Chrysler - Dodge Challenger Prior Blog Posts by Date July 1 2006... a day that will live in the history books: Dodge announces that the Challenger will enter production late in the the 2008 model year. A personal site & blog created and run by a no-commercial-interest Challenger enthusiast! November 2008 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30             Aug   Dec RSS Feed for DrivingEnthusiast.net About DrivingEnthusiast.net Index of prior posts by title Use this calendar to navigate thru prior blog postings by date. Monday, November 17, 2008    Drag Race: Chrysler EV versus Dodge Challenger   This new video illustrates an important point we've made on this blog about how future performance vehicles *must* change technologies - but *can* still increase performance and improve dynamics. The future is not at all dark for driving enthusiasts! The video has the 1st-gen prototype of a Chrysler Corp electric vehicle, against an old-school and very traditional performance car. In a drag race held by the Los Angeles Times, the EV won. The Challenger weighs well over 4000 pounds, and the EV is closer to a thousand less. The EV is a pre-production mule based on an adapted Lotus gasoline-engine product that isn't sold in this country. The 1st-gen Chrysler electronics will certainly improve before production and are ultimately limited by battery technology as with other electric vehicles. Battery technology is certainly the #1 investment area in automotive research these days. Chrysler's strategy to show off it's three electric vehicles at this point in time is interesting.  Whether it's to appeal to Nissan (a potential suitor, who itself hasn't shown much in the electric field - yet) or to the Government for bailout purposes, it's a smart move at this point in time. View and add comments: Trackback: Trackback Link and count:;[] Permalink for this post:  See similar posts in these categories: Chrysler | Chrysler - Dodge Challenger | GREEN for Driving Enthusiasts Search for similar posts on the web: Google It! RSS Feed for DrivingEnthusiast.net About DrivingEnthusiast.net
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