Peugeot iOn electric car to be launched in Europe by end-2010

Peugeot, the pioneer and 1st worldwide manufacturer of electric vehicles will be launching the iOn in Europe at the end of 2010. Based on the Mitsubishi i-MiEV platform, the iOn has a range of about 130km and its lithium-ion batteries can be fully recharged in six hours.

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Peugeot wins Le Mans 24-hours race, Karthikeyan dislocates shoulder before the race begins

Narain Karthikeyan managed to rule himself out of the 2009 Le Mans 24-hour race by dislocating his shoulder while jumping over the pit wall in the moments before the start was given. It was a sad moment for the Indian A1GP driver and for India as well. The endurance 24- hours race which got kick-started on June 13 at 3 p.m. local time on the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans in France finally finished on June 14 with 32 classified finishers from a total of 55 who had qualified on Thursday for the final 24 hour race.
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