Chrysler LLC Statement in Response to Administration Announcement of National
Standard
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Chrysler welcomes the President's
announcement of a framework for a single national approach for fuel economy
and greenhouse gas standards. We thank the Administration for their
leadership.
Today's announcement begins an important process of harmonizing state and
federal fuel economy programs. Chrysler has long been an advocate for a
national approach to fuel economy as the most effective way to help the nation
achieve energy security and environmental sustainability. With regulatory
clarity and certainty, Chrysler and its alliance partner, Fiat, will now be
able to concentrate their resources on developing a nationwide fleet of clean,
fuel-efficient vehicles that will help support its revitalization and benefit
American consumers.
These fuel-efficient vehicles will feature both improvements to conventional
technology and technology that is entirely new. For example, Chrysler will
soon introduce an all-new, high-volume V-6 engine that will deliver up to 8
percent improved fuel economy across the company's current vehicle lineup.
Chrysler's alliance with Fiat will initially deliver consumers a world-class
small engine and overall powertrain technology that will rapidly bring to
market even more fuel-efficient, environmentally friendly small cars.
Chrysler's entirely new technology will be found in vehicles developed by
ENVI, an organization within Chrysler that is focused on electric vehicles as
its primary clean-vehicle technology. Chrysler's product plan includes the
introduction of several production electric vehicle models by 2013.
We look forward to working with the Obama administration and others as this
process moves forward toward an outcome that is economically and
environmentally sustainable.
SOURCE Chrysler LLC
Todd Goyer, +1-248-512-0041 (office), +1-248-761-0805 (cell),
trg32@chrysler.com, or Linda Becker, +1-202-414-6757 (office), +1-202-320-2061
(cell), lmb15@chrysler.com, both of Chrysler LLC
