Chrysler electric car could be years away

7/15/2008

DETROIT Chrysler LLC s answer to the much-anticipated Chevrolet Volt could be three to five years away, the Detroit Free Press reported.

The Auburn Hills, Mich., automaker launched a special division within the company last fall called ENVI pronounced like envy to bring electric-drive vehicles and related advanced-propulsion technologies to market.

ENVI is currently developing electric vehicles for the three Chrysler brands and is planning on product within three to five years, Nick Cappa, a Chrysler spokesman, said in an e-mail. General Motors Corp. has promised a breakthrough electric-drive vehicle commonly referred to as a plug-in hybrid called the Chevy Volt by 2010.