But I don’t think today’s kids will even give them a second look since all they’re really getting is a basic robot toy and an even more basic LCD clock. No sound effects, no rocket launchers, no LEDs and no websites to interact with. Yeesh! When I was a kid we didn’t have… well you know how itSource: OhGizmo! RSS Feed

Stay-At-Home Mom Turned iPhone App Guru

Cincinnati.com:

Move over Chad Ochocinco. There’s a new iPhone sheriff in town – a stay-at-home mom of six who has taught herself how to program applications herself.

Now, Crysta Pleatman has successfully launched eight applications for Apple’s and AT&T’s popular device, with more on the way.

“This was just so new when it launched that I felt I had to be a part of it,” says the energetic 39-year-old. “I had been looking to get back into the working world andSource: Business Opportunities Weblog RSS Feed

U.S., China announce new Electric Vehicles Initiative

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Legislation and Policy, China, USA

2009 BYD F3DM - Click above for high-res image gallery
You'll be forgiven if all you know about President Obama's recent trip to Asia was that he bowed (ZOMG!) to the Japanese Emperor, but we have to ask you to stop watching so much cable TV news. Things of substance happened during the trip, too, and one of them (hopefully) is a new Electric Vehicles Initiative that the U.S. and China will work together on.
TheSource: AutoblogGreen RSS Feed

When In Doubt, Ask About A Discount.

As you know by now, I just finished a move to Denver, Colorado. And because I moved into a new place, there are a few things I needed to buy to make it more like “home”. I have been checking out a few stores looking for these items, and one thing I have done in every single one of them is to ask if what I am buying is going on sale anytime soon. With the holidays coming up, most stores will be cutting prices, so I wanted to make sure that what I wanted wasn’t going to be advertised nextSource: My Two Dollars RSS Feed

Leftist Blood-Curdling Scream Alert: CMPA Reports That Fox Is Fair and Balanced

Leftists including those in the White House who presumptively and obsessively attack Fox News will not be pleased with this.

At Forbes (HT Hot Air Headlines), S. Robert Lichter of George Mason University’s Center for Media and Public Affairs, asks the question, “Fox News: Fair And Balanced?” — and answers in the affirmative. In the process, the GMU Professor of Communications also makes a number of interesting points about Fox’s competitors, discusses the convergence ofSource: BizzyBlog RSS Feed

Coda unveils new website, company blog for the "practical revolution"

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Coda Automotive

When we saw the Coda Automotive promotion team during the AltCar Expo last month, most of the participants were wearing (and giving away) T-shirts labeled "End Dependence Day" (there was also at least one bad sunburn). The idea they were trying to give out was that the company's fairly normal-looking sedan holds within it a lot of potential. Coda's new website, unveiled yesterday, takes the "practical revolution" message from the shirts Source: AutoblogGreen RSS Feed

Etch A Sketch Freestyle – Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!

By Andrew Liszewski

What the crap is this?! Another attempt to modernize the Etch A Sketch? Please listen to me Ohio Art, the Etch A Sketch is a classic toy with a simple concept that has made it popular for almost 40 years! We actually like the limitations imposed by drawing with two dials.

Sure the new single controller knob on the Freestyle allows you draw loops and curves that aren’t horribly aliased, but that’s the charm of the original Etch A Sketch! It wasSource: OhGizmo! RSS Feed

Lotus reportedly gives the go-ahead to Esprit replacement

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Lotus, Luxury

We have liftoff on the next Lotus Esprit. Finally. Scuttlebutt at the beginning of the year suggested it was taking so long because Lotus was pondering some sort of hybrid system for the car. More recently the talk has turned to three specimens from Toyota's book of engines, including the Lexus LFA's V10, and the word "hybrid" disappeared.
It's the V10 that interests us here, because Lotus is planning for the new Esprit --Source: Autoblog RSS Feed

Arcade Fire: Sega Outrun console being turned into driveable car [w/VIDEO]

Filed under: Etc., Videos

Sega Outrun GPS video arcade console scooter -- Click above to view the video after the jump

When we hear the phrase "contemporary artist" we usually say, "Just show us what you're doing because there's little chance we'll understand rationale." Garnet Hertz, the artist in question, is combining a Sega Outrun arcade console with an EVT America Electric Trike (a three-wheeled scooter), an iPhone, and custom GPS software. The result will be aSource: Autoblog RSS Feed

OhGizmo! Review – LUXA2 H1-Touch

By Chris Scott Barr

If you’ve looked at PC cases, power supplies and cooling systems, there’s a good chance that you’re familiar with the name Thermaltake. However, you may not recognize their new brand, LUXA2. The LUXA2 brand features products that keep simplicity, luxury and unique designs in mind. I’ve had the opportunity to check out one of their first offerings, the H1-Touch.

The H1-Touch is very simply a holder for your mobile phone. Specifically, it is aimed atSource: OhGizmo! RSS Feed

Economist's Notebook: Is Portland Really a Safe Walking City?

The Oregonian reports on the Transportation for American and Surface Transportation Policy Partnership's report on the safest walking cities in America. Portland was #9, but is it really a safe walking city?
Perhaps, but the methodology is seriously flawed and clearly designed to make a political point and not provide meaningful data. The way they compiled the ranking was to divide the number of pedestrian deaths divided by the number of people who walk to work. What you wouldSource: The Oregon Economics RSS Feed

Renault announces 2011 production of all-electric Kangoo van

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Renault, Europe/EU

Kangoo be bop Z.E. - Click above for high-res image gallery
Last week, Renault announced it will build the Twizy EV in Spain starting in 2011 and plug-in vehicle batteries and the Zoe Z.E. in France in 2012. But Renault's push to bring electric cars to market soon don't stop there, they've got a trinity to complete. Today, Renault said it build the all-electric Kangoo Van in early 2011 in Northern France. The Kangoo will be built atSource: AutoblogGreen RSS Feed

Oklahomans battling over the cost of NEVs. Should they be free?

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Legislation and Policy, NEV (Neighborhood Electric Vehicle), USA

Wheego Whip - click above for high-res image gallery
Low-speed, neighborhood electric vehicles are an interesting case. No one thinks of them as "real cars" - although the Wheego Whip, above, tries to be the Cadillac of NEVs - but they certainly serve a purpose and can meet the transportation needs of some people, some of the time. But, should they be free?
Keith Andrews, president Source: AutoblogGreen RSS Feed

Mo' Money, Fewer Problems: Can Raikkonen earn more by not racing?

Filed under: Motorsports, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs

If you scoffed at the notion that unionized auto workers were being paid not to work, you're going to love this one: According to reports emerging from Europe, Kimi Raikkonen could stand to make more money next year if he doesn't race than if he does.
The bizarre circumstance comes down to the terms of his departure from Scuderia Ferrari. Kimi was reportedly offered a whopping 17 million euros in order to make room for an Source: Autoblog RSS Feed

Audi S8 spy shots

These Audi S8 spy shots are from Autogespot reader, Michael Biro, and show the new sporty S8 testing in the Austrian mountains. The Audi A8 will be replaced by a new model, substituting the V10 engine for possibly an aspirated V8 with about 450 hp. Audi should also produce a lighter and more economical version for the future.

The S8 shown here has classic Audi design, with a few changes to the grill, sportier bumpers, a new set of alloys and a redesigned exhaust. The newSource: EuroCarBlog RSS Feed

Insider Trading Case: Options Action a Ticket to ‘Big House’

One of the subjects of the new insider trading charges levied by prosecutors today warned in an intercepted phone call that unusual options activity ahead of deal announcements might be “a ticket right to the [expletive] big house.”

That snippet of an intercepted phone call from February 2008 was included as part of the criminal complaints filed by prosecutors in New York. On either end of the line was Zvi Goffer and Jason Goldfarb, an attorney who allegedly got information andSource: MarketBeat RSS Feed

Aston Martin Rapide new pics

The Aston Martin Rapide is lovely, there’s no doubt about it, and this new Rapide gallery shows the Aston four-door in all its detail. While there are some murmurings about the lack of practicality of the rear doors for eventual rear passengers, find me the family who’s using it as their daily car and then I’ll be worried.

The Rapide is equipped with a V12 engine with 470 hp and if you want to see it in action, check out the video of the Rapide on the Stelvio Pass.Source: EuroCarBlog RSS Feed

Chrysler to cut weight of next-gen Jeep Liberty by 600 pounds!

Filed under: Chrysler, Lightweight

The Jeep Liberty is not a particularly large vehicle, but Chrysler engineers managed to pack a lot of mass into it nonetheless. The current Liberty weighs in at nearly 4,300 pounds! At the Chrysler business plan meeting today, product development SVP Scott Kunselman revealed that aerodynamics and weight reduction will be a big part of all future vehicles. Using modern computer design tools and lighter materials the company plans to pare large Source: AutoblogGreen RSS Feed

R1 Radio Is Controlled By Rolling

By Evan Ackerman

On Monday we posted about the Q2 radio, which you control by rocking it back and forth. And today, we’ve got the R1 radio, which you control by rolling it back and forth. So, they’re radios. And they rock and roll. How could we possibly justify not posting about them? I mean, the potential for terrible puns or something is just enormous! Or it would be, if these were somehow combined into one incredibly awesome radio. But sadly, the R1 isn’t even a real productSource: OhGizmo! RSS Feed

REPORT: BMW builds E34 M5 Convertible, keeps it secret for 20 long years

Filed under: Classics, Convertible, Performance, Europe, BMW

BMW E34 M5 Convertible - Click above image for high-res gallery
Amongst M Division cognoscenti there rages an eternal debate concerning what's the best ever BMW M car. To the casual Bavarian-enthusiast the answer is quite simple: E39 M5. However, strong cases can be made for both the E30 M3 and the OG E28 M5, which featured the M1's race-bred 3.5-liter straight-six. In fact, there's a whole subculture of folks thatSource: Autoblog RSS Feed

New animated BlackBerry theme Waterfall

The latest theme from Bplay is looking very nice. It’s an animated theme called Waterfall that features running water and a tropical bird flying around your homescreen.

Also, remember how we posted saying that OS 5 is breaking themes? Well Bplay are now including a warning message on their themes saying: “IMPORTANT NOTICE: Themes may not function properly on BlackBerry Storm 9500 and 9530 devices that have upgraded to BlackBerry OS 5.0.”

Hopefully this gets resolvedSource: BlackBerryCool RSS Feed

Bright Automotive announces eSolutions, army plug-in hybrid contract

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Bright Automotive

Bright IDEA PHEV - Click above for high-res image gallery
Bright Automotive is proud of the work they've done on the IDEA van, but the company has always intended to make the vehicle just one method of bringing greener transportation to the masses. As we learned from Bright's VP Corporate Strategy, Michael Brylawski, the company will also offer plug-in hybrid conversions and, this week, Bright announced Bright eSolutions, Source: AutoblogGreen RSS Feed

Is Venture Capital a Form of Private Equity, Or Vice Versa?

The Private Equiteer submits:

A recent reader asked, why do I keep differentiating between private equity and venture capital, especially if venture capital is just a form of private equity. Well, in the strict sense, venture capital is private and it is often structured as equity, ergo, venture capital is private equity. (With that same definition, a $100 investment into a friend’s lemonade stall may also qualify as private equity.)

However, when I refer to private equity, Source: Seeking Alpha RSS Feed

Asus’ New ESC 1000 Is A Desktop Supercomputer

By Andrew Liszewski

The company that introduced the world to the netbook with their EEE is now introducing a system at the other end of the performance spectrum.

The Asus ESC 1000 is essentially a desktop supercomputer with a speed of 1.1 teraflops thanks to a 3.3 GHz Intel LGA1366 Xeon W3580 server processor, 960 cores inside three Nvidia Tesla c1060 graphics processing cards coupled with a Quadro FX5800 GPU. The system also includes 24GB of DDR3 1333 MHz RAM, a 500GB SATA II Source: OhGizmo! RSS Feed

Moms Take A Leap With Food Business

MyCentralJersey.com:

The blip in the economy didn’t stop two friends — Pinky Kaur and Charan Singh — from plunging into the restaurant business and opening a Panchero’s Mexican Grill on Sept. 15.

Singh, a former human resource specialist and stay-at-home-mom, and Kaur, an advertising representative for IndiaPost newspaper, have been friends for more than four years.

“I started a business because I wanted to secure my kids’ future,” said Kaur, a mother ofSource: Business Opportunities Weblog RSS Feed

Quick Spin: Myers Motors NmG - redefining fast and small for the future

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Green Daily, Business of Plugging In

Meyers Motors NmG - Click above for high-res image gallery
It's ironic that the NmG we got to take for a spin during the Business of Plugging In conference in Detroit last week might be the last one-seater that Myers Motors ever makes. The company is getting ready to focus on building the NMG2, a wider, more practical version of the easily-identifiable all-electric NmG. Since theSource: AutoblogGreen RSS Feed

Honda Racing finally puts NSX out to pasture as SuperGT tweaks regs

Filed under: Motorsports, Japan, Honda, Specialty

The Honda/Acura NSX has had a good run. The mid-engine supercar developed with input from the legendary Ayrton Senna first hit the market in 1990 and didn't cease production until 2005, giving it one of the longest production runs in the business. But even after Honda stopped selling the NSX, it was still being campaigned in Japan's SuperGT racing series. No more, says Honda, as the 2010 regulations switch exclusively to the useSource: Autoblog RSS Feed

The internal battle at Bloomberg

Jeff Bercovici of DailyFinance.com writes about the greater significance of Bloomberg’s proposed acquisition of BusinessWeek — the internal machinations at Bloomberg over strategy.

Bercovici writes, “But the significance of the purchase is much larger than the numbers would suggest — even if Bloomberg insiders aren’t sure yet exactly what that significance is. One thing they do know is it signals a victory for that faction of the management hierarchy that thinks BloombergSource: Talking Biz News RSS Feed

Fancy an eRoll-up or a bit of Nookie?

Lately it feels like you turn your back for a minute and up pops another ebook reader and today is no exception.
AUO have announced a 6” flexible e-paper display which is claimed to be unbreakable and uses Sipix Microcup technology to enable the screen to be bent like real paper and display 16 levels of grayscale with 33% reflectance and a 9:1 contrast ration. Some impressive facts if you wish to bend it as you read it!
They have also announce the first 20” EDPSource: Booksellers Association RSS Feed

Mercedes-Benz S400 HYBRID Awarded TUV Sud Environmental Certificate

Following in the tradition of its non-hybrid S-Class brethren, the new Mercedes S400 HYBRID has been awarded an environmental certificate by the technical inspection authority TÃV Süd. Other Mercedes models that have received the award include the A-, B-, C-, E- and GLK-Class models. To arrive at their final decision, technical inspection authority TÃV examined more than 40,000 individual processes, all of which helped went towards the construction of an eco-profile for the model. InSource: eMercedesBenz RSS Feed

Tokyo Preview: Toyota Mark X enters second generation

Filed under: Sedan, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota

2010 Toyota Mark X - Click above for high-res image gallery
Here in the U.S., if you want a rear-wheel drive sedan from Toyota, you'll have to buy a Lexus. That's not the case in Japan. There the motor buying public can opt for the Mark X, the second generation of which will be revealed at the Tokyo Motor Show this week. Based on the same rear-wheel-drive platform as our own Lexus GS, the new Mark X gets a redesigned exterior Source: Autoblog RSS Feed

Txtr eBook due for a December debut

Txtr eBook due for a December debut

Txtr, a new eBook was just announced at a book fair in Germany. It has the same name than the company making it, and should be in retail in Germany in December. Unfortunately, this eBook will cost almost $500, which is way more than the 6' Kindle. On the technical side, content can be uploaded to Txtr via USB, WIFI or proprietary short-range wireless protocol. In the meantime, the Kindle will land in Germany next week. Good luckSource: Technopress RSS Feed

Kansas newspapers calls for end to ethanol subsidy

Filed under: Ethanol, Legislation and Policy

It's no secret that ethanol is a controversial fuel. There are numerous arguments against the use of corn-derived alcohol as a fuel, both economic and environmental. The federal and some state governments have been subsidizing corn ethanol production for many years, but the 2007 energy bill mandated a huge increase in production of both corn and cellulosic ethanol.
The subsidies were intended to be a carrot to stimulateSource: AutoblogGreen RSS Feed

VIDEO: Vette versus Impreza at the scariest track day ever

Filed under: Videos

Click above to view the video after the jump
We know two things about this video: 1) The in-car camera is mounted to a Subaru Impreza WRX modified by Canadian tuners Lachute Performance and 2) We've thankfully never been to a track day like this.
From what we can tell, the Lachute crew is drawing a bead on one of the Corvettes and right around the four-minute mark (after several scary passes and slides), the Impreza gets clipped by one of Chevy'sSource: Autoblog RSS Feed

Real Soccer Stadiums Have Grass Surfaces

The New York Times' Goal blog has the this story on the installation of the natural grass field at the Red Bull Arena in Harrison, NJ, future home of the MLS New York Red Bulls.
How can they possibly make it work in such a climate?!? They are installing a SubAir system that helps control the moisture in the turf and can keep it warm as well in freezing temperatures. It is what the Broncos use in Denver and has been installed in the beautiful grass fields at the new MLS stadiums in Salt Source: The Oregon Economics RSS Feed

H2 Olympics power: BC Transit gets first fuel cell bus with Ballard stack

Filed under: Hydrogen

Over two years ago, we first learned the British Columbia Transit was planning to acquire 20 fuel cell-powered buses for use in the Whistler area ahead of the 2010 Winter Olympics. The first of those buses was recently delivered to the transit company with the rest arriving over the coming weeks and months. The 20 bus-fleet will be the single largest deployment of hydrogen-fueled buses in the world. The buses are built on chassis supplied by ISESource: AutoblogGreen RSS Feed

Fiat-Chrysler electric car confirmed

The Fiat-Chrysler alliance is working on a joint electric car, making use of Chrysler’s know-how in electric engine technology. The news has been confirmed by Alfredo Altavilla from Chrysler, and is the first open recognition of the project.

Fiat will officially present its plans for the future of the Fiat-Chrysler partnership on November 4th, when hopefully we will have full knowledge of the Fiat group models headed for the US, and an idea of how the electric car willSource: EuroCarBlog RSS Feed