OTHER NEWS - May 11, 1994
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Peugeot to Sell Electric Cars: The French car maker said it will sell electric cars in specially equipped French cities this fall, thus launching Europe’s most ambitious electric vehicle project to date. Sales, and assembly-line production of the cars by the end of the year, won’t succeed unless the French government offers up to $5,300 in tax breaks to offset the cars’ price difference with gasoline-powered vehicles, PSA Peugeot Citroen said. The converted PSA subcompacts can travel just 50 miles before needing an eight-hour recharge at home or a two-hour recharge at special electrical outlets installed in town centers.
