Citroen C-Zero: a rebadged i MiEV electric car

Citroen C-Zero

This is basically a rebadged Mitsubishi i MiEV, due to go on sale in Europe in Q4 2010 under the Citroen brand. It is a expansion of an existing collaboration between Mitsubishi and PSA Peugeot-Citroen, where the French marques badge-engineered the Mitsubishi Outlander as their own SUVs. But with the Outlander they made significant changes to the exterior sheet metal, with the C-Zero the MiEV looks very much unchanged.

Drive is via a permanent magnet synchronous motor making 64 horses between 3,000rpm to 6,000rpm and peak torque of 180Nm from 0 to 2,000rpm. The motor is powered by a 330V lithium-ion battery made of 88 x 50Ah cells. You can recharge the batteries via a regular cord into a 220V socket. Regular charging takes 6 hours, and a 80% can be done in half an hour if you use an external charger which supplies a single-phase current of 125A at 400V.

Citroen will be launching more alternative fuel vehicles such as a full hybrid vehicle called the Citroen DS5 in 2011.

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Paul Tan

After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history.

 

Comments

  • barca on Nov 12, 2009 at 3:51 pm

    is this even safe to drive or road-worthy? sure hope at least 3 EUROCAP star ratings when it’s out.

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  • audio on Nov 12, 2009 at 7:10 pm

    Cute car XD

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  • redline007 on Nov 12, 2009 at 7:15 pm

    Looks like this is the future in the motoring world.

    Maybe it wld be wise for our Govt to come out with tax incentives

    to attract manufacturers of green tech to set up their plants in Msia.

    In this way we would be pioneers and wld not hv to compete with

    Indo orThailand in the same competitive segment.

    Looking forward to more EV launche and the improvement

    in battery technology.

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  • redline007 said,

    November 12, 2009 @ 11:15 am

    Looks like this is the future in the motoring world.

    Maybe it wld be wise for our Govt to come out with tax incentives

    to attract manufacturers of green tech to set up their plants in Msia.

    ———————-

    our govt is not wise….nuf said…

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  • Casta on Nov 12, 2009 at 8:03 pm

    It's show Mitsu is coming back…Hope they can performed better in future!

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  • Difficult for Malaysia to keep up with progress around us because our Government does have its own problems. We have to protect the interest of others and this impedes progress, the Government realises & knows this but they cannot do much because they cannot afford to lose votes & support from various parties with vetted interest. Not so much about the real issue but issue of balance, politics, and interest.

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  • rexis on Nov 12, 2009 at 9:01 pm

    As Davy said, in Malaysia, it is not about how to protect the environment, but its all about protecting a group of people.

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  • Tiadaid on Nov 12, 2009 at 9:12 pm

    rexis said,

    November 12, 2009 @ 1:01 pm

    As Davy said, in Malaysia, it is not about how to protect the environment, but its all about protecting a group of people.

    —————–

    Protecting the environment is not only limited to vehicles. All those rubbish thrown in drains and rivers, are they done by people who want to protect the environment? Malaysian mentality should change first, then we can talk about the environment.

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  • nazri on Nov 12, 2009 at 10:05 pm

    how many years la Citroen still want rebadge?

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  • foresight on Nov 12, 2009 at 10:17 pm

    Nice & futuristic looking ride.

    Wonder if Mitsubishi would introduce this to our market?

    TNB shd also push for the intro of batt powered cars.

    Which will translate to higher revenue!!

    Even the 2 year tax exemption for Hybrid

    cars would be expiring by end 2009 and there was no mention of

    its extension during the recent NAP.Same goes for green energy development.

    Opportunity is there but we have to act quick b4 giants like China come

    into the picture!!

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  • Mazda 3 MPS on Nov 12, 2009 at 11:30 pm

    looks good

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  • squawk on Nov 12, 2009 at 11:36 pm

    I think this is a good move – Citroen gets an EV in their range without spending too much and Mitsubishi gets to sell more units thereby bringing down their costs.

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  • mystvearn on Nov 13, 2009 at 12:26 am

    Not cost viable in Malaysia yet.

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  • Automotive_Critics on Nov 13, 2009 at 1:18 am

    Les Blues version Perodua

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  • Automotive_Critics on Nov 13, 2009 at 1:25 am

    Tiadaid said,

    November 12, 2009 @ 1:12 pm

    rexis said,

    November 12, 2009 @ 1:01 pm

    As Davy said, in Malaysia, it is not about how to protect the environment, but its all about protecting a group of people.

    —————–

    Protecting the environment is not only limited to vehicles. All those rubbish thrown in drains and rivers, are they done by people who want to protect the environment? Malaysian mentality should change first, then we can talk about the environment.

    ———

    Don't talk about environment or mentality changes. That's way until now it never tought in school. The Government still giving lodging license to cut trees to XXXXX. There is no chance for environment preservation in Malaysia.

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  • autojohndoe on Nov 13, 2009 at 4:18 am

    malaysians are concern about environment when it is about car…

    Other thing? such as…

    are you willing bring your own plastic bag to supermarket to reduce its usage?

    are you kind enough to separate bottles, papers and plastics for separate bins?

    are you willing to walk or ride a bicycle to nearest shop to buy your groceries?

    do you keep your waste to yourself until you find a garbage bin?

    Do you really care about environment or just wanna go with the trend of having latest item?

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  • autojohndoe on Nov 13, 2009 at 7:11 pm

    Why must wait for the Govt to change?

    Things will not changed, if we dont change ourselves…

    Start with ourselves, our kids, our family… then, it will be possible to change the way we live, we act together with environment…

    Dont talk about environment when you less care about it at the first place.

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  • rexis on Nov 14, 2009 at 12:34 am

    Back to the topic, iMiVEC is a rather interesting EV. With a range of 160KM and a charge time of 6 hours at home socket, plus a fast charge option, it is highly practical for everyday use, I can use it for 2 days without charging.

    Just wonder how much it will cost here, and how much TNB bill it will cost.

    And to the side topic… don't say gov has nothing to do with the environment thing, BN gov ridicule opposition for riding bicycle to parliament, to me it is a pretty good message that we should cut petrol with paddle. This is exactly like the road situation in Malaysia, the street is deadly to any riders, with red head morons roaming the street. I am not even talking about bicycle lane, some roads with lots of pedestrians dont even have proper walking lane or sky bridge!

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  • For all you know, proton might produce this under the proton badge in Malaysia and Mitsu for ASEAN.

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