Items tagged with Chrysler

by Paul Lilly - Tue, Jan 30, 2018

Waymo Self-Driving Fleet Rolls Out In Force With Thousands Of Chrysler Hybrid Minivans

Just two months ago, Waymo announced plans to test a self-driving car service in Phoenix, Arizona, in which commuters could summon a free ride from one of around 600 Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivans. Now the company is putting the pedal to the metal with "thousands more" of the same hybrid vehicle, each one motoring... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Thu, Jan 12, 2017

Dodge Challenger SRT Demon Will Be Faster And Even More Hellacious Than The Unruly Hellcat

If you thought that the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat was the ultimate in over-the-top MOPAR excess, you haven’t seen anything yet. In case you didn’t get the memo, the Challenger SRT Hellcat is powered by a beastly, supercharged 6.2-liter Hemi V8 engine that cranks out a staggering 707 horsepower and 650 foot-pounds... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Mon, Dec 19, 2016

Google Unveils Waymo Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid Minivans For Self-Driving Fleet

Google said several months ago that it was partnering with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) to build 100 autonomous Pacifica Hybrid minivans, a move that would double Google's self-driving fleet. Now it is about to make good on that arrangement. Chrysler announced today that production of all 100 Pacifica Hybrid... Read more...

by Brittany Goetting - Sat, Aug 06, 2016

High Tech Thieves Steal 30 Dodge Vehicles With A Laptop And Software Hack

Some people take Grand Theft Auto V a little too seriously, either that or just live that sort of life for real. Houston police officers have just announced that they have arrested two men accused of stealing at least thirty Dodge and Jeep vehicles with a laptop computer and a simple software hack. Michael Arce... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Tue, May 03, 2016

Google Partners With Chrysler To Build 100 Self-Driving Pacifica Hybrid Minivans (Updated)

Google’s self-driving car fleet has been decidedly Toyota-heavy since the project's inception, with the vast majority of the fleet consisting of Toyota Prius and Lexus RX 450h hybrids. If a new report is to be believed, it looks as though Google may be throwing Fiat Chrysler a bone (and a vote of confidence) by adding... Read more...

by Kory Kessel - Wed, May 20, 2015

Takata Airbag Recall Swells To Record 34 Million Vehicles In US

Expanding a recall dating back to 2008, Japanese automobile airbag manufacturer Takata Corp is doubling the number of recalls for its potentially lethal product in the U.S. from 16.6 million to approximately 34 million vehicles (about one in seven of the over 250 million vehicles on American roads), which makes it the... Read more...

by Ray Willington - Tue, Aug 07, 2012

Sprint Providing Cellular Data Service To In-Car Uconnect Access System

A decade ago, Internet in the automobile probably sounded like a pipe dream. Today, folks are probably wondering how we can have Gogo on hundreds of flights per day, but we can't find a new car with integrated web access. Naturally, it all comes down to cost, but Chrysler and Sprint are hoping to re-open those lines... Read more...

by Shawn Oliver - Tue, Sep 22, 2009

Chrysler Ditches The Paper, Offering DVD Owners Manuals

It was only a matter of time, right? With digital becoming the new black, we knew that those hugely thick, underutilized user guides that shipped with automobiles would one day fade from existence, and it looks as if the fading has begun. Chrysler has just announced that it will become the first automaker to ditch the paperback and go digital... Read more...