REPORT: Dodge Circuit production hints, possibly coming in 2010

REPORT: Dodge Circuit production hints, possibly coming in 2010

Filed under: Coupe, Dodge, Lotus, Alternative Fuel

Dodge Circuit EV concept - Click above for high-res image gallery

With all of the recent upheaval at Chrysler, it's no surprise that the fate of the very cool Dodge Circuit is not exactly certain. In May, Chrysler assured everyone that the program was not DOA, and Chrylser ENVI president Lou Rhodes recently said something similar to Car and Driver. Rhodes even gave C&D a few details about how the program is shaping up.

Chrysler's plan involves having the vehicle produced by Lotus in the UK (sounds familiar) and then shipped to the U.S. for the electric powertrain. Chrysler's sales target is 100,000 EVs in order to benefit from economies of scale for all the expensive EV bits. By selling that many vehicles, Chrysler's efforts could make the Circuit "tens of thousands" of dollars less than the somewhat similar Tesla Roadster. The Circuit is still likely to be Chrysler's first EV, and could start production next year.

Gallery: SAE 2009: Dodge Circuit quick drive



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[Source: Car and Driver via All Cars Electric]REPORT: Dodge Circuit production hints, possibly coming in 2010 originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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That's on sexy looking car, drool.

looks nice. it's too bad toyota couldn't get that kind of design into one other the production models. i like the viper style front bumper.

Wow. I think it looks more like an Aston Martin. This looks very appealing, even to me. Depending on the price, this may be my next car.