Car Blog Green » dodgecircuit http://carbloggreen.com Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:50:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Detroit 2009: Dodge Circuit on the stand http://carbloggreen.com/detroit-2009-dodge-circuit-on-the-stand-2 http://carbloggreen.com/detroit-2009-dodge-circuit-on-the-stand-2#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:54:00 +0000 http://carbloggreen.com/detroit-2009-dodge-circuit-on-the-stand-2/ Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Dodge , Detroit Auto Show , Green Daily Click above for a high-res gallery of the Dodge Circuit We got the technical details and press pics about the new Dodge Circuit earlier today, but now we’ve had a chance to see the car for ourselves. Of course, if you’ve ever seen a Lotus Europa, you, too have pretty much seen the Circuit. After all, the only thing that Dodge added to the exterior is the crosshair grille and the Tangoreen color – oh, and the badging. The all-electric guts – with A123 battery pack and 200 kW motor – are cool, and if Chrysler wasn’t in so much financial trouble, we’d look forward to driving one of these someday. We recognize a shortcut when we see one, but we’re still glad that when a company wants to draw attention to itself, electric drive is the way to do it. Sure is way cooler than a Rampede . Gallery: 2009 Detroit: Dodge Circuit EV Live Photos Copyright (C)2009 Sebastian Blanco and Jonathon Ramsey /, Weblogs, Inc. Detroit 2009: Dodge Circuit on the stand originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds .Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green

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]]> http://carbloggreen.com/detroit-2009-dodge-circuit-on-the-stand-2/feed 0 Detroit 2009: Crosshairs on a Europa make a Dodge Circuit EV http://carbloggreen.com/detroit-2009-crosshairs-on-a-europa-make-a-dodge-circuit-ev http://carbloggreen.com/detroit-2009-crosshairs-on-a-europa-make-a-dodge-circuit-ev#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:01:00 +0000 admin http://carbloggreen.com/detroit-2009-crosshairs-on-a-europa-make-a-dodge-circuit-ev/ Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Chrysler , Dodge , Lotus Click the Dodge Circuit EV for a high-res gallery As suspected from some recent spy photos Chrysler’s ENVI group has continued to work on the car that first appeared last fall as the DodgeEV. The car that was nothing more than a Lotus Europa with an electric powertrain and Dodge badges now at least looks kind of like it belongs in a Dodge dealership .The front fascia now sports the traditional Dodge cross-hair grille while the posterior gets cleaner look with a small diffuser. New wheels and a coat of orange paint that Chrysler’s press release dubbs”Tangoreen” round out the visual changes. As near as we can tell from that same press release the only real functional change to the car that is now called the Circuit EV is the positioning of the plug. The original car had the plug on the right side of the car, which would be the driver’s side over in the UK where this car was built. The Circuit now has the plug socket on the left flank where it would be more convenient to charge in this country. The A123 battery pack and 200 kW motor remain from the original iteration. Gallery: Dodge Circuit EV Continue reading Detroit 2009: Crosshairs on a Europa make a Dodge Circuit EV Detroit 2009: Crosshairs on a Europa make a Dodge Circuit EV originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds .Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green

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