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Detroit 3 vary in their electric-vehicle visions
Chrysler said recently that its in-house team of electric car development engineers had been disbanded and will be folded into the company's organizational chart.
The Daily Drivers: Is the Dodge Avenger a car lost in transition?
By Peter Couture and Lyra Solochek, Times Staff Writers In Print: Saturday, November 21, 2009 Commuter feature: A front cup holder can keep your drink warm or cool with a push of a button.
Fiat says it's not feasible to keep all Italy plants open
Keeping all the factories open "is a request that is not feasible," Marchionne, who is also head of U.S. car maker Chrysler, told reporters at an event.
Magna, GM and Opel: A bad idea, badly executed
By Thomas Watson Thomas Watson is a senior writer with Canadian Business . Prior to joining the magazine, he was a financial journalist and feature writer at the National Post , where he focused on the technology, auto and steel industries.
Chrysler's Marchionne to Address Economic Club at Chicago Auto Show
Sergio Marchionne, Chief Executive Officer of Chrysler Group LLC, will address the Economic Club of Chicago at the group's annual Chicago Auto Show luncheon meeting on Feb.
ECO:Drive Named 'Green Champion' In Major Environmental Awards
November 19, 2009: Fiat's green credentials have been given a further boost following the award of an international accolade for environmental best practice.
Ford, Subaru, VW win insurance industry picks
Ford, Subaru and Volkswagen sit atop the insurance industry's annual list of the safest new vehicles, according to a closely watched assessment used by car companies to lure safety-conscious consumers to showrooms.
Biggest Winners and Losers - Post Post-Clunkers: October 2009 U.S. Auto Sales
The awesome eccentricities of SEMA may have distracted us, but we didn't forget about Winners and Losers.
Chrysler plans to make, sell Alfa Romeo cars in U.S.
Chrysler's five-year plan to return to profit and repay government loans assumes delivering 70,000 Alfa Romeos in 2014, out of a global volume of 2.8 million.
Inside autos: Automotive book fair in Detroit
The fourth annual Automotive Authors Book Fair will take place at the Detroit Public Library's Skillman Branch on Saturday.
Fiat plans "by end of December"
Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne says his company would announce its plans for the car factory in Kragujevac by the end of December.
Daimler head: Years for US market to fully rebound
The battered U.S. auto market will eventually see sales return to levels posted before the economic meltdown, but not for at least another two to three years, the chairman of German automaker Daimler AG said Thursday.
Fiat's 'Crazy' Chrysler Plan Just Might Succeed
Sergio Marchionne , who serves these days as boss of both Chrysler and Fiat , closed an eight-hour presentation of his fix-it plan for the crisis-stricken U.S. carmaker with a bit of candor.
Chrysler Switches Electric Front-Runner
Chrysler Group said its Dodge Circuit sports car would no longer be the U.S. automaker's first all-electricity-powered vehicle.
Saving Opel could cost GM $8.5-billion
Staring contest between GM and Germany over Opel deepens as German Chancellor Angela Merkel says U.S. auto maker will have to bear financial burden itself Greg Keenan General Motors Co.
Unenvied: Chrysler's ENVI Electric Vehicle Program Scrapped
If you've found the time to completely dissect Fiat's massive five-year plan for Chrysler, you may have noticed the conspicuous absence of the ENVI extended-range electric vehicle project.
Chrysler Pulls Plug On Electric Cars Used To Get Bailout
If you believed all the talk from Chrysler about how our tax dollars would help finance its fast-track electric-vehicle future, you're in for a big disappointment.
The Marchionne revolution at Chrysler
Ten years ago, an unknown Renault executive stood in front of a packed audience of analysts and reporters at the Tokyo Motor Show and made a declaration that almost no one believed.
Former Chrysler dealers hold on for compensation
Nearly five months after Chrysler Group LLC emerged from bankruptcy under the leadership of Italian automaker Fiat SpA, Rocco Massarelli faces almost certain ruin.
Chrysler dismantles electric car plans under Fiat
The move by Fiat SpA marks a major reversal for Chrysler, which had used its electric car program as part of the case for a $12.5 billion federal aid package.
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