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Old 01-06-22, 05:32 AM
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Ridiculous. Not everybody is going "all ev" in a few years like they claim. The market would punish anybody that did. Barring any insane gov stupidity, the market will still demand ICE cars for quite a while, and companies aren't going to just throw that revenue away so they can be "all ev".

And notice how all these companies are trying to one up each other with "all EV" date. 2035, then 2030, now 2028. Nothing but marketing and pandering for some EV welfare from the gov. Chrysler can't even get a redesign done on a current model in 6 years. No chance they redesign their entire lineup in that time frame.
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Originally Posted by Bob04
Ridiculous. Not everybody is going "all ev" in a few years like they claim. The market would punish anybody that did. Barring any insane gov stupidity, the market will still demand ICE cars for quite a while, and companies aren't going to just throw that revenue away so they can be "all ev".

And notice how all these companies are trying to one up each other with "all EV" date. 2035, then 2030, now 2028. Nothing but marketing and pandering for some EV welfare from the gov. Chrysler can't even get a redesign done on a current model in 6 years. No chance they redesign their entire lineup in that time frame.
Chrysler as a brand literally has 2 models - Pacifica and 300. The 2nd gen 300 has been around since 2011. If anyone can go all electric by 2028, I'd say it's the brand with 2 models.
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Originally Posted by Allen K
Chrysler as a brand literally has 2 models - Pacifica and 300. The 2nd gen 300 has been around since 2011. If anyone can go all electric by 2028, I'd say it's the brand with 2 models.
True. lol.
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^^ yeah i could see airflow replacing 300 and an ev pacifica is an obvious next step.
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
^^ yeah i could see airflow replacing 300 and an ev pacifica is an obvious next step.
The pure EV pacifica would sell like gangbusters. That is a fantastic minivan. Its my go to for rentals
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Originally Posted by Bob04
Ridiculous. Not everybody is going "all ev" in a few years like they claim. The market would punish anybody that did. Barring any insane gov stupidity, the market will still demand ICE cars for quite a while, and companies aren't going to just throw that revenue away so they can be "all ev".

And notice how all these companies are trying to one up each other with "all EV" date. 2035, then 2030, now 2028. Nothing but marketing and pandering for some EV welfare from the gov. Chrysler can't even get a redesign done on a current model in 6 years. No chance they redesign their entire lineup in that time frame.
As others have said, Chrysler's tiny lineup will make this easy. Stellantis has been clear that the other brands won't be going all-EV as quickly.

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^^ yeah i could see airflow replacing 300 and an ev pacifica is an obvious next step.
The Chrysler CEO already said they'll be creating an BEV sedan to replace the 300. The Airflow is an additional model. The BEV 300 was referenced in the Stellantis EV Day presentation too:

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Originally Posted by EZZ
The pure EV pacifica would sell like gangbusters. That is a fantastic minivan. Its my go to for rentals
I PM'd Steve about that after I got back from my FL last week. The only things I like more about the Ody are the sliding seats in the second row and the slightly more aggressive gearing. Everything else is hand down better in the Pacifica
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Originally Posted by Allen K
Chrysler as a brand literally has 2 models - Pacifica and 300. The 2nd gen 300 has been around since 2011. If anyone can go all electric by 2028, I'd say it's the brand with 2 models.
Quite frankly Chrysler will need more than two models if they plan to survive until 2028.
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Originally Posted by Motorola
Quite frankly Chrysler will need more than two models if they plan to survive until 2028.
Not really. Chrysler dealers are already combined with Jeep and Ram and Dodge, having a couple models branded Chrysler doesnt cost them very much
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Not hard to go all electric when your current lineup is only two vehicles....
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Looks impressive overall. Only negative is the lower front bumper area is plain and dated.
This vehicle can't come fast enough...
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3 months later, I feel like this aged as bad as an avocado. Lol. Maybe it's the black color they are debuting it in. No longer impressed with the design, but will see it over the weekend in person.
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Looks like a generic blob type SUV, it has the common "light bar" design on both ends
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