Peugeot
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PSA Peugeot Citroën is testing electric-car range extenders from Israeli startup Aquarius.
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Peugeot admits real-world gas mileage is far lower than ratings
PSA Peugeot Citroën admits that the real-world fuel economy of its cars is lower than official ratings.
Stephen Edelstein -
Peugeot Fractal Electric-Car Concept: 3D Printing, Audio Tech Of Future
Peugeot's Frankfurt Motor Show concept highlights audio technology and 3D printing.
Stephen Edelstein -
Citroen Compressed-Air Hybrid For Paris Motor Show: Cactus Airflow 2L Concept
A hybrid system, broadly defined, is any two power sources that combine to provide torque to drive a car's wheels. While most are hybrid-electric--a combustion engine plus one or two electric motors powered by a battery pack--other types exist as well. France's PSA Peugeot Citroën is...
John Voelcker -
Peugeot 208 Hybrid Air Latest To Aim For French 117 MPG Target
French automaker Renault is expected to show a concept vehicle at the upcoming Paris Auto Show capable of hitting 117 mpg combined. Not one to be left out, rival Peugeot will also show a 117 mpg concept at Paris--albeit one that may not be too far from production. It stems from a French government...
Antony Ingram -
Riding Peugeot's Hybrid Bicycles: Electric Two-Wheelers Tested
Auto writing can be quite a sedentary pursuit. You spend much of the day sat immobile at a desk. When you aren't doing that, you're sitting in a car. Or on a plane. Sometimes, you're sat at a table in a fancy restaurant being plied with food and drink, watching your gut grow. It was nice then, on a...
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Last year French automaker PSA Peugeot-Citroen launched a whole new take on the hybrid system: Hybrid Air. While previous air-powered cars have had little more substance than the air that drives them along, the French carmaker's system is set to appear in actual Peugeot production cars over the next few years. According to Autocar and Auto Express, the system is likely to make its debut in Peugeot's 2008 subcompact crossover in 2016. From there, it's likely to spread to other small Peugeot and Citroen models. The system uses compressed air exactly as a regular hybrid would use its battery...
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Peugeot-Citroen Sells 50,000th Diesel Hybrid Car In Europe
French automobile maker PSA, responsible for the Peugeot and Citroen brands, has just sold the 50,000th example of a drivetrain we've not yet seen in the U.S.--diesel hybrids. PSA launched its diesel-hybrid system at the beginning of 2012. It's used in four different models on sale throughout...
Antony Ingram -
Nickel-Zinc Replaces 12-Volt Lead-Acid Battery In Peugeot Start-Stop System
Some of the most exciting hybrid technology isn't coming from Japan or the U.S. these days, but France. The PSA group, comprising Peugeot and Citroen, has already attracted plenty of attention for its hybrid-air technology. Now, it's looking for ways of improving the batteries in "micro hybrid"...
Antony Ingram -
Peugeot, Citroen Research Compressed Air Energy Storage For Hybrids
Air-powered cars are a familiar source of amusement within the green car fraternity, an ideal example of a concept that would be wonderful if it worked, but simply isn't viable in the real-world. Up until now, the compressed air car has been... well, a load of hot air. Undeterred, French automaker...
Antony Ingram -
Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4: Diesel Hybrid First Drive
You'll be familiar with diesel cars, and familiar with hybrids, but as yet no manufacturer sells a diesel-electric hybrid car in the U.S. In Europe, things are different. Earlier this year, Peugeot launched the world's first diesel hybrid car, the 3008 HYbrid4. Positioned to compete between...
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Mitsubishi Halts Electric-Car Shipments To Peugeot On Low Sales
It seems that Nissan isn’t the only automaker suffering from low electric-car sales figures: Mitsubishi is too. Yesterday, the Japanese automaker announced a temporary halting of shipments of its all-electric i minicar to French automaker Peugeot Citroen. Slightly smaller than the U.S.-spec...
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When Renault launched its Zoe electric car at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show with a starting price of little over $21,000 (after the U.K's plug-in car grant), more than a few jaws hit the floor. After all, that's easily the cheapest proper electric car on sale in Europe, and even looks good in the U.S. where prices are typically lower. Now, French duo Peugeot and Citroen have announced (via TheChargingPoint) they're slashing the prices of the Mitsubishi i-based iOn and C-Zero electric cars. With European EV prices falling, will the U.S. follow? Price is still one of the dividing factors...
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2011 Frankfurt Auto Show: Electric Two-Wheelers All The Rage
It isn't just the cars that are going electric at the Frankfurt Auto Show, currently open to the public until September 25. Two-wheeled electric vehicles are popular too. Frankfurt show is very much focused on urban mobility - and having driven through the city during the press days last week...
Antony Ingram -
Toyota Prepares To Set New Nürburgring Electric Car Record
Toyota may not have a single electric car available for sale yet, but that isn’t going to stop it from attempting to set a electric car lap record at the 12.93 mile Nordschleife at the Nürburgring in Germany -- in a car it has built for that very purpose. At 9 minutes and 1.338 seconds...
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Small, Fun, High-MPG Minicars, Never Coming To The U.S.
Life is so unfair sometimes. Car companies have been dangling the carrot of smaller and more fuel efficient vehicles in front of us for a few years now and though we've managed to grab vehicles like the MINI, Honda Fit and Ford Fiesta (and the Chevrolet Spark is on the way), we're still denied many...
Antony Ingram -
Top Gear Tests Nissan Leaf, Peugeot iOn: A Fair Assessment?
It's the episode electric car enthusiasts have been itching to see- and now the guys at BBC motoring show Top Gear have tested two electric cars to see whether they make any sense for the car buying public. Now we already know that Top Gear hasn't had the greatest history with electric cars. First...
Antony Ingram -
Peugeot EX1 Sets New Electric Record at the 'Ring
Last fall, the Peugeot EX1 Concept lit imaginations on fire when it debuted at the Paris Motor Show. Is it a three-wheeled bike? A car? Something totally different? I suppose the last option is the closest to correct. It's got four wheels, but the rear track is narrower than the front track. And a...
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How fast can an electric car get around the iconic Nurburgring Nordschleife in Germany? Until recently, the fastest official time for an electric car stood at 9 minutes and 52 seconds. Recorded last year in a BMW Mini E racing car, it was the first time an all-electric car had completed the course in under 10 minutes. But French automaker Peugeot has now snatched the title from the its nearby rival with its EX1 all-electric sportscar concept and a time of just 9 minutes, 1.338 seconds. While the time is still a long way from the 6 minutes and 47.50 second road legal vehicle record set in 2010...
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BMW Front-Wheel-Drive Hybrids Coming In 2014 From New Partnership
It's not just Toyota that sells multiple models of hybrid cars now. German luxury brands are getting in on the act too. BMW announced today that it was forming a joint venture with France's Peugeot-Citroen to design and build hybrid-electric powertrains. The new enterprise is an expansion of the...
John Voelcker -
Peugeot EX1: Lion Marque Gives Electric Cars Some Claws
Here at AllCarsElectric we give you electric car news and views we feel will help our readers make informed decisions should you ever wish to buy an electric car. Sometimes though, it can be fun to look at something you'll probably never be able to buy. Something that makes even the most ardent...
Antony Ingram -
World's First Diesel Hybrid SUV: 2011 Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4
Almost exactly a year ago, we wrote that Peugeot would display its 3008 HYbrid4 Concept at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. Right on schedule, the French automaker is now showing the production version of the compact crossover ahead of its debut at next month's Paris Motor Show. Why would we cover a...
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Diesel Hybrids From Peugeot and Mercedes Get Closer to Reality
Peugeot is still on track to launch the world's first diesel-hybrid vehicle late this year. Its 3008 HYbrid4 Concept is a thinly disguised version of a crossover fitted with a mild-hybrid system that will go into production late this year as a 2011 model. Now other manufacturers are joining the...
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Sanyo To Supply NiMH Batteries to Peugeot
The Nikkei is reporting that Sanyo Electric Co. has signed an agreement with PSA Peugeot Citroen to supply nickel-metal hydride batteries for diesel-electric hybrids. Peugeot wants to be the first car maker to put diesel-electric powertrains into production vehicles. The French auto company will...
Robert Scardino