Stellantis just unveiled the new Chrysler Halcyon, showcasing the brand’s latest design inspiration and technology concepts. The Chrysler Halcyon incorporates an all-electric powertrain, aligning with Chrysler’s goal to offer a fully electric portfolio in the next four years, as well as fully autonomous capabilities.
The Chrysler Halcyon is similar to the Buick Wildcat EV in that both concepts provide design inspiration for their respective brands with regard to future EVs. New products would certainly be welcome for Chrysler, given it currently offers just a single model, namely the Pacifica minivan, which is available as a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV).
The design for the new Chrysler Halcyon concept incorporates a very low stance and front “air blade” aero element that is said to enhance performance and range. The concept also incorporates a butterfly-hinged canopy and red-carpet-style side doors, while a set of 22-inch wheels with a unique turbine shape spin in the corners. LED lighting is used throughout.
The interior utilizes 95 percent sustainable materials, including crushed and recycled music CDs. There’s also an array of ambient lighting items and a welcome / Entry Mode that uses biometric identification to provide a personalized experience. The onboard technology suite includes the STLA Brain, STLA SmartCockpit, and STLA AutoDrive. If desired, drivers can use voice recognition to deploy the steering wheel and pilot the vehicle themselves.
As for the powertrain technology, the concept utilizes 800V lithium-sulfur batteries, which Stellantis claims to lower the carbon footprint by 60 percent compared to modern batteries. The Chrysler Halcyon concept also includes something called Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer Technology, which can wirelessly recharge the onboard batteries as the vehicle goes down the road, essentially providing “unlimited” range. Under the skin, the concept is designed on the STLA Large platform.
Chrysler will launch its first all-electric vehicle in 2025, with plans to fully transition to all-electric powertrains in 2028.
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Are they expanding their line-up of Chrysler vehicles? To my knowledge, they only have the Chrysler Pacifica and Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid at the moment. They have said that Chrysler will be fully electric by 2028.
“That thing got a Hemi?”
Hydrogen fuel cells are some very ingenious technology. Way better that stand alone EV or PHEV. I’m impressed with the Toyota Mirai as well.
Hydrogen wastes a lot more energy and h2 is crazy expensive.
Boo! Bring back the Hellcat and HEMI.
Look, another unreal concept that won’t look anything like the production model!
I am so glad Chrysler axed that generic looking shoe box Airflow SUV, sports utility van, for a gorgeous looking styled car. In past decades auto designers used to methodically sculpture clay models to obtain a design silhouette for a car. These days auto designers draw pictures of head lights and tail lights on paper, cut them out and paste them on shoe boxes. Good work Chrysler, i know it is only a concept, but Chrysler and Dodge concepts always come true, Just look at the Prowler, the P.T.Cruiser, the new 2025 Charger. All we need now is for the Chrysler CEO Christine Feuell to have a business lunch with Mary at GM to give her a few ideas, and then Detroit will be back in business again to make America great again, well, the cars at least.
I like this concept, but can we stop putting a giant ipad between the driver seat and the passenger seat grrrrrrrrrr!
At least from what I’ve seen in the pictures the screen can retract
Front pillars are way too large !!
GM need not be concerned because this is a high-schoolers pure fantasy that will never make it in this form to production. I find it generic. The Airflow, while also generic, was more doable. This thing is absurd.
If all,they got is this fantasy concept (I mean it’s beautiful, but never gonna make it to production), Chrysler is in big trouble.
The dropped the 300, and all they have now is the Pacifica minivan.
Don’t get me wrong, I love our Pacifica. It’s comfortable, has a decent feature set, and the utility is unsurpassed with loads of cargo room and can load it up with people. But an auto brand has to have more than one model to stay relevant.
Chrysler needs a solid plan for models in various major vehicle segments.
Sedan, Hatchback, Compact Crossover, Minivan, SUV, etc
I don’t think Stelantis really cares about Chrysler, and it’s gonna just fade into history.
I agree with you. I had a Pacifica and it was a great vehicle – roomy, spacious, and actually reliable. I traded it in for a Durango and still miss all of the space that it has to offer.
Chrysler Corp was really hot in the 90s, but sadly those days are over. Mercedes destroyed and mutilated their product offering to fix their own corporate issues.
Stellantis, in my opinion, is far more concerned with attempting to make their Italian brands profitable and increase their North American presence. Chrysler & Dodge have a lot of potential even though it seems as though their glory days are in the past. They need a visionary leader and a true vehicle enthusiast to revitalize their lineup.
So…….
THIS is the big deal?
A Tesla/ Lucid mash up?
I’m concerned for Stellanis.
I can’t believe these automakers are still pushing to transition to all-electric by 2028. Please don’t ask the consumer what they want or can afford. Don’t ask the states if their power grids can handle the loads. Don’t ask when enough charging stations will be installed and working to charge these vehicles. Ask them why the insurance on EVs is higher than ICE vehicles. etc.,,,,,,, Common sense people, the consumer, dealers, and the infrastructure are not ready to transition to EVs and everything green. If you believe we are, you have been brainwashed by our government’s green agenda.
And it will be over once trump or rfk jr becomes president.
Remember the “New Coke” fiasco? That’s what Stellantis is doing here. They got rid of popular ICE vehicles to take a big gamble on a full EV future. It would be better for them to gradually introduce Good Ev vehicles while still making the cars that people want now. Going to hybrid before going fully EV is a better strategy….
That’s generally what Stellantis has been doing across its different brands, though.
But Chrysler is struggling. Stellantis has kind of pitted its own brands against each other to survive or not on their own merits and doesn’t really seem to have a consistent strategy across the brands.
They really need to be harmonizing platforms and technology sharing across the brands with a coherent vehicle segment product lineup and brand distinctness.
Automotive engineers tell me hydrogen is far more feasible. Honda, along with GM are serious into this alternative, maybe hybrid. EV cars have been pushed on us by the government .
Only reason hydrogen dream hasn’t died is because of government subsidies spent on the research.
Military has some viable use cases for it in certain operational situations, but they also have a ln almost bottomless purse to spend on the expensive technology.
Hydrogen just isn’t viable enough for mass transportation based on energy requirements for the production and storage of h2.