Citroen
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The Citroën e-Mehari is an electric car that references the company's classic Mehari utility vehicle.
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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.
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E-Tense Concept Electric Sports Coupe From DS (nee Citroen): Geneva Debut
The DS E-Tense is an electric concept car from Citroën's upscale brand.
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Tesla Model S Vs Citroen DS: Futuristic Car Of 50 Years Ago (Video)
A 2013 Tesla Model S is compared to a 1956 Citroen DS-19
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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...
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Compressed-Air Hybrid Tech: Peugeot To Offer In 2016 On Subcompacts
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...
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Citroen hasn't been seen on U.S. shores for many years now, but if its latest production vehicle is anything to go by, that's something of a pity. Called the C4 Cactus, it's Citroen's latest take on the compact crossover hatchback. Most comment will go to its unusual name and even more unusual styling, but the Cactus is among the cleverest compact cars we've seen for decades in terms of usability, weight-saving and efficiency. Ultra light The car's weight is possibly its most impressive aspect. Typical compacts have crept ever heavier over the past few decades as they've grown, as safety kit...
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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...
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Citroën Tidies Up The Vatican's Black Smoke Problem In Clean Diesel Ad
To paraphrase Ferris Bueller, "Life moves pretty fast, but social media moves faster." Think of the Harlem Shake phenomenon: one minute it was an obscure YouTube meme, the next, it was being performed by a bunch of Today show employees. If marketers want to jump on a trend, they have to move at...
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Citroen C3 Hybrid Air Concept: 2013 Geneva Motor Show
French automaker Citroen has long been a pioneer of automotive technology, from headlights that turn as you steer on the Citroen DS, to hydropneumatic suspension so smooth it was licensed by Rolls-Royce. Its latest development, "Hybrid Air" technology, is possibly the most intriguing innovation...
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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...
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The Coolest Hybrid You'll Never Get To Drive
Poor old Toyota. Over the past decade, the Japanese company has produced millions of Prius, making a contribution to saving gas as great as any other vehicle, but the one thing that the Prius can't seem to shake off is people calling it ugly. French carmaker Citroen has taken a different approach...
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Citroens haven't been sold in North America since 1974, but in many ways their 'forbidden fruit' status makes them even more desirable. The French maker's current DS range doubly so--inspired by the elegant and beautiful DS that ran from the 1950s until the 1970s, each current DS exhibits typical French design flair with a high-quality feel, placing them a level above Citroen's regular models. With the Paris Auto Show fast approaching, marques like Citroen are given coverage on a world stage, and this year an electric version of the DS3 subcompact will make an appearance. The DS3 is Citroen's...
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Making A Small French Car Do 138 MPG? Easy, In 1981
It's no surprise that some of the most economical cars that have gone on sale have also been some of the most aerodynamic--the two go hand-in-hand. Light weight helps too, and a small engine that sips as little gas as possible. The best example of modern times would be the first-generation Honda...
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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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Two Electric Cars, One Planet To Race Around: Who Will Win?
Remember the two French guys in their Mitsubishi i (well, Citroen C-Zero)? Their eight-month, 15,500-mile journey in the tiny electric car is just one of many long-distance EV publicity drives we've seen, but certainly one of the longest. Naturally, they're not the only people to have thought of...
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Electric Car Prices Drop In Europe, Will U.S. Follow?
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...
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Citroën DS5 Diesel, Four-Wheel Drive Hybrid: Forbidden Fruit
Back in 1955, French carmaker Citroën launched one of the most dramatic-looking cars ever made. It was named the DS, in French pronounced Déesse, meaning "goddess". Many thought that appropriate given the striking, avante-garde looks, and today it's often considered one of the greatest...
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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 of the small, high-MPG vehicles found in markets across the world. Here at GreenCarReports we've come up with a list of some of the cars we'd love to buy - if only the carmakers let us. Daihatsu A-Concept: MPG and dimensions unknown As a concept car there are no figures set in stone for Japanese...
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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...
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Citroen Survolt Electric Sports Car Concept Takes To Le Mans
Perhaps it’s a sign of the times but almost every major automaker has unveiled some kind of electrified vehicle, with everything from battery-powered supercars to hybrid urban runabouts making their debut in either production or concept form. Until the recent past, pure electric vehicles and...
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Citroën Brings Electric Car Entry To Lemans Classic
Electric Seems To Be All the Rage On the Race Circuit
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Forget The Showroom, Your First EV Test-Drive Could Be A Rental Car
Imagine going on a vacation to London, or Paris. You've just got over the jet-lag and are feeling like exploring the city. You've done all the usual tourist activities and have some friends on the other side of town to visit. Do you navigate a strange subway system, take a taxi, or make your...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield