PSA Peugeot Citroën has opened the production line for the new EB Turbo PureTech engine at the Française de Mécanique plant in Douvrin, France.

It has spent EUR893m on the EB PureTech engine family split EUR455m on research and development and EUR438m on capital expenditure in France.

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Series production is scheduled to begin in March 2014, with an expected annual production capacity of 320,000 engines.

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