ECO FRIENDLY

OVERVIEW

The Grass is Really Greener.

No matter what colour your Chrysler, Jeep® or Dodge fleet vehicles are on the outside, they’re green on the inside. That’s because Chrysler is a world leader in eco-friendly vehicle innovations, the greening of manufacturing operations, supporting the development of alternative fuels and lots more. At right you’ll fi nd just a few examples of our engineering commitment to providing some of the most fuel-efficient fleet performers on the road today. To learn more about how Canada’s fastest growing automaker is leading by example in the drive to make your vehicles more fuel efficient, to protect the health of our community, our natural resources and the global environment, visit www.chryslercanada.ca/en/eco.

GREEN MANUFACTURING

Our engineers design and create new products and processes that will have minimal impact on the environment. This includes reducing the use of plastics, eliminating harmful substances and increasing the recyclable content of each vehicle. In fact, the reconditioning and reuse of raw, process and operating materials has been our standard practice for many years.
Chrysler facilities throughout North America have achieved dramatic results in green manufacturing:

  • A 17.2% reduction in absolute CO2 emissions at U.S. manufacturing facilities from 2002 to 2006
  • 14.5% less energy used per vehicle during production in 2006, compared to 2002 production figures
  • Zero wastewater discharge — achieved by all three Chrysler manufacturing facilities in Mexico
  • An 18% reduction in annual energy usage at our Canadian and U.S. facilities from 2002 levels
  • Zero-waste-to-landfill status has been achieved at two Chrysler facilities — the Newark, Delaware, assembly plant and the Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance (GEMA) in Dundee, Michigan
GREEN PRACTICES

In addition to the greening of our vehicles and our manufacturing operations, we are pursuing new technologies that offer hope for even greater efficiencies in both areas. Plus, in Canada and the U.S., we are investing in the preservation of the environment for future generations. Chrysler’s green practices are well worth the investment:

  • More than $10 billion has been invested into the communities that are home to Chrysler facilities
  • Over the past 15 years, nearly 40 sites have undergone environmental and economic transformation
  • More than $165 million has been spent to recondition “brownfield” sites for future productive uses
  • A former dump site in Michigan was turned into a research lab(1) for the development of biofuels — via a unique partnership with Michigan State University, the U.S. EPA and the State of Michigan

    (1)The site now grows sunflowers, canola, switchgrass, corn and soybeans to research and develop better renewable fuels and to study whether viable fuel crops can be grown on former industrial sites nationwide.