Innovations for more environment-friendly vehicles

“PSA Peugeot Citroën is the European leader on low-emission vehicles, with sales of nearly one million cars emitting less than 130 g/km of CO2 in 2009.”

Committed to reducing the fuel consumption and emissions of its vehicles, PSA Peugeot Citroën innovates continuously to develop ever cleaner and energy-efficient models. To keep its lead in low-consumption vehicles, the Group favours technological innovations that can be applied to mass-produced vehicles, bringing customers the best economic choice on energy, technology and use.

PSA Peugeot Citroën aims to sell more than one million vehicles emitting less than 120 g/km of CO2 in 2012.

The Group’s “research and innovation” objectives are an integral part of its strategy and ambition to remain on the cutting edge in terms of products and services. The main areas of innovation are:

• Vehicle design incorporating green materials, recycled or of natural origin.



• Increasingly high-performance and fuel-efficient petrol and diesel engines.



• Hybrid technology for a range of uses, from a faster, second-generation Stop and Start system (micro-hybrid) through to HYbrid4 diesel technology (full hybrid), rechargeable from 2012.



• Electric vehicles for city use.



• “Communicating” cars for optimised travel.

PSA Peugeot Citroën registered more patents than any other company in France in 2009, with a total of 1,265