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Peugeot to use Sanyo NiMH batteries in upcoming diesel hybrid

Earlier this year, Peugeot announced that it would introduce its first production vehicle based on the new 3008 crossover in 2011. Peugeot will likely be the first automaker to introduce a light duty diesel hybrid using PSA's Hybrid4 through-the-road architecture. For this first application, Peugeot will stick with nickel metal hydride batteries and, if a report out of Japan is accurate, PSA will be sourcing its batteries from Sanyo, the same company that supplies batteries to Ford and Honda for their hybrid models. In addition to the ... Read more →

Peugeot BB1 spotted in its natural habitat...France [w/VIDEO] Domenick Yoney

After enduring some amount of scorn and ridicule at the recently held Frankfurt Motor Show, the bizarre (and we're being kind) BB1 concept from Peugeot hasn't quietly disappeared graciously from ...

Frankfurt 2009: Peugeot RCZ Hybrid4, 76 mpg and low CO2 emissions Sebastian Blanco

We knew Peugeot would be bringing the RCZ Hybrid4 to the Frankfurt Motor Show – along with a few other slick rides like the RCZ Sport Coupe – but now we finally have a fuller picture ...

Frankfurt Preview: Peugeot mixes car with scooter to create the BB1 Concept Jeremy Korzeniewski

If a scooter is too small, dangerous and uncovered for your tastes but you'd still like to have as minimal an impact on your surroundings as possible, Peugeot has just the concept car for you. ...

Peugeot announces that its iMiEV will be called the iOn Sam Abuelsamid

Peuegot has announced that the re-badged Mitsubishi iMiEV that will sell starting in 2010 will be called the iOn. The new iOn, which of course uses lithium ion batteries, follows a 1994 Peugeot ...

Frankfurt preview: Peugeot showing production 3008 and RCZ, hybrid versions and 5008 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Frankfurt Motor Show next month will be a busy place for Peugeot, as the French automaker plans to unveil two new production models plus its first production hybrid along with a gas-electric concept vehicle. The 5008 minivan and RCZ sport coupe are both making their first public appearances ...

The Peugeots are coming to Petit Le Mans! now about those Audis... 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Peugeot has confirmed that for the second year in a row it will be sending its 908 HDi prototypes to Atlanta in September for the Petit Le Mans. Peugeot will be looking to follow up their victory at Le Mans last June with their first win at the ALMS flagship race. In France, Peugeot had a ...

Peugeot Hymotion hybrid scooter scheduled for 2010 production 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

According to a report on French site ConsoGlobe, Peugeot is slated to put its HYmotion 3 leaning three-wheeler into production before the end of 2010. Thanks to its twin electric motors (one for each wheel up front) and diminutive 125cc single-cylinder four-stroke powerplant, the hybrid scooter ...

Peugeot adds more power, reduces emission with new diesel engine in 407 Coupe 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Peugeot's involvement with running diesel-powered race cars the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the past three years (including this year's victory) appears to be paying off on the street. The French automaker has just announced a pair of upgraded diesel engines for its 407 coupe that will be available ...

PSA expands production of transmissions for better fuel efficiency 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

PSA has produced 30 million transmissions at its Valenciennes factory near Calais, France since opening in 1981, and it has just launched an expansion there. While the plant produces four different types of transmissions, the expansion is focused on the two newest designs for the mechanical compact ...

Diesels finish 1,2,3 again at 24 Hours of Le Mans! 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

At this weekend's 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Peugeot 908 HDi finally broke Audi's decade long stranglehold on the endurance classic. For the past two years, Peugeot had clearly had the speed advantage over the Audi R10 TDI but the team failed to keep the cars running reliably enough to beat the more ...

Peugeot 407 with 1.6-litre HDi 110 gets 48 mpg U.S. 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Peugeot 407 - Click on image for full-resolution gallery Peugeot is moving forward with the plan to stick a 1.6-liter diesel engine into the 407. With low-rolling resistance tires and a "major engine recalibration," the new 407 drinks 4.9 l/100 km of diesel (48 mpg U.S.) on the Combined cycle ...

Peugeot introduces new 44.4 mpg (U.S.) Partner van 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Peugeot has just introduced a new high-efficiency version of its small Partner van to go up against Ford's new Transit Connect ecoNetic. Like the Ford, the new Partner is powered by a diesel engine, in this case a 90 hp 1.6-liter four cylinder. The engine is equipped with Peugeot's own particulate ...

Peugeot launches pilot engineering for diesel hybrid production 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Peugeot is still about two years away from launching what will likely be among the first if not the first light duty vehicle with a diesel hybrid. The 3008 HYbrid4 crossover goes into production in 2011, but the manufacturing teams have to get ready now. Pilot process engineering to develop the ...

Shanghai 2009: Peugeot RD Concept 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Last year at the Beijing Motor Show, Peugeot announced a contest for budding car designers asking them to "Imagine the Peugeot in the Worldwide Megalopolis of tomorrow." By all accounts, the contest was a success with over 2,500 entries. Carlos Arturo Torres Tovar, a 27-year-old designer from ...

Leave the emissions at home: Electric Peugeot Capsule concept 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

According to South African designer Alp Germaner, the Peugeot Capsule concept is a single-seat off-road vehicle that was inspired by do-everything adventure touring motorcycles like the Kawasaki KLR 650. Unlike a motorcycle, though, the Capsule would provide for a modicum of weather protection, ...

Peugeot introduces 48 mpg (US) 407 1.6-litre HDi FAP 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Peugeot has launched a new version of its mid-sized 407 sedan and wagon that get a CO2 emissions rating of just 129 g/km. The new 407 is powered by a 1.6-liter four cylinder diesel rated at 110 hp. A variety of efficiency enhancing features like low rolling resistance Michelin tires and ...

Peugeot commits to racing diesel hybrid at 2011 Le Mans 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

French automaker Peugeot has been working hard over the last few years to develop both diesel and hybrid powertrains for use in Le Mans series racing. Peugeot is locked in a head-to-head battle with German rival Audi, which proved victorious in the latest round of battle during last weekend's ...

Audi and Peugeot diesels wheel to wheel halfway through Sebring w/video 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

As the 2009 12 Hours of Sebring closes in on the halfway point, it's a battle royal between the diesels from Germany and France with the new Acuras still running close as well. Moments ago Alan McNish in the No 2 Audi R15 TDI was running wheel to wheel with Franck Montagny in the No 8 Peugeot 908. ...

Peugeot confirms 2 908 HDi racers for Sebring 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

The top LMP1 class is shaping to be a real battle royale at next month's 12 Hours of Sebring. Peugeot has confirmed that it will be campaigning two of its diesel-powered 908 HDi coupes at the American Le Mans Series season opener. The Peugeots will be taking on at least four brand new race cars in ...

Peugeot 3008 crossover to get HYbrid4 technology in 2011 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Last fall at the Paris Motor Show, Peugeot and Citroen showed off several concepts using a through the road hybrid powertrain dubbed HYmotion4. The system has now been renamed HYbrid4 and the first confirmed production application of the HYbrid4 system will be in the 2011 Peugeot 3008 ...

Ferrari denies working with Peugeot on KERS development 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Peugeot 908 HY for high-res images Last September, Peugeot announced that it had built a experimental hybrid version of its 908 HDi Le Mans prototype coupe using kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) similar to those currently being developed by Formula One teams. The 908 HY uses an ...

PSA-Toyota joint venture produces 1 millionth vehicle 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile (TPCA) is a European joint venture between Toyota and PSA, the parent company of Peugeot and Citroen. The factory in Kolin, Czech Republic builds the Peugeot 107, Citroen C1 and Toyota Aygo. Until the introduction of the Toyota's tiny iQ, the smallest car that ...

H2Roma: PSA lays out green car future strategy 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Citroën and Peugeot have been putting out small, efficient vehicles for many years. At this weekend's H2Roma, the PSA group will talk about the green vehicles it hopes to bring to market in the future. H2Roma is an annual sustainable mobility and the PSA group's press release announcing its ...

Paris 2008: Peugeot-Citroen HYmotion4 hybrid drive system 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Traditionally, automakers use the biggest auto shows in their home countries as a platform to display their latest and greatest ideas, both aesthetic and technological. Such was clearly the case this week at the Paris Motor Show for PSA, the parent company of Peugeot and Citroën. One of ...

Peugeot unleashes 118 mpg HYmotion3 Compressor Concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We really dig Peugeot's new HYmotion3 Compressor Concept. It's got three wheels -- two up front and one in back, our preferred arrangement -- and a hybrid drivetrain. The two front wheels are independently powered by individual wheel-mounted hub motors and have no connection to the supercharged ...

Diesels are too fast for racing? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It seems that Audi and Peugeot's winning ways have not gone unnoticed by the powers-that-be in the assorted racing series in which they compete. Whenever a design does well in racing, you can count on a few things happening, usually either other teams begin using that particular technology, ...

Peugeot shows new 908 HY diesel-hybrid Le Mans racer! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Peugeot 908 HY for high-res images In the current world of big time international endurance racing, two cars stand head and shoulders above the rest, the Audi R10 TDI and the Peugeot 908 HDi. Put these two Le Mans Prototype class 1 cars, both powered by 5.5L turbo diesel V12s, on a ...

Paris Preview: Peugeot RC Hybrid concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Peugeot has just released a group of teaser images of the new concept it will be unveiling at the Paris Motor Show in October. The RC is a four door, four seat coupe that features a hybrid powertrain. Peugeot hasn't provided any other details yet, but the previous RC Spade and RC Diamond concepts ...

Peugeot to focus on greener cars at British Motor Show 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The British Motor Show is coming up later this month and Peugeot is planning to shine the spotlight on its most efficient and least polluting vehicles. Drivers in London, in particular, have to deal with congestion charges if they have to go into the central part of the city but they are exempted ...

Officially, official: Mitusbishi and PSA's electric vehicle partnership 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We heard yesterday about reports in a Japanese newspaper that PSA Peugeot Citroen and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation would be working together on electric cars. Today, Mitsubishi and Peugeot released a statement describing their joint efforts, and it gives us a better idea of what we can expect: ...

52mpg Peugeot 308 now available as police car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While police agencies in North America have always favored large, high-powered sedans for use as patrol cars, the rest of the world sees things differently. The fact that most of the rest of the world has always had much higher fuel prices has certainly played a part in this. Police officers in ...

Peugeot launches "CO2Operacin" to help Spaniards buy new, more efficient cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

With a quite clever name, "CO2Operación" is Peugeot Spain's new marketing campaign to help Spaniards purchase more efficient cars and raise the Lion marque's sales. If you hadn't noticed, the name mixes the CO2 with the Spanish word for "cooperation." What does the Lion offer? Peugeot will ...

Hypermiling couple drive Peugeot 308 around Australia at 75.6mpg 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Here in the U.S., hypermiling has largely been the province of hybrid drivers. That doesn't mean that only hybrid drivers can take advantage of those driving strategies. When last we heard from Helen and John Taylor, the British couple had just completed a run from Britain to Poland in a pair of ...

Auto Europe tries to sell 45-day leases of the Peugeot 308 as "fuel saving" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Generally, a car produced in 2008 will be cleaner than a similar car produced in 2000. This is due to advances in all sorts of areas (exhaust emissions control, weight savings, powertrains, etc.). A car rental company called Auto Europe is really stretching the environmental value of a new car with ...

Rumormill: Citron planning new subcompact minivan 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

French magazine Autoplus has published pictures of what the new subcompact van from Citroën might look like. Currently, Citroën offers three people-movers: the large, eight-passenger C8, the Xsara Picasso and the recent C4 Picasso (in both short- and long-wheelbase versions). ...

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