Mitsubishi Firms Agreement to Sell Electric Car to PSA Peugeot Citroen
By John O'Dell March 8, 2010
Mitsubishi Motors says it has finalized the agreement to supply its i-MiEV electric city car to France's PSA Peugeot Citroen for rebadging and sales under those automakers' brand names beginning late this year.
I-MIEVs Galore: Mitsubishi will sell left-hand drive versions of its i-MiEV electric car (bottom) to France's PSA for rebadging as Citroen C-Zero (top) and Peugeot iOn (middle).
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Mitsubishi said that the final agreement calls for it to begin production of the vehicles for the French market in October and to supply almost 100,000 of the battery-electric cars over an undisclosed number of years.
The iMiEV, reconfigured as a left-hand drive car for the French market, will be sold there as the Peugeot iOn and the Citroen C-Zero.
Mitsubishi began selling the i-MiEV in Japan last year and plans to launch it in the U.S. and other markets in 2011.
The four-seat car, based on the gasoline-fueled Mitsubishi i city car, delivers about 80 miles of range from its 88-cell lithium-ion battery pack and offers a range-reducing top speed of 80 miles an hour.
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