Chrysler’s Airflow concept car, which debuted at the CES expo in 2022, was expected to be the brand’s first all-electric model. However, Stellantis’ chief design officer, Ralph Gilles, has confirmed that Chrysler’s new CEO, Chris Feuell, wanted something completely different that would differentiate the brand from everything else on the market. The company is now focused on leading with an all-electric crossover that will use the STLA Large platform intended primarily for electric vehicles. Feuell reportedly asked the vehicle replacing the Airflow to be more modern and boast a tech-forward design, adopting and highlighting the latest features available to the industry.

Chrysler’s large crossover concept did well at customer clinics in Los Angeles earlier this year, and Feuell says they know they have a hit on their hands. Gilles is excited about the new design and believes it will blow the doors off. The company wants to be on the bleeding edge of what Stellantis is doing on the North American market without becoming a super-premium brand with MSRPs that’ll scare away regular customers. The good news is that Fuell reportedly wants any new tech to be unobtrusive, managed with no more than a button press or two.

The only concrete information we have on the prospective model is that it will be offered with 400- and 800-volt systems for fast charging. There will also naturally be standard and long-range variants, with the latter allegedly yielding up to 400 miles of driving range between charges. Beyond that, the only other detail the new CEO provided was that it wouldn’t supplant the Chrysler 300 or use its name.

While dealers have already seen the new model, the public isn’t supposed to lay eyes on it until its formal debut sometime in 2024. Chrysler will have a lot riding on it, as that will also be the time when the entire lineup goes away and it’s left with the Pacifica and whatever forthcoming EVs it has on deck.