Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid: Most Fuel-efficient Minivan Ever

Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid Achieves 84 MPGe Rating: Most Fuel-efficient Minivan Ever; Exceeds Target Performance.

The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid has exceeded initial program targets, earning a fuel economy rating of 84 miles-per-gallon-equivalent (MPGe) from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

No other minivan has ever come close to this rating, since Chrysler invented the minivan in 1984.

The new benchmark reflects the Pacifica Hybrid's combined city- and highway-cycle performance in electric-only mode, as tested by the EPA. FCA US had estimated the vehicle would achieve 80 MPGe, which represents the distance a vehicle can travel using a quantity of fuel with the same energy content as a gallon of gasoline.

"At 84 MPGe, the all-new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid surpasses our initially stated performance," said Tim Kuniskis, FCA US LLC Head of Passenger Car Brands – Dodge, SRT, Chrysler and Fiat. "These EPA test results paint a clear picture of the benefits our customers can expect from driving the most fuel-efficient minivan ever."

The all-new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid also excelled on two other fronts. EPA testing established a total driving range rating of 566 miles, up from 530, and set the electric-only range rating at 33 miles, up from 30.

In addition, the EPA gave the all-new minivan a rating of 10 in its Green Vehicle Guide. The score relates to a vehicle's combined performance on fuel economy and greenhouse-gas emissions.

eFlite, the Pacifica Hybrid's distinguishing technology, is an in-house FCA US innovation. It was developed by a team of engineers assigned exclusively to the task of delivering powertrain efficiency within the functionality envelope customers expect from minivans.

"It is exceptionally well-suited to deliver the primary attributes we sought to infuse in the Pacifica Hybrid's propulsion system – class-leading efficiency and superior refinement," added Lee, who also oversees the Company's global powertrain operations.

Conventional electrification schemes dedicate one motor to serve as a generator and a second motor – usually much larger – to deliver torque to the wheels. But the all-new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid uses a one-way clutch that allows the motor typically used only as a generator to deliver torque to the wheels, depending on driving conditions.

The result is increased efficiency, refinement and improved component packaging. Further, it marks the first time a minivan has achieved a 10 – the highest possible rating – in this category. Such performance firmly establishes the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid as the most fuel-efficient minivan of all time.

"A large share of credit goes to the vehicle's eFlite dual-motor electrically variable transmission (EVT)," said Bob Lee, Head of Engine, Powertrain and Electrified Propulsion, and Systems Engineering, FCA - North America.

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