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Citroen to introduce micro-hybrid system on DS4

Keep your eyes peeled for the new Citroen DS4 which will be unveiled at this year’s Paris Motor Show and will include an e-HDi micro-hybrid system as an option. The DS4 is expected to go on sale in 2011 and will be made available with a choice of five Euro 5 engines. Among them will [...]

Good, clean fun as ecomedy tour arrives in Edinburgh

Remember our comedian friends on a eco-challenge to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as featured on the website last week (see story)? Well you will be pleased to know that intrepid comic performers Dan Adam and Christian Ancliff successfully completed their 530 mile journey to Edinburgh on a single tank of fuel in time to mark [...]

Eco-driving challenge with a sense of humour

There is nothing funny about running out of fuel, and that’s why two comedians heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival have selected to run a Citroen DS3. ‘Ecomedians’ Dan Adams and Christian Ancliff are taking part in a challenge to take the DS3 on a comedy tour of the UK before they arrive in Edinburgh [...]

Peugeot signs plug-in hybrid car loan agreement

PSA Peugeot Citroen has been boosted by a €200million loan agreement with the European Investment Bank for the development of plug-in hybrid vehicles. A total of €400million will be poured into the plug-in hybrid programme with the aim of developing multi-purpose vehicles that combine the advantages of a diesel engine on the highway with those [...]

Survolt shows off its electric race power at Le Mans

Citroen’s stunning new Survolt electric sports car made its debut on the racing track last weekend at the legendary Le Mans Circuit. The all-electric, battery-powered vehicle charged around the course at the Le Mans Classic closely followed by the GTbyCitroen concept and a parade of the new stylish supermini DS3 models. The car’s racing driver, [...]

Carmakers warn UK electric car grants are ‘critical’

A letter from a consortium of carmakers warns the UK government that a failure to confirm electric car subsidies will jeopardise the switch to greener cars, reports The Guardian. According to the national newspaper, Mitsubishi, Nisssan, Peugeot and Citroen have written a joint letter to the business secretary Vince Cable and transport secretary Philip Hammond [...]

PSA Peugeot Citroen and Mitsubishi confirm new electric collaboration

The two companies have already a pretty extensive history in collaboration, with the forthcoming Citroen C-Zero and Peugeot i0n both based on the Mitsubishi iMiEV. Now this collaboration has been extended with the news of a new feasibility study to be carried out by the two parties with the expectation of a new all electric [...]

London hotel hires electric car to guests

A London hotel is set to offer electric cars for hire to its guests free of charge. Base2Stay in Kensington is to offer its customers up to four hours of free hire of an Citroen EV’ie throughout the summer, Travelmole.com reports. The car, supplied by rental firm, Move About, will then be hire out for [...]

Peugeot-Citroen to debut new stop-start system

Future models from PSA Peugeot-Citroen will soon benefit from the second generation of Valeo’s stop-start system. The system will be launched in the third quarter of 2010 and will be featured alongside the HDi diesel engines of Peugeot and Citroen in around a million vehicles by 2013. The first generation of the stop-start system has [...]

Mitsubishi and Peugeot Citroen to join forces again

Regular readers of TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk will know that Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and PSA Peugeot Citroen Group are no strangers to one another. The two companies have already collaborated for the electric Mitsubishi i-MiEV model that will be sold under the Peugeot and Citroen brands – as the Peugeot i0n and Citroen C-ZERO – in Europe. Now, [...]