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(Elbil24): One by one, the major American car manufacturers withdrew from the European market a few years ago. They made cars with powertrains – and in sizes – that did not fit our markets. This made their cars unsaleable, especially after taxes on six- and eight-cylinder engines were added.
With electrification, there can again be hope, because then it is no longer on the products. They are on an equal footing with European cars when it comes to emissions, and they have a lot of other good things to offer.
There are cars that the models from Tesla and, among other things, the Chevrolet Bolt are good examples of. The latter sold as Opel Ampera-e in Europe.
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For also on the other side of the pond, it is acknowledged that the future is fully electric, and all the major manufacturers are far into the planning for the future.
Now the news and results about future cars are starting to pop out of the hearths, such as the Chrysler Airflow, which is on display during the CES show in Las Vegas these days.
Year 2025
Airflow is a hint of what we can expect from that edge in 2025, and when we say from that edge we mean first and foremost Chrysler, but also the entire Stellantis, of which Chrysler is a part. Stellantis is the new grouping consisting of what was previously the PSA group (including Peugeot, Citroën, DS) and the FCA group (Fiat, Chrysler Automobile). In 2028, they will have a full range of electric cars, the company reports.
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That this is a product that will only be launched later, we also see in what Chrysler wants to offer.
Airflow will, among other things, have seal driving using STLA AutoDrive at level 3, something the road authorities have not opened up for on a broad basis. So far, only Mercedes-Benz has been granted permission to launch self-driving at level 3, and then only in some areas in its home country Germany.
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So far, there is not much tangible we get to know, other than that the car should have a range that is somewhere between 55 and 65 miles. They also say that they work with much faster charging than we are used to today.
It is clear that the car is a relatively quickly prepared project, because the car will be made on a common platform that is made within the Stellantis group. It will also receive the STLA Brain software, which in practice is Stellantis’ operating system for upcoming electric cars, which will, among other things, support wireless updates, OTA – “Over The Air”, and much more.
The shape of the Airflow is made with low air resistance in mind, while of course it must also have an attractive appearance.
This also applies to the interior, where there should be an airy and spacious interior. Here, the designers have played with extensive use of decorative lighting, among other things. Airflow is also shown with two alternative steering wheels, where one is with the two-handed grip we have seen both Tesla, Toyota and several other hints about.
Beyond this, there are few details about performance, battery capacities, and the like. As I said, the car is a concept car at the moment, so we will not know more details until closer to 2025.
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Coming, not coming …
The big question here on the rock is whether the new Airflow will come to Norway at all. As is well known, the Stellantis group has Peugeot, Citroën, DS, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Jeep, Chrysler and Dodge in its portfolio.
Some of these brands are reserved for the United States, other Europe and Asian markets.
Therefore, it is currently completely in the blue about whether we get to see the typical American brands in this country, as it is more logical that similar variants of the European brands come here, so we should rather sit and envy the Americans their versions. But who knows which way the wind will blow tomorrow? It is allowed to hope.
By the way, this is not the first Airflow brand to launch, because the first one came as early as the 1930s, when just under 30,000 cars were produced between 1934 and 1937.
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