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The problem with that is since public transportation in the US is basically a ward of the state, bureaucratic ineptitude is crashing that network faster than whatever is planned for private automobile use. Look what happened with the battery electric busses in Philadelphia recently. OK...

The service departments in many CJDR dealerships are horrible. I wouldn't trust most of them to even change a set of wiper blades. Being stuck with that network for that long is a total disincentive for me. Just think ten years of hearing, "We don't hear any noise" and "That's not included under...

I say give CARB what they want. If I ran the circus, I would flip through my Rolodex and call up Leapmotor. I would assemble a team who would plan and implement everything possible to flood California with domestic market Leap T03 models at prices which undercut everything. This would overwhelm...

This is the direction Fiat USA should be pursuing. Not just the battery swapping, but also combine the Free2Move rental, leasing and car sharing services to escape from the failing boutique sales paradigm. Now that the government is stepping back from EV mandates, subsidized charging stations...

Here we call them neighborhood electric vehicles. Personally I would love to see something like the TRIS pickup sold here. I've seen up close the retirement communities in Florida with the pathways for golf carts and small electrics, the TRIS would be a great ride for such an environment. I'm...

It's too small. The concept is great, but our market needs something closer to a C-segment size. Another sad fact is our market is getting the 1.6 PSA engine. I don't know if it will fit in the smaller Fiats. I have have my doubts about the GSE series engines because of the tariff uncertainty...

The default setup of the Gen IV ZF 8-speed is the 48V mild hybrid version. The legacy transmission setup with a conventional torque converter is fading away from the consumer market. The eTorque setup, used since 2019 in Ram pickups, is an older generation mild hybrid. The newer mild hybrid...

So where are the hybrid transmissions? We should have been seeing those by now. If the Hemi and Pentastar are 48V capable then we should see a 48V hybrid transmission option for those engines.

The Dodge Journey was supposed to replace the SWB minivans. The Chrysler Portal concept was an attempt to bring the idea of a shorter van back.

The Citadel concept from 1999 will likely make it to production as a Honda. My post from last January. https://moparinsiders.com/community/threads/breaking-chrysler-c6x-ca-electric-suv-development-suspended.10593/page-3#post-37650

Toyota led off their new electrification direction in our market with the Crown sedan, which is basically a competitor to the old Charger and Chrysler 300. The styling is eccentric, the sales aren't all that great, but it pioneered the use of sharing EV components in hybrid models. The wagon...

Toyota had a DONK with their BZ4X. It was pretty lackluster and had a weird name. The regular customers just couldn't relate to it and EV buyers could find better toys elsewhere. Now a few years later Toyota is back in the game with the BZ series along with an all-electric C-HR. The "Beezy" name...

So the Hemi has to use the eTorque BSG because that what works with the electrical architecture. Why doesn't the Hurricane 6 have a BSG? Where's the mild hybrid transmissions for the trucks?

I think they should give the hatch back design of the 1980's LeBaron GTS and Dodge Shadow / Plymouth Sundance twins another chance. I'm referring to the hatch itself not the styling for the rest of the vehicle. North America is pretty much stuck with the 1.6L EP6. The tooling is installed in...

ThIs one photo caught my attention. Remove the Disco Era excess; the upright grill, T-bar roof, opera window and landau top. (The last item is hard to tell from this angle.) Even if Chrysler becomes a people mover brand, the brand needs something special. The micro turbine range extender...

It appears to me that Stellantis in North America isn't ignoring the current market dynamics, it's more like they simply aren't paying close attention. I offer the lack of offering a range extender option as proof of this. (As you pointed out.) With all the recent management changes in the...

There are 3 van platforms. They are different from the car platforms. I'm not including the ProMaster Rapid sold in Latin America in this. The large van platform is what the Ram ProMaster uses. I stated in my post the CUSW based van platform is gone. It has been replaced by a new and different...

It doesn't make good business sense to have a domestic van on a unique platform which is not shared with any other corporate vehicle. Stellantis is the global leader in light commercial vehicles (LCV). We call them vans around here. The Stellantis vans come in three sizes, the Ram ProMaster is...

Stellantis will have a hard time selling to the rental agencies. The Wagoneer turned into a fleet queen and was unreliable enough with multiple system failures that it dragged down all the Stallentis products.

The thing that frustrates me is how quickly Stellantis moved to put this truck into full production. Originally it was assembled from knock down kits, but demand far outpaced capacity. I don't know if this truck would be suitable for our market, but I do know we could use that same decisiveness...