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REORT: Chrysler kills light-duty Cummins engine for Dodge Ram 1500, at least for now

- According to court documents, Chrysler has put at least a temporary halt to the expected light-duty Cummins diesel engine for the Dodge Ram 1500. Mark Land, director of public relations at Cummins, tells our sleuthy friends at PickupTrucks.com:This is not a surprise. We're OK with this. We've been trying to rework development of the [light-duty diesel] engine over the last several months, given the current economic climate. It may not come as too much of a shock to anyone that's been paying attention, but it's unwelcome news ... Read more →

Chrysler submits $448m plan to build electric vehicles Jeremy Korzeniewski

Chrysler has submitted a series of plans to the U.S. Department of Energy intended to speed up the development of plug-in hybrids and fully electric cars and trucks under the DOE's Transportation ...

Spy Shots: Dodge HEMI Hybrid Jeremy Korzeniewski

It looks like the Dodge Ram Hybrid is on target to be released as a 2010 model, as this series of spy shots proves. Expect a version of the 2-Mode hybrid powertrain Chrysler co-developed with BMW, ...

PickupTrucks.com looks at Diesel Exhaust Fluid Jeremy Korzeniewski

When 2010 rolls around in about nine months, all automakers that offer diesel vehicles in the United States will need to meet new requirements that will mandate a 90 percent reduction in nitrogen ...

Chrysler recommits to diesel and hybrid Ram, if the company survives Sam Abuelsamid

A pair of planned, more fuel efficient versions of the Dodge Ram pickup apparently remain as on-track as any program can be said to be in the current Chrysler situation. Our buddy Mike Levine at ...

Dodge increases '09 Ram power and efficiency 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Dodge Ram Although there could be no possible worse time to be debuting a new pickup truck than this year, Dodge's Ram truck is due for its cyclical major redesign, and it's still coming. A few years ago, news of the Hemi's return from the ashes was the ...

Dodge to revise its marketing strategy, no longer wants to be power brand 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Dodge Challenger SE and R/T Dodge and its Ram badge has long been associated with power, and the marque is considered to be Chrysler's performance brand. In these days of record high fuel prices, though, being associated with horsepower could also mean ...

2009 Dodge Ram cuts fuel usage by 20 percent 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for more high-res shots of the 2009 Dodge Ram Despite getting an impressive boost in power from 345 hp to 380 hp and from 375 ft-lbs. of torque to 404 ft-lbs., the engineers at Dodge have found a way to increase the fuel efficiency of the full-size Ram pickup a welcome twenty percent. ...

Pickuptruck.com puts Bambi vs. Godzilla: Ram Mega Cab vs. SMART Fortwo 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The merits of a website aptly named "Pickuptruck.com" testing a vehicle such as the Smart Fortwo are, shall we say, debatable. What's not, however, is how cool it is that said website drudged up the good ol' Bambi vs. Godzilla cartoons for their title of the "comparison test". Do you remember going ...

DaimlerChrysler hypes its green credentials, with some validity 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

In time for Earth Day, DaimlerChrysler released a press release hyping all the green automobile advances they’ve done in the last few years and mentioning what’s around the corner for the company. The top three items: 1.5 million Flexible Fuel Vehicles sold, the Jeep Liberty CRD can use ...

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