French luxury car brand DS Automobiles has outlined its strategy to become a carbon neutral entity by producing and selling only 100% electric cars starting 2024.

Peugeot, a French car brand owned by automobile giant Stellantis, has announced that nearly 70 per cent of its models will be electrified by the end of 2021.

In France, the Nantes Métropole association of 24 municipalities has commenced the integration of electric buses into its TAN network.

Germany has registered a decline in factory activity during September, compared to 43.5 in August.

French automaker Peugeot, part of Groupe PSA, has introduced a new electric vehicle --- the Plug-in-Hybrid 3008 GT Hybrid4.

Paris  - French President Nicolas Sarkozy Wednesday presented his vision of a Greater Paris, which included a proposal to invest 35 billion euros (46 billion dollars) in the expansion of the capital's public transport system.

The idea is to expand the city so that it eventually incorporates its run-down suburban ghettos, a nest of poverty and crime, Sarkozy said.