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Chrysler dismantles electric car plans under Fiat

DETROIT (Reuters) -- Chrysler Group has disbanded a team of engineers dedicated to rushing a range of electric vehicles to showrooms and dropped ambitious sales targets for battery-powered cars set as it was sliding toward bankruptcy and seeking... Full Article at Automotive News

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  1. Reuters reports that Chrysler has disbanded its ENVI team, formed in 2007 to bring electric-drive vehicles and related advanced-propulsion technologies to market. Full Article at Green Car Congress

  2. Just over a year ago, the Chrysler Group's newly formed Envi division unveiled a series of production-based electric cars that it planned to put on sale. Full Article at Carscoop

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    Chrysler's ENVI Group, formed in 2007 to develop a line of electrified vehicles for the company's three brands, has been disbanded and its January pledge to have 500,000 conventional and plug-in hybrid-electric and all-electric vehicles on the road by... Full Article at Edmunds

  4. DETROIT: Chrysler has disbanded a team of engineers dedicated to rushing a range of electric vehicles to showrooms and dropped ambitious sales targets for battery-powered cars set as it was sliding toward bankruptcy and seeking government aid. Full Article at Times of India

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  2. AUBURN HILLS, MI - NOVEMEBER 4:  Sergio Marchionne, Chrysler Group LLC Chief Executive Officer and Fiat CEO, heads for lunch during a break in a meeting at the Chrysler Technical Center November 4, 2009 in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Marchionne laid out Chrysler's new 5-year business plan.
  3. AUBURN HILLS, MI - OCTOBER 1: Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne (L) attends a press conference with Claudio Scajola, the Italian Minister of Economic Development, at Chrysler headquarters October 1, 2009 in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
  4. VALENCIA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 10:  Valentino Rossi of Italy and Fiat Yamaha Team prepares to start from the team garage during testing at the Valencia Circuit on November 10, 2009 in Valencia, Spain.
  5. VALENCIA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 09:  Valentino Rossi of Italy and Fiat Yamaha Team heads down a straight during testing at the Valencia Circuit on November 9, 2009 in Valencia, Spain.
  6. VALENCIA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 08:  World champions in their categories, Hiroshi Aoyama of Japan and Scot Racing 250cc (L), Valentino Rossi of Italy and Fiat Yamaha (C) and Julian Simon of Spain and Bancaja Aspar 125 cc pose on their winning bikes after the MotoGP of Valencia at the Valencia circuit...
  7. VALENCIA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 07: Jorge Lorenzo of Spain and Fiat Yamaha lifts the front wheel during qualifying ahead of the MotoGP of Valencia at the Valencia Circuit on November 6, 2009 in Valencia, Spain.
  8. VALENCIA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 06: Valentino Rossi of Italy and Fiat Yamaha heads down a straight during the first free practice session ahead of the MotoGP of Valencia at the Valencia Circuit on November 6, 2009 in Valencia, Spain.

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