With much surprise, Chrysler announced something very different from the usual balance sheet reporting we've seen this year. In fact, its an announcement that reminds everyone Chrysler is still and should still be on the radar of consumers and industry analysts alike, for in one breath, they've announced three EV (Electric Vehicle) models that they claim will be made available in showrooms by 2010, the same time as the General's Chevrolet Volt. The three lineup consists of the Dodge EV, Jeep EV and Chrysler EV, where the Chrysler's actually a Town & Country, the Jeep is of course the Wrangler and the Dodge, a Lotus Europa. All fitted with batteries that you could charge, and go and charge and go (to cut it all simple).
It should come as no surprise for Chrysler to use Lotus as the sportscar of choice for the Dodge EV as Lotus was greatly involved with Tesla's Roadster, which is the first EV Sports car. Fitted with a 200kw (268hp) electric motor, the 
As for the Jeep and Chrysler EV, they're actually a sort of hybrid EV, where a small displacement engine would kick in and recharge the batteries when extra juice was needed. Both electric engines produces about the same output as the one in the Dodge EV, but we reckon they need not carry that much weight/batteries around. With such a design, 8 gallons (approx 30 liters) of petrol could bring about 400 miles (640km) of traveling distance.Not much details had followed the release, which we reckon it's a bit far fetch to get it ready into production by 2010, and oh, GM's Volt after so much of R&D, could only travel 64km per charge, down from a previous claimed 320km. Nonetheless, we'd love to see more alternatives from petrol or diesel.
