Waymo, previously the self-driving tech arm of Google X but now independent, will begin testing its new self-driving Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans on public roads by the end of the month.
To supplement my article published earlier today regarding the 20 fully electric car models that are currently for sale in Europe and/or North America, here’s another one on the 23 plug-in hybrids that are currently on the market in these places.
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Work has finished on the first 100 autonomous Chrysler Pacifica Hybrids to be used by the Waymo–Chrysler partnership for testing purposes in early 2017, according to recent reports.
A fully electric concept vehicle based on the Chrysler Pacifica minivan will be showcased by Fiat-Chrysler at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January, according to recent reports.
CleanTechnica was started to share the possibilities of clean technology with the people of the world — and more than that, to catalyze change in people’s lives through individual and corporate action. Digging into individual emissions, a large chunk of that typically comes from transportation. While walking, biking, and public transit work for many people, some of us still rely on personal automobiles to get around. How to make them clean?
The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid has been determined to possess an 84 MPGe (miles per gallon equivalent) fuel economy rating by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), making the plug-in hybrid model essentially the only offering out there for those wanting a minivan + high fuel economy.
The German Ministry of Transport has sent a letter to European Union authorities detailing the results of recent tests by the German Federal Agency for Automobiles (KBA) that indicate Fiat-Chrysler used defeat devices in some of its diesel vehicles. The tests reportedly show that the vehicles in question (Fiat 500x, Jeep … [continued]
A total of around 312,000 plug-in electric vehicles were sold worldwide during the first half of 2016, a roughly 49% year-on-year increase (as compared to the first half of 2015), according to sales figures collected and estimated for the time period by sales analysts and consultants at EV Volumes. This compares … [continued]
We cover electric car news obsessively and enthusiastically. In fact, it’s quite hard for us to keep to 10 or fewer electric car stories a day. Nonetheless, there are some key underlying themes that don’t tend to change much, so I thought it might be worthwhile to step away from the news … [continued]
