Peugeot wants to launch three electric scooters within three years

The tricolor manufacturer's plan, Performance 2020, calls for the sale of three electric scooters in addition to the Genze, a model designed by Mahindra and expected in 2018 (photo above).

The brand, owned by Indian giant Mahindra, plans to invest 47 million euros over the next three years to launch 7 new high-end models, including three electric scooters. While very little is known about this electric offering from the lion brand, which should complement Mahindra's Genze, Peugeot Motocycles needs to change its range and return to profit.

«  We will start with an electricity supply of about 5.000 euros and then move on to the high-end segment. ”, explained Les Echos by Constantino Sambui, general manager of the brand, who also wants to take the manufacturer into the motorcycle market, this time thermal, with the first model expected at the Paris Motor Show.

A recovery plan that should enable the manufacturer to achieve 95.000 60.000 sales in three years, up from 70 90 last year, and which will be accompanied by an extensive restructuring plan. With a cumulative loss of 422 million euros over the past three years, the manufacturer intends to cut XNUMX jobs from XNUMX at the Mandeure plant in Du, taking advantage of the high age of the employees to initiate a voluntary layoff plan.