  Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 8735 Registered: 10-2003 |
http://www.reuters.com/article /ousiv/idUSTRE48MBE020080923 quote: | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 1908 Registered: 04-2006 |
The look of the new electric roadster has me questioning whether or not the Viper nameplate was ever seriously on the auction block. | ||
Detmsp Member Username: Detmsp Post Number: 22 Registered: 08-2008 |
if they were keeping viper, wouldn't their electric roadster be a viper, not a lotus? something doesn't sound right about this. the chevy volt is expected to cost $40,000+ and the biggest cost is the battery. The van and jeep that chrysler is talking about achieves about the same performance of the volt, but only by using a battery pack almost twice the size of the volts. are we talking about a $75,000 minivan? that won't work. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 8736 Registered: 10-2003 |
Chrysler, like the other auto companies, are looking for a government loan. The loan would be given under the pretense of refitting factories to build fuel efficient vehicles. I'm not sure whether to believe they have any practical plans for plug-ins, or whether this is simply a publicity stunt so they aren't left out of the running for govt assistance. | ||
Goat Member Username: Goat Post Number: 10401 Registered: 10-2003 |
Yeah but they want taxpayer money to help them build it. "When asked what it would take to bring electric-drive minivan production to the Windsor Assembly Plant, Tom LaSorda said: "Maybe the Canadian government could look at what the U.S. is doing." LaSorda was referring to a funding package to help the U.S. auto industry -- including $25 billion in low-interest loans -- which was proposed by the Bush administration and is working its way through Congress. Auto industry executives in the U.S. have called the package necessary to ensure the health of the auto industry." Funny, I don't see the foreign companies needing this so why do the domestics? http://www.canada.com/windsors tar/news/story.html?id=47fd57e 6-f8d7-4aba-966e-6973b703a902 | ||
Ndavies Member Username: Ndavies Post Number: 3068 Registered: 10-2003 |
quote: They don't need it. The foreign companies already get this from their own governments. The Japanese, Chinese, Korean, European, Australian and Indian governments all heavily subsidizes new vehicle technology and production facility development. They all consider Auto manufacturing to be one of the top industries to pull them out of the developing world and into the first world. With the US car sales in the tank all of those regions will be pumping huge amounts of money in to keep their car industries afloat as their number 1 export market continues to flounder. | ||
Ednaturnblad Member Username: Ednaturnblad Post Number: 33 Registered: 09-2006 |
I can't wait until we all drive electric cars and have a coal-burning power plant in every neighborhood to support the demand for all the extra juice...I know my new Chrysler Electo-DeLuxe will be just the thing to save our planet! Not to mention all that lead and mercury goodness in those batteries! Folks, the space-age is now! | ||
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765 Post Number: 3255 Registered: 01-2004 |
EVs ? You want EVs ? Gee - all three companies happen to have 15 year old working designs ready to go. How did this happen ? http://www.sonyclassics.com/wh okilledtheelectriccar/ | ||
Scooter2k7 Member Username: Scooter2k7 Post Number: 141 Registered: 10-2007 |
Hands down Chrysler is the best car on the road. I have driven Toyotas and Hondas, but lately both of their quality has been very sub-par. I recently traded in my 07 Camry for an 08 Sebring with the my gig radio. The Sebring whooped the Camry's ass! Chrysler has the best styling out there and while I could a rat's ass about the environment (because global warming is a fabricated myth with no scientific proof), this should appeal to all the hippy-tree-hugging-organic food eating-Al Gores of the world | ||
_sj_ Member Username: _sj_ Post Number: 2591 Registered: 12-2003 |
quote: You are delusional if you think the Big Three have not gotten the same level of support all these years. Stop trying to make excuses like the other have advantages you don't. quote: Wait until your Sebring leaks like a sieve, (mine did at 3 months, just got it back). Or your 300 has engine, transmission, brake(x3) repairs under 30,000 miles and you will be singing a different tune. | ||
Patrick Member Username: Patrick Post Number: 5591 Registered: 10-2003 |
SJ, the foreigners dont get breaks IN America as well? VW just got $600 Million from TN...that count? |
