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A battery-powered 268-horsepower two-seat sports car is in line to become Chrysler LLC’s first electric car, provided the carmaker lives to see another day.
To survive, help is needed from Italy’s Fiat but, as negotiations with the Italian automaker bog down and the two week deadline to hammer out a partnership approaches, the company’s future – as well as its aspirations for an electric hot rod – are increasingly in doubt.
Chrysler’s first electric car, set to be introduced late next year around the same time as General Motors’ Chevrolet Volt, will be a sports car with a zero-to-60 time of under five seconds and a top speed of 120 miles per hour…Â Details
After an off weekend of hunting multicolored eggs and unwrapping foil-covered chocolate, the Sprint Cup Series drivers return to the track this weekend — at Phoenix, a one-mile track that lends itself to hare-raising, pin-your-ears-back fender rubbing under the lights.
The down time also allowed each driver to assess his chances of making a run for a spot in the top 12 during the next five months. Chase berths are won and lost between April and August; pinning your chances on a last-gasp run at Richmond does not foster hope of a championship run.
Jeff Burton and Mark Martin are familiar with the drill. They made their bones vying for … Details