French motoring group PSA, which owns Peugeot, Citroen, DS and Vauxhall, is planning to offer all-electric models for all of its vehicles by 2025.
PSA chief executive Carlos Tavares told attendees at the Detroit Motor Show that “40 electrified models” will be launched across the three brands in the next seven years – one of the largest launch offensives in the current market.
Tavares later said that there will be an electrified powertrain option for each model rather than all vehicles having an electric element– although a budget for the initiative is yet to be announced.
This announcement follows on from many other manufacturers revealing their electrified vehicle plans, with BMW announcing 12 fully-electric and 13 electrified vehicles by 2025, and Swedish brand Volvo has said all of its vehicles will have an electrical element to its powertrain by 2019.
Vauxhall had recently been sold by American brand GM to PSA, and the French carmaker said that it will be making a return to the US following a two-decade-long departure from the continent. It is likely that Opel – Europe’s version of Vauxhall – will lead the PSA charge in the States, as it is closer to Buick, GM’s equivalent brand.
Both Citroen and Peugeot have released an all-electric vehicle before – a rebadged version of the Mitsubishi i-Miev called the C-Zero and iOn respectively. Whilst under GM ownership, Vauxhall released the Ampera, which was an electric car with a petrol range extender as standard.
