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PSA Group, the French company that owns the Peugeot and Citroen brands, has announced a platform for small electric vehicles, designed with the aid of Dongfeng.
As some of you already know, the Dongfeng company is the Chinese partner of the French PSA Group, and they started work on an all-new platform in 2015.
While they have made some accomplishments, it is far from completed, as the first models that will use it will come to market in 2019.
PSA’s three brands, meaning Peugeot, Citroen, and DS, will all use the new platform, Autocar has learned. Naturally, their Chinese partners at Dongfeng, will also develop cars based on the new technical architecture.
At this point, we should mention that the new platform is created for small electric vehicles. DS is expected to be the first brand to launch an electric model with the new underpinnings, but Citroen and Peugeot will follow shortly.
PSA Group will use the new technical architecture for their B-segment and C-segment cars. The two segments include models like the Peugeot 208, Citroen C3, and DS3. The latter refers to the size of the Citroen C3, Peugeot 308, and DS 4. Dongfeng, PSA’s Chinese partner, will use it for similarly-sized vehicles.
At last year’s Shanghai Motor Show, PSA Peugeot-Citroen announced that its new platform would eventually underpin all its future small cars, as well as evolutions of them, like the Citroen C4 Cactus.
There is still a possibility that the new architecture is an evolution of Peugeot’s EMP2 architecture, but the automaker has not mentioned this structure, designed for a larger vehicle. The PSA EMP2 was launched in 2013, and it's a modular solution that fits cars in the compact and mid-size segments.
PSA Group’s German rivals at Volkswagen employ a modular platform strategy based on a technical solution called MQB. The three letters signify a modular architecture, which Volkswagen uses for almost its entire portfolio, except for their smallest and largest passenger vehicles.
While they have made some accomplishments, it is far from completed, as the first models that will use it will come to market in 2019.
PSA’s three brands, meaning Peugeot, Citroen, and DS, will all use the new platform, Autocar has learned. Naturally, their Chinese partners at Dongfeng, will also develop cars based on the new technical architecture.
At this point, we should mention that the new platform is created for small electric vehicles. DS is expected to be the first brand to launch an electric model with the new underpinnings, but Citroen and Peugeot will follow shortly.
PSA Group will use the new technical architecture for their B-segment and C-segment cars. The two segments include models like the Peugeot 208, Citroen C3, and DS3. The latter refers to the size of the Citroen C3, Peugeot 308, and DS 4. Dongfeng, PSA’s Chinese partner, will use it for similarly-sized vehicles.
At last year’s Shanghai Motor Show, PSA Peugeot-Citroen announced that its new platform would eventually underpin all its future small cars, as well as evolutions of them, like the Citroen C4 Cactus.
There is still a possibility that the new architecture is an evolution of Peugeot’s EMP2 architecture, but the automaker has not mentioned this structure, designed for a larger vehicle. The PSA EMP2 was launched in 2013, and it's a modular solution that fits cars in the compact and mid-size segments.
PSA Group’s German rivals at Volkswagen employ a modular platform strategy based on a technical solution called MQB. The three letters signify a modular architecture, which Volkswagen uses for almost its entire portfolio, except for their smallest and largest passenger vehicles.
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