Wow...at least they sold Ampera-E to Renault. Hopefully Renault won't make the same mistake, considering they din't name their ZOE "Clio-E" (which of course would've been pretty dumb).
Since the Ampera was a badge engineered made in the USA car my guess is that Peugeot are not buying it. Furthermore their CEO has no grand ambitions for electric vehicles, so the Ampera is gone already.
PSA took on Chrysler many decades ago and after a while the factory that was making Chrysler cars was making the Peugeot 309 which was a roaring trade success in the UK and other markets. Eventually the factory closed after the 309 had had its run. So you can expect the same, a new family crossover will come out in Peugeot branding from the Astra factory, this will sell for a few years, have a facelift and sell on for a few more years. Then they will close the factory. It is inevitable.
Of course Peugeot will sell EVs, however, for small cars it is not hard to buy a few motors and batteries from Bosch and to stick them in a car. So they will be joining the market when all the suppliers have the off the shelf parts all worked out for them.
I ordered my Ampera-E 11 months ago. Last time I heard anything at all was 5 months ago. Sent a email to my seller couple of weeks ago - nada. Norwegian electric car forums are full of similar stories.
Now they've stopped taking new orders for Ampera-E (as of last week).
I might have to cancel and get the Hyundai Kona instead if this continues..
Heh, and I'm here complaining that Toyota Bank is four days late with my share of the insurance money on the car I was leasing that had been stolen.
Anyway I'm sorry to hear that. They really should have given you at least a reply - especially that so much time has passed.
I sure hope they won't try to make the Kona drive "like a normal car". I test drove the IONIQ hybrid and it seems that some genius thought it would be great if you hadn't had instant torque, as opposed to hybrids from Toyota.
I came here to make this comment as well. They had to know they were making an all electric vehicle when they named the Volt...
I drive a Leaf and this makes me an un-elected ambassador for EV's in general. When I'm at a charger people will randomly drive up and get out of their car and ask questions about EV's, charging, range, etc. I'm always happy to talk to to folks about my experience with an EV and in my experience there is quite obvious consumer confusion about the Bolt and Volt.
Really really great review from Doug DeMuro here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2ogGZXmepY
Doug has a great style - really digs deep into all the quirks and oddities of the cars he reviews.