Chairman of the French car maker Peugeot Jacques Calvet poses in an Peugeot Electric 106 during the inauguration of the "Paris Electric Vehicle Club" September 16. The club was launched in assocation with the French Electricity company EDF to promote polution free vehicles for city use.

FRANCE ELECTRIC

This dark blue Peugeot Touareg, an innovative fun oriented vehicle, is on show as a prototype at the Geneva Internationa Car Show which opened March 6. The hybrid off-road car has an SA 18 electric mounted lengthwise at centre-rear. The 4x4 wheel-drive transmission system uses front and rear axle units taken from the AX 4x4. Temporarly boosted with power output to 46.5kW the vehicle has a maximum range of 300km. The electrical traction derives from the 106 Electric model. It reaches a top speed of 104 km/h.

CAR SHOW

A visitor tests this red Peugeot Asphalte which has no doors and only one seat at the Geneva International Car Show, March 6. The prototype is equipped with a 106 Cashemere automatic powerplant which Peugeot`s engine specialists managed to unfold so that it fits under the Asphalte`s extra-flat bonnet. Coupled via a smooth automatic gearbox, the 106 engine provides powerful acceleration performance. The car reaches a top speed of 200 km/h, has a length of 3.435m, and ground clearance 0.12m. pmv/Photo by Pierre Virot.

CAR SHOW

French Industry Minister Jose Rossi enters a Peugeot 106 powered with an electric engine as he leaves the Elysee palace following the weekly cabinet council,December 7

French Industry Minister Jose Rossi drives a Peugeot 106 powered with an electric engine as he leaves the Elysee palace following the weekly cabinet council,December 7