Nikkei: Mitsubishi to supply 10,000 electric cars a year to PSA Peugeot Citroen?

Peugeot Electric Car
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We first heard of a joint study between Mitsubishi and PSA Peugeot Citroen to evaluate a potential cooperation between the two companies on the supply of electric vehicles back in June 2008. The study also included evaluating the feasibility of shared production sites for producing components for electric vehicles.

Japanese newspaper The Nikkei (the same guys who reported the Suzuki Kizashi would be axed) now reports that the deal went through and Mitsubishi will supply the French company up to 10,000 electric cars a year by the year 2011. This could include the Mitsubishi i MiEV, which is shown above as an artist’s impression with Peugeot styling (look after the jump for a Citroen version).

PSA would benefit by getting electric car technology fast, while Mitsubishi would benefit from PSA’s vast distributor network in Europe, which would be beneficial for Mitsu’s coffers anyway since they are the supplier, despite the cars not having Mitsubishi badges.

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Citroen Electric Car
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Comments

  • saerm (Member) on Jan 12, 2009 at 4:20 pm

    1st… proton must get that electric car tech from mitsu too..

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  • Wisdom (Member) on Jan 12, 2009 at 4:27 pm

    During this ‘cheap fuel’ period, everybody forgot about electric cars.

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  • Xx- Ferrari -xX (Member) on Jan 12, 2009 at 6:54 pm

    side profile luks ugly…

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  • kei9 (Member) on Jan 12, 2009 at 10:06 pm

    Heck Mitsubishi’s ‘i’ is ruined by both car designs if it were to be shared.

    But the good thing is, more and more electri rides will be around.

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  • Sex is wonderful, but it's like champagne.If you're forced to have four glasses at every meal you start to fantasize about water. (Member) on Jan 13, 2009 at 6:44 pm

    tata nano……….

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  • Aaron Ch'ng You Liang (Member) on Jan 27, 2009 at 10:32 pm

    TTNN

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