Chrysler's New Electric Car Quandary

[krome2ez]

Business

Here’s the New Electric Car

Chrysler Expects to Lose Money on

(And Here’s Why They’re Making it)

Posted on November 21, 2012 at 4:14pm by Becket Adams

The Fiat 500e (Courtesy PR Newswire)

Chrysler will soon introduce the world to its very first battery-powered vehicle, the Fiat 500e.

However, far more interesting than the fact that it’s their first battery-powered car is the fact that Chrysler expects to lose between $8,000 and $9,000 for each one it sells, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Why would they produce a car that’s sure to lose money? One word: California.

Let us explain.

California has one of the largest car markets in the country (it accounts for nearly 10 percent of all U.S. auto sales). California also has a strict zero-emission requirement.

So unless Chrysler offers a model that meets these increasingly stringent emissions standards, California could bar them from selling cars in the state.

Pretty great, right?

But wait! There’s more! Ten other states, including New York, New Jersey, and Maryland, have followed California’s lead and have enacted similar zero-emission requirements. And much like California, Chrysler could be barred from selling cars in these states unless it offers a vehicle that meets these standards.

Problem is, nobody seems to want zero-emission vehicles.

California “can make us sell a minimum amount of cars, but unfortunately, they can’t make people buy them, or even get our own dealers to order them from us,” Kevin Kinnaw, Toyota’s U.S. manager of regulatory affairs, told the Wall Street Journal.

The Fiat 500e’s interior was apparently inspired by Speed Race (Courtesy PR Newswire)

In short, in order to stay compliant with these various carbon emission laws, automakers must design and produce cars that no one will buy.

“So far this year, only about 26,000 electric vehicles have been sold in the entire U.S., a tiny fraction of the 11.9 million cars and light trucks Americans have purchased,” the Journal report notes.

“About one in four electric vehicles sold are in California,” the report adds.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/heres-the-new-electric-car-chrysler-fully-expects-to-lose-money-on-and-heres-why-theyre-making-it/

Edited November 21, 2012 by krome2ez

[dontlop]

does california care about jets smog .. or is this a polititions tool so it wont be touched .. chrysler should say fine we ont sell any cars in california .. ford and gm should do the same .. california polititions would lose their jobs pretty fast .. the people would be pist if they could by a car because of some politition that boards his air craft and yaught daily

[SgtFuryUSCZ]

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Everything it takes to generate the power to provide the electricity that any

electric car requires is stupid.

Now cut it out.

Electric cars, really...?

Where exactly DOES THE POWeR COME FROM to generate to electricity

required to charge these biatches...?

Think about it.

DUH.

So stupid.

[jomans]

California and the other states do not demand electric cars.... just cars with zero emissions. This was done a long time ago and ran on water. It was called the "Stanley Steamer".

[SgtFuryUSCZ]

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JOMANS gets it.

The rest of you pinko left wing freaks are so fooled & conned,

there hasn't been a word invented for your kind of stupid.

Hey, wanna buy off some carbon credits...?

DUMBASS.

[krome2ez]

California and the other states do not demand electric cars.... just cars with zero emissions. This was done a long time ago and ran on water. It was called the "Stanley Steamer".

I don't want to burst your bubble,

but what do you think they used

to heat the water to steam?

***///

Everything it takes to generate the power to provide the electricity that any

electric car requires is stupid.

Now cut it out.

Electric cars, really...?

Where exactly DOES THE POWeR COME FROM to generate to electricity

required to charge these biatches...?

Think about it.

DUH.

So stupid. <_</>

Exactly Sarge,

they can't think past the warm and fuzzy BS.

Where do they think the batteries come from?

And where do the batteries get disposed of when they're depleted?