Forget the Volt: Chrysler's plug-in hybrids will do 0-60 in less than 4 seconds
omarrana submitted on 9/10/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:40:42 PM
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So we already know that vice chairman and president Jim Press was out earlier this month touting three ‘electric-vehicle prototypes’ to Chrysler dealers.
We now have more information on what exactly he showed and what’s on the drawing board headed towards production.
If you remember, about 2 months back Chrysler launched a new division called ENVI (yes, a group that’s ENVIous of the Volt) that it said was going to be responsible for developing electric vehicles for the three Chrysler brands. Well guess what? Those were the three prototypes being shown to dealers by Press who has also driven the three, what he calls, ‘producible prototypes.’
All three cars use plug-in hybrid technology (much like the Chevy Volt) and allow for range of at least 300 miles. Press, who has driven all three models, says that they are...
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