DETROIT — Chrysler revealed the course of its future merchandise on Tuesday with a brand new idea automotive referred to as “Halcyon,” because the as soon as distinguished auto firm makes an attempt to drum up consideration amid a dearth of latest merchandise.

The idea automotive is a modern, future-looking sports activities automotive that is designed to include rising applied sciences reminiscent of autonomous driving and new battery supplies and charging capabilities for electrical automobiles. It options an up to date Chrysler brand in addition to different design traits that officers say will carry over into manufacturing automobiles.

Nevertheless, customers will probably have to attend a bit to buy a brand new Chrysler with such applied sciences or something that probably resembles the idea automotive.

Following the discontinuation final yr of the Chrysler 300 sedan, the model’s sole product is the Chrysler Pacifica minivan, together with a plug-in hybrid electrical mannequin. Other than an replace to the minivan, Chrysler — owned by Stellantis, the corporate fashioned through a merger between Fiat Chrysler and French automaker PSA Group — is not anticipated to have a brand new car till subsequent yr.

That new car – a crossover, not a automotive – is anticipated to be Chrysler’s first all-electric car, because the model transitions to completely supply “a full lineup of progressive, seamlessly linked” EVs by 2028.

Chrysler CEO Christine Feuell, who began main the model in September 2021, mentioned the corporate expects to roll out such a lineup of automobiles “in fast succession” after the EV crossover subsequent yr.

She mentioned Chrysler’s dad or mum corporations didn’t spend money on the model “for a really very long time.”

“I might all the time like to have extra and quicker, however I can let you know that over the previous few years, we have not solely grown gross sales, we have improved the profitability of the model considerably,” Feuell mentioned.

She mentioned regardless of slower-than-expected adoption of the EV gross sales within the U.S., the corporate stays on monitor for its transition.

Feuell mentioned the model, which bought roughly 144,000 automobiles final yr within the U.S. and Canada, “made an excellent revenue” in 2023. These earnings will help in funding the long run automobiles impressed by the Halcyon idea, she mentioned.

Automakers routinely use idea automobiles to gauge buyer curiosity or present the long run course of a car or model. The automobiles usually are not meant to be bought to customers.

The Halcyon idea automotive boasts “concord in movement” and sustainability rules, in line with a number of officers. The car is constructed on one among Stellantis’ next-generation EV platforms. It contains artificial supplies reasonably than leather-based; 45% glass floor exterior; and makes use of 95% sustainable inside supplies, together with crushed compact discs, or CDs, because the Chrysler brand on the entryway of the car.

The automotive is the most recent idea from Chrysler following a minivan-like “Portal” car in 2017, Airflow crossover in 2022 and “Synthesis Cockpit” demonstrator in 2023.

The Halcyon was scheduled to be revealed on the CES tech commerce present in January, nonetheless Stellantis canceled these plans in addition to different occasions to avoid wasting capital.

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