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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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.
Understood! Rather than being an actual production vehicle, is the Chrysler Halcyon Concept supposed to "influence" Chrystler design going forward, similar to how Buick says the Wildcat Concept influences future Buick designs?
Lincoln unfortunately is in the situation they are in because of mismanagement by Ford. There's no reason we can't get a couple of exciting ICE Lincolns off of S650 so there are vehicles that we actually want to buy. The platform would be more profitable but no, Lincoln can't offer something Ford does not. Mustang is king, F150 and Bronco are King. Lincoln has become nothing more or even lessor of a Mercury the past 20 years. (Why not change the name to Edsel? The end is near anyway) Ford gave up on Lincoln which is sad, very sad. A big mistake was to get rid of sedans. they at least would contribute to the total sales not to mention the bottom line. Not interested in the current Lincoln trucks that are only offered. At least Cadillac still gives us sedans and performance.