Chrysler, who recently announced closings of hundreds of dealerships across the United States, submitted a $448 million dollar plan to the U.S. Department of Energy for funding to develop electric and plug-in hybrid cars.
Marketwatch Pulse reports in Fox Business regarding Chrysler's plan to build electric and hybrid plug-in cars.
"The plans propose the development of a Dodge Ram 1500 plug-in hybrid-electric pickup, a plug-in hybrid-electric Chrysler Town & Country minivan, and an all-electric Town & Country minivan. Under the proposals, Chrysler and its partners would contribute half the funds with the Energy Department contributing the other half. If approved, Chrysler would build a Michigan-based manufacturing plant and a fleet of demonstration vehicles for the U.S. Postal Service, city and local governments, and other parties."
Chrysler has already announced its electric minivan car concept for the U.S. Postal Service.
After inventing the minivan 25 years ago and selling 12 million minivans Chrysler on April 22 showed off four all-electric Chrysler Town & Country minivan concepts to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) as part of the USPS Earth Day celebration.
Already at this time Chrysler LLC, in conjunction with the USPS and select energy service providers, announced that the company intends to apply for the U.S. Department of Energy's (DoE) Transportation Electrification stimulus program for a federal grant, which would enable Chrysler to establish a nationwide demonstration fleet of zero-emission electric minivans that could be used by the U.S. Postal Service for mail delivery.
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