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Although the Dodge Grand Caravan won't live on for a new generation, the Chrysler Town & Country is going to receive a plug-in hybrid model in late 2015. That's a year early compared to what the carmaker indicated during the May 6th Investor Day event.
This bit of information follows Sergio Marchionne's declaration at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show, during which the Fiat Chrysler helmsman told the next-gen Chrysler Town & Country's development is roughly "95 percent" finished and the new model will be on sale in the following "24 to 30 months." According to the two reports, the new Town & Country is going to hit dealerships by the end of 2015 as a 2016 MY.
As for the plug-in hybrid variant of the people carrier, Chrysler officials present at the Paris Motor Show hinted it will use a traditional layout consisting of an electric motor and a gasoline internal combustion engine. Moreover, Chrysler's brand head Al Gardner dropped a curious bit of info earlier this year, declaring that a Chrysler-badged PHEV minivan could achieve the same fuel economy as the Prius PHEV.
That may translate to 95 MPGe rating (or 75 MPGe according to a previous report) and a combined fuel economy figure after the battery runs out of juice of 50 mpg, but this plug-in hybrid layout begs the question just how much space will be taken by the the large battery pack, electric motor and others.
A raised boot floor or a deleted third row of seats come to mind, but fingers crossed the men and women engineering the upcoming 2016 Chrysler Town & Country plug-in hybrid won't sacrifice too much space to the detriment of PHEV modifications.
As for the plug-in hybrid variant of the people carrier, Chrysler officials present at the Paris Motor Show hinted it will use a traditional layout consisting of an electric motor and a gasoline internal combustion engine. Moreover, Chrysler's brand head Al Gardner dropped a curious bit of info earlier this year, declaring that a Chrysler-badged PHEV minivan could achieve the same fuel economy as the Prius PHEV.
That may translate to 95 MPGe rating (or 75 MPGe according to a previous report) and a combined fuel economy figure after the battery runs out of juice of 50 mpg, but this plug-in hybrid layout begs the question just how much space will be taken by the the large battery pack, electric motor and others.
A raised boot floor or a deleted third row of seats come to mind, but fingers crossed the men and women engineering the upcoming 2016 Chrysler Town & Country plug-in hybrid won't sacrifice too much space to the detriment of PHEV modifications.
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