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French auto maker PSA Peugeot Citroen said on Thursday it needed to cut 6,000 jobs in France between now and 2012 in order to boost productivity. Peugeot chairman Philippe Varin, outlining 2010-2012 performance plan for the group, said the reductions would come through the non-replacement of workers leaving the company voluntarily. "Our assessment today is that we do not need a supplemental restructuring plan," he said. He added that Peugeot would have to boost productivity, or worker output per hour, by 20 percent, which would require the elimination of 10 percent of the work force, or 6,000 jobs. Peugeot launched a voluntary departure scheme ... Read Full Story

A few weeks ago appeared on the web, the first two images of the new Peugeot 308 Sedan, (this model will also be marketed in China as 408 Sedan).Not long ago comment that the 308 is a 307 Mercosur remarked, as the 207 Compact of 206. This information is only for the hatchback version of the French model, as we see the sedan version will be different and take the base of the 308 European. If for some reason this fact is not true saying, without problems, my due apologies. In the picture we see that the work was over when I thought the ... Read Full Story

Sanyo Electric Co. will supply nickel-metal hydride batteries for PSA Peugeot Citroen Group's diesel-electric hybrid cars starting in 2011, a report said Sunday. Sanyo and Peugeot Citroen have agreed that Sanyo will ship batteries for several tens of thousands of cars per year, the Japanese business daily Nikkei reported, without revealing its sources. The batteries will be used in the Peugeot 3008 sports utility vehicle and the Citroen DS5 luxury car, models the group plans to roll out in 2011, it said. Sanyo supplies nickel-metal hybrid batteries for Honda Motor Co.'s Insight hybrid and Ford Motor Co.'s hybrids, and is expected to supply lithium ... Read Full Story

Peugeot may have just come late to the idea of crossover, but the word appears so often in all publicity material must compensate for the new 3008 for each time lag. Here, there are some that cross the boundaries: the 3008 is part SUV, part estate car, the hatchback, the MPV. It was high but did not have four-wheel drive, instead offering (optional, and not in the test car) that 'the grip of control' system that is not good at something with traction control and ESP on slippery surfaces like snow, mud or sand. But that's hardly the main point. As has been done ... Read Full Story

France launched the "battle of the electric car" Thursday as it unveiled plans to invest 1.5 billion euros on infrastructure for the two million electric and hybrid cars it wants on the road by 2020. "No player can take the risk alone, but if all the actors take it at the same time, that works," said Ecology Minister Jean-Louis Borloo, flanked by top executives from French carmakers Renault and PSA Peugeot Citroen. The aim is to "make the French energy and car industry a world leader," Borloo told reporters as he presented his government's strategy on helping reduce C02 emissions via eco-friendly cars. The ... Read Full Story