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The idea of using a fuel cell as a range extender was and is with pursuing. Using hydrogen fuel in the fuel cell isn't practical for most situations. I'm not a chemist, but while hydrogen as a fuel is highly impractical due to its low density and containment, adding one carbon molecule to...

The Chevy Trax is a hodge-podge mix of globally sourced parts from wherever labor is cheap, all assembled in Korea. The tiny engine is a disposable unit. Use once and toss away. Why is all this hate for front-drive? Looking at the sales charts, many of the successful passenger vehicles are...

Hydrogen fuel isn't the most economical fuel because it takes more energy to produce than the energy we get out of it. Hydrogen fuel cells worked well in Iceland because that country has such abundant thermal energy to generate heat and electricity from. The narrative has steadily been about...

A battery electric ProMaster has been on sale here for quite a while now. Ram does not offer a box van or cab-chassis model with a battery electric drive in our market, but I suspect only the cab-chassis version would get the green light for the USA market. I don't even think there is a gas...

I'm just showing this because I like the styling and this particular model demonstrates the variety of models from one platform, because other Stellantis brands have tall boxy crossovers on the same platform. This is from the Vauxhall website. My 2012 Dodge Avenger was 192" long with a...

Redundant, as in, If they offer an EREV, a plugin hybrid option will be superfluous. If I ran the circus I would start with a 48V mild hybrid, which is the default setup in the gen-4 ZF eight speeds. The 48V e-motor is inside the transmission. Let Jeep have the extended range electric drive...

The platform the next Jeep Compass sits on is versatile, so it can yield something for Dodge. Now that there is no tax on overtime, the stylists and designers can get to work.

I'm wondering how much this midsize Ram will share with the Wrangler and Gladiator. The Gladiator's frame isn't simply just a stretched Wrangler frame, there was some serious attention and engineering effort going into the Gladiator frame and chassis. The Wrangler and Gladiator do share drive...

I thought the European Union was only going to be an economic agreement. Now these once independent countries have a board of non-elected bureaucrats dictating policy to supposed sovereign elected assemblies which run the participant nations. Go woke, go broke.

The Fiat brand needs a total makeover in the US. The 500e is not affordable in America like in Europe. It will be very hard to justify any investment in changes when a product sells only in the hundreds. I've discussed my ideas for fixing the Fiat mess in the US many times in other threads. The...

It's good to hear from you. I enjoyed your work over at Allpar when I was participating on that forum.

The Americans took a Jeep model and basically slapped an ugly Alfa Romeo grill on it. No wait, I have that wrong, it was the European management. They took the Jeep Avenger and badge engineered it into the Alfa Junior. Guess what, it's Alfa Romeo's best selling model.🙃 They also stuck a 3...

Europe is a mess. The EU bureaucrats are still shoving battery electric drive down everyone's throats. Stellantis can't build want Europeans really want because nobody wants to work for those slave wages they're offering in the Serbian facility. Meanwhile Italian workers are sitting idol. The...

My first response: Is that all? I was expecting to see something on the Giga-Panda. My second response: Combine the GSE-T four cylinder with that 6-speed for an Abarth version.

I'm optimistic because the new Jeep Compass and Cherokee both look to be winners and at the same time definitely look like Jeeps. On the Jeep side of the ledger this will plug the sales leak where the old Compass sits and leaves a lot of room for Chrysler and Dodge products with very different...

The Toyota Grand Highlander has two different hybrid systems. The first one is the legacy hybrid with an e-axle while a second hybrid system is the Hybrid Max. The Max uses an Aisin 6-speed auto with an e-motor replacing the torque converter. This transmission is combined with a 2.4 four...

The replacement for the GC Trackhawk is the Wagoneer S. The Wagoneer S is a victim of poor timing, finalized as a battery electric only model and then introduced just as the bloom had faded for EV market demand. My suggestion will upset the IC engine purists, but the solution is adding an ICE...

In Europe Stellantis sent a lot of good hybrid transmissions to the dumpster in favor of the Punch. I expect the Compass to have a hybrid emphasis, but if they cheap out that will haunt Jeep big time.

This new Compass has a lot of potential for our market. They could easily blow it with the wrong transmission choice.

I hope the new management team understands not everyone wants expensive high performance vehicles. We don't shop for economy cars in boutiques. We love pickup trucks, but only in moderation for a number of us. (In other words give us the Rampage.) That 1.6 liter PSA engine coming from Dundee...