Chrysler will showcase its electric vehicle future at the 79th International Motor Show in Geneva on March 3, with the European premieres of the Chrysler 200C EV concept vehicle and Dodge Circuit EV prototype.

Chrysler recently unveiled these two vehicles—along with the new Jeep Patriot EV, the updated Chrysler Town & Country EV and the updated Jeep Wrangler Unlimited EV—reinforcing a commitment to developing and bringing to market a broad array of advanced electric vehicles for the Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge brands.

“Our goal is to provide creative solutions to the challenges that our customers face around the globe,” Michael Manley, Executive Vice President—International Sales and Global Product Planning Operations, said. “We’ve made electric vehicles the primary path to developing clean vehicles for all our product lines. We will produce at least one of these vehicles for North American markets in 2010 and for European markets after 2010.”

Patriot EV

The Jeep Patriot EV is another example of what Chrysler is planning for the future.  Like the Chrysler 200C conecept and the Chrysler Town and Country EV the Jeep Patriot EV combines a gas engine and an electric motor to provide a more environmentally friendly Jeep.

The Patriot EV has a battery pack that provides it with 40 miles of gasoline free driving, once the batteries are depleted the small gas engines starts up to provide extended range.

“The Jeep Patriot EV expands our portfolio of ENVI electric-drive vehicles and is just one more example of what is possible through the technology Chrysler is developing,” said Lou Rhodes, President, – ENVI, and Vice President, Advance Vehicle Engineering, Chrysler LLC. “Moreover, the Patriot EV provides socially responsible, advanced electric technology in the industry’s most capable compact SUV.”

The Patriot EV can be plugged into any 110 volt outlet to recharge the batteries overnight.  It can also plug into any 220 volt appliance outlet to cut the recharge time in half.  Like the Wrangler EV it’s total driving distance is 400 miles.  Unlike the Wrangler EV it does not have four independent motors driving the wheels.  The Jeep Patriot EV uses the same four wheel drive system that the current Patriot does.