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Chrysler Tries New Line of Thinking for Plants

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Sometime has passed since the bleaker days of Chrysler. It’s been 3 years since then and Chrysler has managed to dig their way out of the hole and back on top of things. A lot of that success seems to be by providing the public with some great new models that they want.

GMA news has a different thought behind what is the driving force behind the bounce back. Chrysler has been putting a lot of minor changes into their factories. These hundreds of changes in production have given the plants more flexibility and output. The employees even see this as breaking down barriers between the management and the floor workers.

Robert Figlioli, a tradesman at Chrysler’s Jefferson North plant in Detroit, is quoted as saying about the plant, “You wouldn’t believe this plant -four years ago it looked like a dungeon. Now it’s beautiful, clean.”

Much of the look has changed since the time before the bailout, when employees were seeing crisis mode all around them with wages being cut, workers laid off, and hours shortened. That’s not the case anymore as the plants are being cleaned up and given a much more high-tech look in order to boost employee moral and increase productivity. It’s a belief that Chrysler official Scott Tolmie holds to, that making a better working environment will help give motivation to the workers.

“The environment is important -to have a house that is clean with nice colors makes a difference,” he says. “We want that Apple store look -it makes people want to work here.”

Chrysler’s approach to improving the conditions to make the workers enjoy their work certainly seems to be working. It seems to be paying off in the quality of the products that they are giving to the world and I think it’s certainly paying off with the demand increasing across the board for their multiple brands and vehicles.

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Are Electric Cars in Chrysler’s Future?

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Gas prices are back on the rise and so the conversation has shifted once again to what needs to be done to get off the dependency we have on oil. The Toledo Blade is reporting that Chrysler believes that an answer may just lead in electric cars.

“We believe in electrification, sparingly and for the right kinds of targeted applications,” said Bob Lee, vice president and head of engine and electrified propulsion engineering. “We’re developing technology for commercialization, preparing for the shift when consumers start pulling them into the marketplace.”

Chrysler has been trailing behind its competitors with the production of electric and hybrid vehicles. Sergio Marchionne, the chief executive officer of Chrysler and Fiat, sees this as a new opportunity for the company. Chrysler already has some plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles in the form of Town & Country minivans, but they are only available in California, Arizona, North Carolina, and Michigan. Ram pickups are looking at the possibility of making a plug-in hybrid of their pickups.

The future of the auto industry is unwritten in terms of what will be fueling the next generation. It’s good to see, however, that many are starting to try to figure out ways of getting drivers out of oil and adapting new and cleaner technologies.

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Chrysler Sales Up 3 Percent in July

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Now the July is over and done with, it’s that time we looked back and see just how the numbers for the month was. I have run out of ways to repeat myself in wondering how long the streak that Chrysler has been enjoying will last, and I’ve also run out of ways to say not yet.

Chrysler is now posting that they had their 28th consecutive month of year-over-year sales gains. That is a 13 percent increase for the month of July. To break it down even further, the Chrysler 200 was the top seller with an increase of 43 percent. Town & Country also did very well with a 25 percent year-over-year increase and the 300 got a 41 percent increase of sales.

Some big news for the month comes from the Dodge side of sales. Dodge itself had modest sales gains, but one little nugget comes from that. Long teased, much hyped, the Dodge Dart had 772 sales in the month. It might seem like a low number, but it’s due to a very limited release with the full production nowhere near peak levels yet. It’ll be interesting to see what happens when it is truly unleashed.

Jeep and Ram brand also found themselves showing positive gains. The overall take away from the Chrysler side of sales is that they are still managing to be positive in an otherwise slow and weak economy. The book has yet to be written on when this trend goes away, but for the moment, Chrysler is doing very well for itself.

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