Chrysler PHEV Program Stalled by Overheating Batteries

Chrysler is withdrawing from service its test fleet of plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles (PHEVs) to conduct a battery-pack upgrade. Three of the fleet’s 109 pickups equipped with plug-in hybrid powertrains sustained damage when their prototype 12.9-kWh lithium-ion propulsion batteries overheated. There were no injuries and the incidents occurred when the vehicles were unoccupied. No similar issues […]