PSA reveals details to the planned JV with Punch Powertrain

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The planned joint venture between the French PSA company and the Belgian powertrain manufacturer Punch Powertrain will be named Punch Powertrain PSA e-transmissions, and will be based at the PSA factory in Metz. As of 2022, the two partners plan to manufacture up to 600,000 electrified powertrains of the e-DCT type with a 48 volt […]

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Renault Makes Belle-Île-en-Mer France’s First Smart Island

Belle-Île-En-Mer will take advantage of EVs, solar electricity and ESS Renault is joining forces with Morbihan Energie, Les Cars Bleus and Enedis to turn Belle-Île-En-Mer into France’s first smart island under FlexMob’île programme. The other island that also will be electrified is Portugal’s Porto Santo. The idea is to make energy transition to electricity through three core […]

Peugeot Hopes That France Revives Incentives For PHEVs

€2,000 for plug-in hybrids would be enough, according to Peugeot. Peugeot, which in the broader sense means PSA Group, urges on the French government to revive incentives for purchasing plug-in hybrid cars in France, its biggest market. Currently, there is only a €6,000 bonus to purchase all-electric models, while the €1,000 for PHEVs ended in 2017. […]

There Are Now 23,000 Public Charging Points In France

There is now over 10,000 places to charge in France. The number of public charging points in France increased within a year by some 14.8% to 23,019, installed at 10,060 sites. The increase of just 3,000 compared to 20,000 in September 2017 doesn’t sound encouraging, especially when there was hope for 100,000 by the end of […]

Plug-In Electric Car Sales In France Exceed 32,000 In 2018

The market share of plug-in passenger cars in France averages 1.8% so far this year. During the first eight months of 2018, more than 32,000 new passenger cars were sold in France, which is probably some one fifth more than a year ago. YTD stats: Passenger BEVs: 17,542 registrations (up 16.4%) Passenger REx (i3 REx): […]

200 Corri-Door Fast Chargers Used 8,850 Times In July-August

Usage of Corri-Door fast chargers improve but is still low. A few years ago, France launched a DC fast charging project – Corri-Door with 200 chargers (three-head: (CHAdeMO, Combo and AC Type 2 with power around 50 kW) installed along major routes. According to Sodetrel, which operates the network, the July-August period brings high growth […]

Top 5 Markets For All-Electric Cars In Europe

Norway is not the biggest European country, in fact it’s one of the smallest in terms of population, but still manages to stay on top the all-electric car market in Europe. The rolling 12-month total sales for the top five markets, provided by EagleAID, shows that Germany is consistently growing for a strong second after Norway, […]

Renault and ADA launch Moov’in.Paris by Renault, a free-floating electric vehicle service

Renault, European leader in electric vehicles is joining forces with ADA, a subsidiary of the Rousselet Group and leader in local vehicle rental with over 100 agencies in the Paris region. The two companies are pooling their strengths and skills to imp…