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Dodge Rumored To Make Another Baby Step Toward Electrification With Mild Hybrid Durango: Report
Dodge Rumored To Make Another Baby Step Toward Electrification With Mild Hybrid Durango: Report-August 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:10:33

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FCA hasn’t been terribly enthusiastic about electric vehicles in the past, but according to a report obtained by , the company may be planning a mild hybrid Durango to be introduced in 2020.

The hybrid power system is expected to be the same 48-volt Motor Generator Unit (MGU) used on the . The MGU is a small motor (and generator) that replaces the alternator. A suitcase-sized battery goes somewhere inside the vehicle. The system is good for two miles per gallon on the eight-cylinder Ram 1500.

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This is not the Durango’s first foray into electrification; the previous generation briefly had a hybrid option at the .

Not too long ago, FCA’s former CEO Sergio Marchionne was openly critical of electric vehicles, even asking customers not to buy the company’s compliance car. . Over the last few months, however, the company has significantly expanded its electrification plans with budgeted for EV projects through 2022. This is likely a result of the company having to give Tesla hundreds of millions of dollars to lowering FCA’s average emissions outputs to avoid .

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