FCA
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Fiat Chrysler and Tesla are working out a symbiotic relationship for Europe so that FCA might avoid emissions fines.
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Not just diesel: FCA recalling 860K cars for emissions failure
The Patriots are in good company, surrounded by cheaters!
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Volvo's Polestar 2 electric car, plug-in Jeeps, Honda e Prototype: Today's Car News
Honda showed off its e Prototype concept for the upcoming Geneva auto show. Volvo unveiled its first all-electric car, the Polestar 2, and we compared it with the Tesla Model 3 Fiat Chrysler announced a new $4.5 million investment to lay the groundwork to begin producing plug-in versions of all of...
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Fiat Chrysler lays groundwork to build electrified Jeep models
With a $4.5 billion investment in manufacturing in Michigan announced Tuesday, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will put some big plans in motion to electrify its entire future Jeep lineup. That is likely to include a new Jeep Grand Cherokee plug-in hybrid, based on an all-new Grand Cherokee planned to...
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VW auto shows, EV shoppers will pay more, Chrysler fines: Today's Car News
As Volkswagen and other automakers dial back from auto shows, in the U.S. it sees them as a way to explain electric cars to shoppers. A new survey reveals that most car shoppers are willing to pay extra for alternative fuel. A new bill in Washington could add the state to the roster of those that...
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No buybacks: FCA settlement for Ram pickup, Jeep Grand Cherokee Ecodiesel owners
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will settle with federal regulators and pay owners of diesel-powered truck and SUVs for noncompliant emissions software, the company announced Thursday. The settlement could cost the automaker up to $800 million. The affected vehicles are 2014-2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs...
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has large challenges, even nine years after it was formed when the Italian company Fiat took over the bankrupt U.S. maker Chrysler. While its Jeep and Ram truck brands are doing well, it sells only three passenger cars in North America above the subcompact category, all of them 10 to 15 years old. Its CEO, Sergio Marchionne, famously complained for years about the Fiat 500e compliance car it had to sell to comply with California's zero-emission vehicle sales mandate. DON'T MISS: Fiat-Chrysler chief Sergio Marchionne doesn't think electric cars, Tesla are viable (Oct...
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Fiat Chrysler to end diesel engines in cars by 2022 (but not trucks): report
Fiat Chrysler will abandon the use of diesel engines in all its passenger vehicles by 2022, according to a report Sunday. Demand for diesel versions of passenger cars in Europe is waning and car makers face extraordinarily high costs to get diesel engines to comply with emission limits in...
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2017 Ram, Jeep diesels should be certified by EPA shortly, company says
Fiat Chrysler may have a plan to address EPA complaints regarding software in its 3.0-liter EcoDiesel V-6, according to comments by CEO Sergio Marchionne. The EPA announced earlier this month that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles had failed to disclose eight separate software routines that affect the...
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Cost to make FCA diesels emission-compliant in Europe: half a billion dollars
Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, believes diesels will allow the company to meet future, tougher fuel-economy standards. But that faith is being sorely tested at the moment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) now says the company failed to disclose software for its...
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Chrysler throws in towel on sedans: 200, Dart to die for SUVs, trucks (updated)
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is the only U.S. maker to release five-year business plans to the media--and offer updates when things change. That's just what it did yesterday, when it updated its plan for 2014 through 2018. The biggest shocker of the day was the company's announcement that it would...
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Jeep Wrangler Diesel To Come Well Before Wrangler Hybrid
Jeep is still planning diesel and hybrid versions of the next-generation Wrangler.
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The 2016 Fiat 500 will make its public debut at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show.
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Is Fiat Chrysler Secretly Developing A Diesel For Passenger Cars?
Hints of a new Chrysler diesel engine appear on the company's dealer website.
Stephen Edelstein