French electricity company EDF signs agreements with Renault and PSA to promote sales of electric models

Over the last two days, Électricité De France has met with the main French manufacturer groups, Renault and PSA, to form an alliance that promotes the development and production of electric vehicles, with an initial date set for 2011.

While Renault is betting on building a network of electric charging stations across the whole of France that will allow charging of the electric models it will begin selling as soon as they are launched, PSA (made up of Peugeot and Citroën) has committed to working on cars equipped with hybrid systems combining diesel and electric motors, probably based on the HYmotion presented these days in Paris in models such as the Prologue.

The official press release mentions the use of “recharging systems”, so it is reasonable to expect that such hybrids will have plugs like the Chevrolet Volt or the upcoming Prius. Thanks to these agreements, France could become another major driver of the expansion of electric models.

Source | Autoblog en Español