More and more auto manufacturers think about the rejection of traditional internal combustion engines in favor of more modern solutions. Was no exception and Peugeot-Citroen. Plans for the next ten years, said the head of the group Carlos Tavares. According to him, after seven years the manufacturer would fully abandon conventional engine and will equip its vehicles with hybrid vehicles or electric drives.
The head of the group visited the auto show in Detroit, where he said that his company plans to return to the American market, from which it took more than twenty years ago, unable to compete.
Again sell cars of the Peugeot brand in the United States plan to start not before 2026, but to enter a new market the company will begin early in the coming years, Americans will offer services careregular service Free2Move, which will be used as a car familiar to Americans brands, and products of own production.
Hybrid and electric motors manufactured on the basis of Opel — not all concern is going to attract buyers. By 2030, all new models will be equipped with autopilot fourth and fifth level of autonomy. While fully Autonomous by 2030 would be only 10 percent of the total number of cars, and another 80 will be able to partially replace the driver.
Seven years later, Peugeot will abandon the conventional engine
Vyacheslav Larionov