{"id":611194,"date":"2009-12-15T08:58:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/15\/report-ex-execs-from-chrysler-join-startup-green-company\/"},"modified":"2009-12-15T08:58:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-15T13:58:00","slug":"report-ex-execs-from-chrysler-join-startup-green-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/611194","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Ex-execs from Chrysler join startup green company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/hybrids\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hybrid<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/tech\/\" rel=\"tag\">Technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/forbes\/2009\/1228\/entrepreneurs-alte-hybrid-trains-taxis-plug-needed.html?feed=rss_entrepreneurs\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/75569397-630op.jpg?w=780\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ex-Chrysler CEO and co-president Tom LaSorda (above) and ex-VP of North American sales Steven Landry have joined a small Detroit startup called <a href=\"http:\/\/altellc.com\/\">ALTe<\/a>. Focused on the fleet industry, ALTe aims to retrofit light trucks and vans, limos and taxis, and police cars with its flexible and proprietary plug-in hybrid drivetrains. <\/p>\n<p>ALTe is headed by other former car industry alumna from Ford and Tesla. They formed the seed of technical know-how, and speculation is that they are looking to Lasorda and Landry to help them lure three groups: institutional investors, fleet operators and dealers. <\/p>\n<p>At the moment ALTe is focused on acquiring the funds it needs in order to be approved for a DoE loan (it has to get money to make money). Eventually, based on global industry regulations alone the company stands to make a fortune&#8230; if it can just stay in business long enough to make that fortune.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/forbes\/2009\/1228\/entrepreneurs-alte-hybrid-trains-taxis-plug-needed.html?feed=rss_entrepreneurs\">Forbes<\/a> | Image: Bill Pugliano\/Getty]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/15\/report-ex-execs-from-chrysler-join-startup-green-company\/\">REPORT: Ex-execs from Chrysler join startup green company<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:58:00 EST.  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Focused on the fleet industry, ALTe aims to retrofit light trucks and vans, limos and taxis, and police cars with its flexible and proprietary plug-in hybrid drivetrains. 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