The Stellantis group will produce “shortly” 12 electric vehicles in France, the general manager, Carlos Tavares, announced on Monday at the Paris Motor Show.
The manufacturer currently produces only 6 such models.
The Peugeot 308, 308 break and 408 electric will be produced in particular in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin), indicates the manager, who spoke alongside the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, who visited the Peugeot stand.
The 3008 and 5008 electric SUVs will be produced in Sochaux (Doubs) and Citroën's future electric SUV in Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine), the group said.
“We are in the process of giving credibility to this trajectory that we have set for ourselves, that of obtaining two million electric vehicles produced in France in 2030”, greeted the President of the Republic.
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“We have already secured one million by 2026-2027”, continued the Head of State.
“We will be there to support and accompany over the long term, to make France once again a great automotive land of tomorrow”.
The Franco-Italian-American group, in which the French state is a shareholder, currently produces the DS3, the Citroën C4 and electric utilities in France.
Its competitor Renault, for its part, has multiplied the announcements concerning the production in France of its R4 and R5.
“All of our industrial sites now have a clear future ahead of them”, underlined Carlos Tavares, “and the technology necessary to face the competition, in particular the Chinese competition that you can see today at this Mondial de Paris” .
