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Since the Ampera was a badge engineered made in the USA car my guess is that Peugeot are not buying it. Furthermore their CEO has no grand ambitions for electri
by Theodores 9y ago
Since the Ampera was a badge engineered made in the USA car my guess is that Peugeot are not buying it. Furthermore their CEO has no grand ambitions for electric vehicles, so the Ampera is gone already.
PSA took on Chrysler many decades ago and after a while the factory that was making Chrysler cars was making the Peugeot 309 which was a roaring trade success in the UK and other markets. Eventually the factory closed after the 309 had had its run. So you can expect the same, a new family crossover will come out in Peugeot branding from the Astra factory, this will sell for a few years, have a facelift and sell on for a few more years. Then they will close the factory. It is inevitable.
Of course Peugeot will sell EVs, however, for small cars it is not hard to buy a few motors and batteries from Bosch and to stick them in a car. So they will be joining the market when all the suppliers have the off the shelf parts all worked out for them.