All PSA articles
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ArticlePSA Group steps up digital transformation
An analysis of PSA’s digital strategy and progress so far under chief digital officer, Christophe Rauturier.
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ArticlePSA connected cars: “You have to think about the right IT system architecture from the beginning”
Jean Leflour, PSA’s senior vice president for connected vehicle, talks about the connected feature of the DS 7 Crossback
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ArticleVolkswagen, Renault and PSA all announce new car-sharing and mobility services
Image: VolkswagenVolkswagen will launch a fleet of shared electric vehicles in Germany next year, with international roll-out of its car-sharing services from 2020. Expanding Volkswagen’s ‘We’ customer platform, the mobility service will focus initially on cities in Europe, North America and Asia.Jürgen Stackmann, Volkswagen brand board member for sales, ...
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ArticleGroupe PSA and Inria announce OpenLab artificial intelligence project
Image: Groupe PSAGroupe PSA and Inria, the French national institute for computer science and applied mathematics, are working together on artificial intelligence in a four-year research programme. The joint AI OpenLab joins the 18 OpenLab research facilities - described as pooled experimental resources - already established by PSA with ...
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PSA suspends joint venture activity in Iran
PSA Group is suspending all joint venture activity in Iran, following the withdrawal of the US government from a three-year-old multilateral pact aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
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ArticlePSA launches its first vehicle with Huawei IoT platform
DS 7 Crossback at Hannover Messe 2018Image: PSAPSA has launched the DS 7 Crossback in China featuring new services underpinned by Huawei’s OceanConnect IoT platform. These include in-car natural language voice recognition, a connected services portal and connected navigation, plus information such as vehicle status, journey history and driving ...
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FeatureOpel CIO: "We have to extricate IT from GM piece by piece"
Thomas Kuelpp, chief information officer at Opel, talks about how the carmaker is separating IT systems from GM, and joing up with PSA.
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ArticlePSA to sell remaining stake in logistics unit
French carmaker PSA Group plans to sell its remaining 25 pc stake in Gefco, its former logistics subsidiary.
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ArticleNew Opel CIO's challenge: integrating IT into PSA
Thomas Kuelpp (Photo: Opel) Thomas Kuelpp is the new Opel CIO. His appointment, effective August 1, comes as the German car brand faces the challenge of integrating its operations into PSA/Peugeot-Citroen, its new owner. Opel was acquired by PSA from its previous owner, General Motors, earlier this year. ...
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ArticleOpel CEO Neumann steps down
Neumann will stay on as a senior manager until Opel's sale to PSA is finalized (Photo: Opel)Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann has stepped down in the runup to his company's takeover by France's PSA Group. He will be succeeded by Opel CFO Michael Lohscheller.Opel, the German brand that is owned ...
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ArticlePSA deploys Dassault Systemes virtual technology for DS brand
The DS 7 Crossback was unveiled at the 2017 Geneva Auto Show (Photo: PSA)DS Automobiles will use the "Virtual Garage" technology developed by Dassault Systemes to launch its new SUV, the DS 7 Crossback.Dassault Systemes, which is a leading supplier of 3D design, digital mock up and product lifecycle ...
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ArticlePSA Group's mobility chief wants to be preferred services provider
Brigitte Courtehoux is targeting 300 million euros in mobility services revenue by 2021 (Photo: Claus Dick)HANOVER -- PSA/Peugeot-Citroen is stepping up eff0rts to build a real fourth brand for mobility services, the French carmaker's new mobility services chief, Brigitte Courtehoux, said Thursday.Next to Peugeot, Citroen and DS branded vehicles, ...
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ArticleOpel brand strategist plans with OnStar after PSA takeover
Opel's Tobias Gubitz (Photo: Claus Dick)HANOVER -- Opel sees General Motors' OnStar connectivity service as a key part of its strategy to offer more mobility products, even after the planned takeover of the German brand by France's PSA Group."If the deal happens, OnStar will continue to be available and ...
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ArticleVW, Daimler, PSA establish mobility brands
The Generation EQ concept provides a preview of future Mercedes cars (Photo: Daimler)PARIS -- Major carmakers are founding new mobility brands as they look for ways to complement and even replace traditional revenue from new car sales.At the Paris auto show last week, volume car makers Volkswagen Group and ...
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ArticleAt PSA, Cantaloube takes charge of digital strategy
As software and hardware redefine the car, PSA/Peugeot-Citroen is entrusting its digital strategy to Brigitte Cantaloube.Cantaloube, who takes up a new position at the French carmaker as chief digital officer, comes from Yahoo. She will assume her new duties February 1 and report directly to CEO Carlos Tavares.The Yahoo executive's ...
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ArticlePSA expands cooperation with Sierra Wireless
PSA is broadening its connected offering from emergency notification to other value-added services (Photo: Peugeot)PSA/Peugeot-Citroen will use Sierra Wireless device-to-cloud technology to add more connected services to its next-generation models, the two companies said in a press release.The French carmaker, which builds and sells Peugeot, Citroen and DS brand ...
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ArticleFormer Renault executive Tavares to head PSA
Tavares succeed Patrick Pelata as COO of Renault in 2011 but left in 2013 (Photo; Renault)Carlos Tavares will become CEO of PSA/Peugeot-Citroen sometime in 2014, the struggling French carmaker said late Monday.Tavares will join PSA's management board on January 1 and will succeed Philippe Varin in the course of ...
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ArticleGM, PSA settle on 3 common vehicle projects
General Motors and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen will build three cars together and move ahead  with plans to jointly purchase components.The US and French carmakers, which earlier  this year agreed on a far-reaching cooperation, said they would develop common vehicle architectures for a C-segment vehicle for Opel and Peugeot; a B-segment ...
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ArticleGM, PSA to jointly develop 4 vehicles
General Motors and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen confirmed they will jointly develop four vehicles as part of a wide-ranging cooperation pact put in place earlier this year.The US and French car groups said in a press release that they would, togetherbuild a compact class multi-purpose van for Opel and a compact-class crossover utility ...
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ArticleParis auto show: PSA betting on hybrids
PSA is working to improve its hybrid technology (Photo: PSA)PARIS - PSA-Peugeot/Citroen is betting on hybrids rather than full electric vehicles, a senior company executive told automotiveIT at the auto show here."AT PSA we believe hybrids have more future than pure electric vehicles," said Christian Chapelle, head of powertrain ...
