Chrysler explores all-electric territory

November 3rd, 2008

Chrysler upstaged General Motors and other automakers with its announcement recently it will introduce a group of electric vehicles for the consumer market beginning in 2010, including a version of its popular Town & Country minivan and Jeep Wrangler Unlimited four-door sport utility vehicle. The third vehicle will be a high-performance Dodge sports car based on the architecture of the Lotus Elise sports car from England.

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Scuttled Chrysler parts plant an emblem of uncertainty

November 3rd, 2008

By David Bailey TIPTON, Indiana (Reuters) - The construction crews have checked out of the Flamingo Motel, a $35-a-night motor lodge across the state road from a gleaming and still-unfinished auto parts plant that may never hire a single worker. “It’s a big, sad story,” said Kishor Patel, who owns the Flamingo and has watched guests slip away along with the town’s dreams for a bonanza of 1,200 steady jobs making transmissions for Chrysler LLC. With the U.S.

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