Citroen

There's an old adage that in racing, how fast you can go is directly correlated to the depth of your pockets. A similar truth applies to electric vehicle range, as the new world record holder can attest. BEA-tricks, a German company that specializes in EV conversions, recently packed a Citroen ...

Question: If BMW and PSA Peugeot Citroen were to enter into a partnership to build electric vehicles, what would it be called? Answer: BMW Peugeot Citroen Electrification. Imaginative, no? The companies signed a memorandum of understanding in February of 2011, and have now made the union ...

The totally redesigned Citroen DS5 will hit dealerships in November 2011 in France and elsewhere (including China, Russia and Latin America). So, too, will the diesel HYbrid4 version of the DS5. Though pricey (approximately £30,000 or $47,700 U.S. at today's exchange rate), Citroen says ...

Here in the States, the Toyota Prius is the reigning hybrid sales champ and the Nissan Leaf dominates the plugged-in segment, but the electrified vehicle industry picture is quite different over in France. Sales of hybrid vehicles in France shot up by 46 percent in September of 2011, grabbing ...

The road to 25,000 EVs is paved one car at at time. At the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show,PSA Peugeot Citroen and General Electric signed an agreement that calls for the co-development of e-mobility in Europe. The non-exclusive agreement, will see GE Capital lease Peugeot and Citroen electric ...

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, along with Rolf Import, MMC's exclusive Russian distributor, and the Government of Russia's Kaluga Region signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that calls for the three parties to collaborate on several projects aimed at improving the natural environment of the ...

Aside from pure electric vehicles like the C-Zero and iOn, PSA Peugeot Citroën has announced that it's aiming to pack its lineup full of "eco-friendly" vehicles. The goal, according to PSA Peugeot-Citroen chief executive officer Phillippe Varin, is to launch an "eco-friendly solution" in all ...

Citroën is now offering its battery-powered C-Zero through its MultiCity vehicle rental service. Prices range from €35 ($51 U.S. at the current exchange rate) for half a day to €140 ($205 U.S.) for a weekend of zero-emissions driving. Currently, the C-Zero can be rented at six ...

Arup, leader of the UK's CABLED (Coventry and Birmingham Low Emission Vehicle Demonstrators) project that is trialing at least 110 plug-in vehicles, has added two Citroen C1 electric vehicles into the mix, each fitted with the HaloIPT's wireless charging technology. Neil Butcher, Arup's project ...

During the month of April, 106 Citroen C-Zeros, 76 Peugeot iOns, two Tesla Roadsters, a pair of Mitsubishi i-MiEVs and a lone Nissan Leaf were sold and registered in France. That's 187 electric vehicles. Of the battery-powered Peugeot iOns, 41 were purchased by a car sharing service in Nice ...