Several years have passed since the birth of the Peugeot e-208, which enjoys great success among motorists. So much so that she was even one of the best-selling models on the territory for quite some time. Four years after its presentation at the Geneva Motor Show in 2019, the electric city car has finally received a small restyling. But we will not go into the details of this. If much has changed in this new variant, it’s not about the place of production, which is still in Slovakia. And that shouldn’t change, unfortunately for the government, which would like the city car to be assembled in France.

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Not yet

The latter actually made it clear Carlos Tavares his desire to have Peugeot 208 production moved to France. But the latter, it seems, is not at all ready to implement this strategy. And the reason is very simple: it will cost too much and therefore will not be profitable for the developer. The boss of the Stellantis group explains that ” we will create 12 electric models with high added value in France. Five out of seven models of the Peugeot brand are produced in the country. But the economic equation associated with the forced relocation of this project will not be in the interests of either the company or the country.“.

Two different situations

The leader continues a very relevant issue ” moreover, we ask Elon Musk or BYD produce B-segment cars in France when we seek to attract them there?“. The answer is obviously no. However, Renault, for its part, plans to build its Renault 5 in France, when its price should defy any competition, below 25,000 euros. It remains to be seen how the manufacturer will act in order not to lose money with this car. Carlos Tavares reminds that Stellantis will also release a very affordable model in the future.