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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 ...

The Frankfurt Motor Show is always a big event for Peugeot, which has used the occasion to show off interesting vehicles like the 308 hybrid HDi and the Flux in 2007 and the BB1, the 5008 minivan and the RCZ sport coupe in 2009. For 2011, Peugeot announced today it will bring two world debuts ...

Last March, rental agency Europcar pre-ordered 500 electric vehicles from Renault to add to its fleets in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. In July 2011, Europcar was back at it, adding an undisclosed amount of the "go anywhere at any time" Opel Amperas to its fleet. Now, Europcar will add ...

We're not into spoiling the on-screen antics that make Top Gear one of the greatest automotive shows ever, but we're not gonna let slide the fact that the BBC aired last Sunday the much-anticipated Top Gear episode in which Jeremy Clarkson and James May embark on a journey in the Nissan Leaf and ...

The Peugeot 508 RXH diesel-electric hybrid has been officially revealed ahead of its world debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show in September. Featuring four-wheel drive via Peugeot's HYbrid4 technology, the 508 RXH comes packing the automaker's 2.0-liter HDi diesel engine along with a ...

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 ...

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 ...

For decades now, automakers have turned to the famed Nürburgring in Germany to put vehicles to the test. On April 27th, Peugeot sent its radically styled EX1 electric 'round the 'Ring, setting a record for battery-powered vehicles with a time of 9 minutes 1.338 seconds. The ...

When Peugeot unveiled the EX1 to the world at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, we had a hunch it would be one spectacular electric sports car. With an impressive amount of thrust – 250 kilowatts (340 horsepower) from a pair of electric motors, one attached to each axle – and a sleek and ...

PSA Peugeot-Citroen has turned to GS Yuasa for lithium-ion battery packs for the automakers' upcoming commercial electric vans. The batteries will be manufactured at a Ritto, Shiga Prefecture plant owned by Lithium Energy Japan, a joint venture between GS Yuasa and Mitsubishi Motors. This plant, ...

French automaker Peugeot has committed to rolling out a vehicle in China every year and, as such, will be unveiling its SXC (Shanghai Cross Concept) crossover concept at the Shanghai Motor Show later this week. The SXC crossover concept wasn't only designed for Shanghai, it was designed in ...

Electric scooters are a portion of the two-wheeled market that's starting to heat up and French manufacturer Peugeot is looking to re-enter the segment with its battery-powered e-Vivacity. Peugeot's first dive into the electric scooter market took place back in 1996 with the Scoot'elec. Unlike ...

During the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, Peugeot opened reservations for its 3008 HYbrid4 Limited Edition model. The French automaker noted that only 300 of the special edition diesel-electric hybrids would be built. After just nine days, Peugeot has announced that the entire limited run has sold ...

In early February, BMW and PSA Peugeot Citroen officially hooked up on a joint venture (JV) to collaborate on hybrid vehicle technologies. BMW revealed that the main focus of the corporate tie up is to develop an open platform that could be used by all European automakers seeking entry in the ...

At the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, Peugeot announced that it's now taking reservations – in 11 European countries – for its 3008 HYbrid4 Limited Edition model. Only 300 of the limited edition, ...

Peugeot is looking for ways to add an environmentally-conscious side to its endurance racing efforts of late, and brought yet another one of its ideas to this year's Geneva Motor Show. The Peugeot 908 Hybrid4 uses hybrid ...

BMW and PSA Peugeot Citroen have officially hopped into bed together to collaborate on all of the systems and hardware that goes into crafting a hybrid drivetrain, and the two have been so kind as to let us all in on what they're planning. It's no shock that the two companies will partner up on ...

Peugeot wheeled out its electric sports car, the EX1, at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. The French automaker initially constructed the EX1 to celebrate its 200th anniversary, but with an impressive amount of thrust – 250 ...

When Daimler launched its first North American Car2go pilot project in partnership with the city of Austin,TX back in November 2009, it probably anticipated that the program's growth rate would be quite rapid. But this big, this fast? With 15,000-plus members already registered, the sheer size ...

While speaking at the 1st French-American EV Technology Forum held on December 8th, Joel Danroc, deputy manager of the French research organization CEA and Craig Childers, an employee at the California Air Resources Board (CARB), ...