Chrysler is moving quickly to advance its line of eco friendly vehicles. With ten years of history behind them in the electric car business, they have recently announced more models that will be added to the selection. Formerly known as Global Electric Motorcars, the division is now called Green Eco Mobility in accordance with the times and to show Chrysler’s determination to become a leader in environmentally friendly vehicles.
Their newest innovation, the GEM Peapod, announced mid-September, will be the perfect “around town” vehicle. Short trips are said to cause the worst type of pollution. By driving the Peapod to run local errands, the environment will be much healthier. No gas and no emissions, the Peapod is considered the next generation of electric vehicles with production beginning in 2009.
Current GEM cars come in a choice of six models including a two, four and six passenger car as well as three utility vehicles. An impressive thirty-eight thousand vehicles on the road, they are legally permitted to travel on public roads in forty states.
A live announcement was seen on CNBC introducing another set of vehicles, the Chrysler ENVI, also electric vehicles but electric available in more mainstream models such Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge. Lithium-ion batteries will power the Dodge EV (based on the Dodge Viper), while the Jeep EV will also use an integrated generator system. The Chrysler EV will be produced in many models but the seven-passenger van will run on eight gallons of gas to four hundred miles.
At least one of the group of three new vehicles will go on sale as soon as 2010 in North America.
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