Mexican Media Brands
Peugeot EV: 78 Years Ago
Although you’ve not been able to get a new Peugeot in the U.S. since 1991, PSA Group is methodically working to bring back PSA products to the market.
#hybrid
.jpg;width=70;height=70;mode=crop)
Share
Although you’ve not been able to get a new Peugeot in the U.S. since 1991, Larry Dominque, PSA Group North America CEO, is methodically working to bring back PSA products to the market, possibly Peugeots (the Group also includes Citroën, Opel, Vauxhall, and DS Automobiles).
While they’re working on getting some traction, they’ve introduced the carsharing app Free2Move, which allows people to access vehicles, for now, in the Washington, DC, market, presumably in an effort to let legislators who may not be familiar with global competition to get their toes wet on the subject.
Oddly enough, however, the vehicles on offer in the capitol are the Chevy Equinox and the Chevy Cruise, not something that comes from France.
One of the interesting things that has recently come to our attention is that way back in 1941 Peugeot introduced its first electric vehicle to the market, the VLV, or “Véhicule Léger de Ville,” a city car.
It was powered by four 12-volt batteries. It had a range of as much as 50 miles and a top speed of 22 mph.
All of which is to say that should Peugeot come to the U.S. market with an electric vehicle, it certainly has some experience in that technology.
RELATED CONTENT
-
Jeeps Modified for Moab
On Easter morning in Moab, Utah, when the population of that exceedingly-hard-to-get-to town in one of the most beautiful settings on Earth has more than doubled, some people won’t be hunting for Easter eggs, but will be trying to get a good look at one of the vehicles six that Jeep has prepared for real-life, fast-feedback from the assembled at the annual Easter Jeep Safari.
-
Things to Know About Cam Grinding
By James Gaffney, Product Engineer, Precision Grinding and Patrick D. Redington, Manager, Precision Grinding Business Unit, Norton Company (Worcester, MA)
-
Robotic Exoskeleton Amplifies Human Strength
The Sarcos Guardian XO Max full-body, all-electric exoskeleton features strength amplification of up to 20 to 1, making 200 pounds—the suit’s upper limit—feel like 10 pounds for the user.
