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Peugeot Citroen to reconsider electric car partnership with Mitsubishi

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PSA Peugeot Citroen is considering annulling its partnership with Mitsubishi to build electric vehicles. According to Reuters, PSA Peugeot Citroen Chief Executive, Carlos Tavares told a parliamentary economic affairs committee last week, that the carmaker will decide over the next 12 months whethe[.].

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Report: GS Yuasa, Mitsubishi and Magna Planning JV for Automotive Li-ion Batteries in Europe

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Mitsubishi Corp. GS Yuasa reportedly will have a majority stake, Magna 20-40% and Mitsubishi the remainder. Costing 40 billion yen [US$466 million] or so, their factory will likely be one of the largest electric-vehicle lithium ion battery plants in Europe and is to be built in Spain or Austria. and Magna International Inc.

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Report: Mitsubishi In Talks To Supply Small ICE Cars To Peugeot

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The Nikkei reports that Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is in talks with PSA Peugeot Citroen Group about supplying the French automaker with small internal combustion engined (ICE) cars—from 1.0-1.3-liter Mitsubishi currently supplies electric cars based on the i-MiEV as well as SUVs to Peugeot.

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Mitsubishi Halts Electric-Car Shipments To Peugeot On Low Sales

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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. spec 2012 Mitsubishi i, the European version of the.

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GS Yuasa to supply Li-ion batteries to PSA Peugeot Citron for electric commercial vehicles

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plans to supply lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles to PSA Peugeot Citroëën SA. GS Yuasa now supplies lithium ion batteries to Mitsubishi Motors for use in the i-MiEV electric car. and Mitsubishi Corp. GS Yuasa Corp.

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Transdev and Toshiba launch electric car sharing system utilizing solar power in Lyon, France

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Cars used in the SUNMOOV’ service are the Citroen C-Zero, Mitsubishi i-MiEV and Peugeot iOn. From the last quarter of 2014, solar energy produced by solar panels installed on buildings in the Confluence district will allow the charging of the entire fleet of SUNMOOV’ vehicles.

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Mitsubishi recalls near 15,000 electric cars

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Mitsubishi is to recall about 14,700 of its electric vehicles, due to problems with the braking system. According to Reuters, the recall affects models of i-MiEV car and its Citroen C-Zero, Peugeot iON and Minicab i-MiEV variants. Cars in both [.].