Heuliez Pondicherry

The Heuliez Pondicherry was an electric leisure pick-up prototype shown on the Heuliez stand at the Paris motor show in October 2008. It was developed with the Indian equipment maker Argentum Motors, which had taken a stake in Heuliez that year as part of the French firm's rescue plan. Argentum supplied the base vehicle, another Indian maker, Reva, supplied the motorisation, and Heuliez did the integration in record time, with parts coming from India and assembly at the Heuliez plant in Cerizay. The trade press described it as the prototype of a low-cost electric utility vehicle aimed at the Indian market, and its technical specifications were still to be announced when it was shown. It appeared in the same season as two other Heuliez electric projects, the Friendly and the WILL.