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Peugeot

Car Manufacturers 101 CITED SOURCES UPDATED 2026-09-01 METHOD V6.4
BDS-1000 Score 377 /1000 D Tier D - Moderate
Military ↗ 0.93 Digital ↗ 3.50 Economic ↗ 3.50 Political ↗ 4.00
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Key Findings

  • Economic: Peugeot vehicles are sold in Israel through the independent Israeli importer Lubinski Group; Peugeot 208s produced in Morocco began exports to Israel around September 2024.1
  • Digital: Parent Stellantis has a 2021 innovation memorandum with the Israel Innovation Authority for automotive technology, and an active Mobileye ADAS relationship, although Peugeot-specific deployment is undisclosed.2, 3
  • Political: Lubinski won a 2022 Israel Police tender to supply electric Peugeot and MG vehicles; the documented contracting party was the importer, not Peugeot or Stellantis.4
  • Not found: No public evidence identified of a direct Peugeot/Stellantis defence contract, settlement dealership, or inclusion in the UN OHCHR settlement-business database.5, 6

Target Profile

FieldDetail
Company NamePeugeot, a marque of Stellantis N.V.
JurisdictionNo public evidence identified of a separate Peugeot marque incorporation jurisdiction in the audits.
HeadquartersNo public evidence identified in the audits.
SectorCivilian automotive manufacturing and mobility.
OwnershipPeugeot is a Stellantis brand. Documented principal Stellantis shareholders include Exor, Peugeot Invest, Bpifrance, and Dongfeng; no Israeli state, sovereign-wealth, or institutional stake was identified.7
Key Executives / GovernanceAntonio Filosa has been Stellantis CEO since 23 June 2025. Daniel Ramot became a Stellantis non-executive director in April 2025.8, 9
Israeli-Nexus SummaryPeugeot’s documented nexus consists principally of sales through Israeli importer Lubinski, importer-mediated public-fleet transactions, and parent-level technology and innovation relationships.

Key Facts:

Executive Summary

Peugeot is a civilian vehicle marque within Stellantis. Its established Israel-facing commercial presence is an authorised-importer model: the privately held Lubinski Group imports, markets, and services Peugeot vehicles in Israel. Around September 2024, Moroccan-built Peugeot 208 vehicles began exports to Israel through this channel. The record does not identify company-owned Peugeot retail outlets, manufacturing, logistics, or R&D assets in Israel or the occupied territories.1, 10, 12

The strongest documented state-linked vehicle nexus is indirect. In June 2022, Lubinski was named principal winner of an Israel Police tender for electric Peugeot and MG vehicles, initially involving about 70 vehicles and potentially scaling into the hundreds. Separately, a 2023 report described Peugeot 2008 SUVs as among vehicles allocated to IDF combat commanders through a rank-based leasing programme. Neither record establishes a direct contract between Peugeot/Stellantis and an Israeli security body; both concern civilian vehicles supplied through the Israeli market and importer or leasing channels. The current status of the IDF Peugeot allocation is unresolved following later reporting that parts of the fleet moved toward Mitsubishi.4, 13, 14

At parent level, Stellantis subsidiary FCA Italy signed a 2021 memorandum with the Israel Innovation Authority to identify and support Israeli startups in driving assistance, cybersecurity, Industry 4.0, and e-mobility. Stellantis also has an ADAS relationship with Israeli-founded Mobileye, including a 2026 expansion announcement for select future Stellantis vehicles launching in 2027; available sources do not establish that Peugeot-badged vehicles will receive the technology. A Stellantis Venture Award to Israeli company Vayyar concerned civilian in-cabin safety applications; the available evidence does not connect that engagement to Vayyar’s separate security-oriented product lines.2, 3, 15

No public evidence identified of direct Peugeot/Stellantis defence contracting, Israeli military IT or intelligence contracts, settlement dealership operations, Project Nimbus participation, Israeli data-centre operations, Israeli defence-prime supply arrangements, or military/tactical Peugeot products for Israeli forces. Peugeot/Stellantis was not identified in the reviewed OHCHR settlement-business database, and no sustained BDS campaign specifically targeting Peugeot, Stellantis, or Lubinski on Israel/Palestine grounds was found.5, 6, 16

On the fixed V6.5 assessment, the documented nexus produces a BRS of 377, placing Peugeot in Tier D (Moderate Complicity). This classification reflects the cumulative, evidence-vetted record of commercial, innovation, digital, and importer-mediated public-sector links, while retaining the material limits on direct attribution and security relevance.

Timeline of Relevant Events

DateEvent
9 February 2015Pre-merger FCA, Iveco, and Magneti Marelli signed a non-binding memorandum with Israel’s Fuel Choices Initiative concerning natural-gas vehicles and potential R&D discussion with Israeli companies; its status under Stellantis is not confirmed.17
2016PSA evaluated an Israeli startup’s electric range-extender in a pilot-level technology test; this was not identified as a sourcing relationship or owned asset.18
7 April 2021FCA Italy signed a memorandum with the Israel Innovation Authority covering driving assistance, cybersecurity, Industry 4.0, and e-mobility startup collaboration.2
10 May 2021PowerFleet announced a four-year Israel Police fleet-management and driver-identification contract. No evidence identifies Peugeot vehicles as part of that contract.19
14 June 2022Lubinski was named principal winner of an Israel Police tender to supply electric Peugeot and MG vehicles.4
January 2023Reporting stated that Peugeot 2008 SUVs were allocated to IDF combat commanders through a rank-based leasing programme.13
14 December 2023FCA Italy recognised Israeli company Vayyar in its Venture Awards for civilian in-cabin monitoring and safety technology.15
Around September 2024Peugeot 208 vehicles made at Stellantis’s Kenitra plant in Morocco began exports to Israel.1
April 2025Daniel Ramot was appointed a Stellantis non-executive director.9
July 2026Stellantis announced expanded cloud-enhanced Mobileye ADAS for select future Stellantis vehicles expected from 2027; Peugeot-model allocation was not disclosed.3

Corporate Overview

Peugeot is a French-origin automotive marque and, since the January 2021 PSA–FCA merger, a brand of Stellantis N.V. The audits describe Stellantis as a diversified multinational automotive group rather than an Israeli-founded or Israeli-controlled company. Its documented shareholder structure includes Exor, Peugeot Invest, Bpifrance, and Dongfeng; no Israeli state ownership, board appointment right, golden share, or critical-infrastructure status was identified.7

In Israel, Peugeot operates through an independent franchise relationship rather than company-owned outlets. Lubinski Group has held the Peugeot franchise since 1968, after earlier service as a Peugeot sub-agent from 1936. It imports and distributes Peugeot, Citroën, DS, and other brands, with showrooms and service centres in Israel. The audits identify no Peugeot or Lubinski dealership, showroom, or reseller inside an Israeli settlement; Lubinski’s Jerusalem branch is in West Jerusalem.10, 20

The Palestinian-market Peugeot dealer is distinct. Peugeot Palestine operates from Ramallah in Palestinian Authority-administered territory and is not treated as part of Peugeot’s Israeli nexus. No public evidence identified of Peugeot or Stellantis owning an Israeli factory, assembly facility, warehouse, office, or dedicated R&D centre.11, 12

Domain Summaries

Military: Military

Mechanism of Involvement

No public evidence identified of a Peugeot, Stellantis, or Stellantis-group contract, tender, framework, or memorandum with the Israeli Ministry of Defence, IDF, Israel Prison Service, or Border Police. No Peugeot or Stellantis listing was found in the Israeli SIBAT defence-export directory.21

The only documented military-fleet connection is civilian-channel use: Peugeot 2008 SUVs were reported in the IDF’s rank-based officer leasing programme in 2023. This is evidence of civilian vehicles entering an IDF leased fleet through the Israeli market, not evidence of a direct Peugeot/Stellantis defence relationship. Later reporting indicated a shift of parts of the fleet to Mitsubishi for data-security reasons; whether Peugeot allocations remain current is unresolved.13, 14

No public evidence identified of Peugeot-based armoured vehicles, tactical or mil-spec product variants, Israeli defence-prime supply, military infrastructure support, controlled-goods exports, munitions, or security-force service contracts. Peugeot’s historical French military lineage - the P4 and the XD3T engine used in the French Panhard VBL - does not establish an Israeli connection. Israel is not listed among VBL operators, and no public evidence links the P4, VBL, XD3T, or Landtrek to an Israeli military or security customer.22

Counter-Arguments and Evidence Limits

Peugeot is a civilian carmaker. The available military evidence is limited to importer-mediated or civilian-market vehicle leasing, without a documented direct manufacturer contract. Historical police use of Peugeot J7 vans is a heritage-museum record, not current procurement; a purported Border Police Peugeot Expert claim traces to a video-game modification and is non-evidentiary.23

The B’Tselem report sometimes invoked in discussion of Peugeot did not document institutional Israeli security-force procurement or use. Its references to Peugeot concerned civilian vehicles in individual settler-violence accounts. No dedicated Who Profits profile for Peugeot/Stellantis, OHCHR settlement listing, or organised BDS campaign targeting Peugeot on this basis was identified.5, 16, 24

Named Entities and Evidence Map

Digital: Digital

Mechanism of Involvement

The principal documented digital vector is parent-level technology collaboration. FCA Italy’s 2021 Israel Innovation Authority memorandum covered driving assistance, cybersecurity, Industry 4.0, and e-mobility, with the Authority identifying and co-funding relevant startups and FCA Research Center providing support and scale-up. This was a Stellantis/FCA Italy initiative, not a documented Peugeot-specific deployment or Israel-based Stellantis laboratory.2

Stellantis has an active ADAS relationship with Israeli-founded Mobileye. A July 2026 announcement described cloud-enhanced ADAS using Mobileye’s Road Experience Management mapping platform in select future Stellantis vehicles launching in 2027. The sources do not establish whether Peugeot vehicles are among those models.3 FCA Italy also recognised Vayyar for in-cabin monitoring, seat-belt reminder, and child-presence detection technology. Vayyar markets separate public-safety and security products, but the evidence does not connect the Stellantis engagement to those lines.15

At franchisee level, Lubinski bundles Israeli-founded Cellocator/Pointer Telocation connected-car technology into Peugeot, Citroën, DS, and MG vehicles sold in Israel. The technology captures location, vehicle-security, accident-detection, and maintenance data. This is a local importer integration, not a documented global Stellantis deployment. The same parent company has a separate Israel Police fleet technology contract, but no evidence links that contract specifically to Peugeot vehicles.19, 25

Counter-Arguments and Evidence Limits

No public evidence identified of Peugeot or Stellantis contracting directly with the Israeli Ministry of Defence, IDF, intelligence agencies, or Israeli police for IT, software, data, surveillance, or cyber services. The IDF officer-leasing arrangement is vehicle hardware and lies outside the digital-technology nexus.13

No public evidence identified of Peugeot/Stellantis use of Israeli facial-recognition, retail biometrics, predictive-policing, workforce-surveillance, offensive-cyber, or digital-weapons tools. No public evidence identified of Project Nimbus participation, Israeli data-centre operation, or routing/storing Peugeot or Stellantis data in AWS’s Israel region. AWS and Microsoft have separate Israeli government or military relationships, but shared suppliers do not establish that Stellantis’s own cloud tenancies support or participate in those engagements.26, 27

Named Entities and Evidence Map

Economic: Economic

Mechanism of Involvement

Peugeot’s direct economic nexus is market activity through Lubinski, its Israeli importer. The importer operates showrooms and service centres and purchases vehicles through the standard OEM wholesale channel. Around September 2024, Morocco-built Peugeot 208s began exports to Israel, partly filling market supply gaps after Turkey’s trade embargo. Stellantis does not disclose Israel-specific revenue; Israel is reported within a broader Middle East and Africa region.1, 10, 28

The parent-level Israel Innovation Authority memorandum is also an economic and innovation relationship. It contemplated co-funding and scouting Israeli automotive-technology startups. No specific startup subsequently contracted under the memorandum, owned by Stellantis, or shown to involve Peugeot brand participation was identified.2

Counter-Arguments and Evidence Limits

No public evidence identified of an Israeli-domiciled supplier feeding Peugeot vehicle production, settlement-origin sourcing, company-owned Israeli facility, or Israeli ownership stake in Stellantis. The audit characterises the 2016 PSA range-extender evaluation as a pilot-level technology test, not a sourcing relationship or owned asset.12, 18

No public evidence identified of a dealership in a West Bank settlement. Peugeot Palestine in Ramallah is a separate Palestinian dealer. No public evidence identifies Peugeot/Stellantis as a major Israeli employer or sector anchor; under the importer model, Lubinski retains local retail margin, duties, and aftersales revenue rather than serving as a company-owned sales operation.11, 20, 28

Named Entities and Evidence Map

Political: Political

Mechanism of Involvement

The salient political/state nexus is the 2021 FCA Italy memorandum with the Israel Innovation Authority, a state economic-development agency. The stated programme covered automotive technological innovation, not a documented geopolitical, military, or public-relations partnership. The announcement reported that more than 30 Israeli startups had been scouted.2

A second state-facing record is Lubinski’s 2022 Israel Police electric-vehicle tender. It documents importer-supplied Peugeot-branded vehicles entering police service through ordinary government procurement, rather than donations, crisis mobilisation, or a direct Peugeot/Stellantis contract.4

Daniel Ramot’s board appointment is relevant governance context. He is an Israeli-American entrepreneur, a former Israeli Air Force officer, and a graduate of the IDF Talpiot programme. No public evidence identified of his statements, donations, affiliations, or board activity concerning Israel/Palestine, settlements, or Israeli military-welfare organisations.9

Counter-Arguments and Evidence Limits

No public statement by Peugeot, Stellantis, former CEO Carlos Tavares, or CEO Antonio Filosa regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict, 7 October 2023 attacks, or military operations in Gaza was identified. Stellantis’s general human-rights policy does not name Israel, Palestine, the occupied territories, or settlements. No Israel- or Gaza-specific Stellantis humanitarian programme was identified.8, 29

No public evidence identified of donations to the IDF, FIDF, JNF/KKL, settlement organisations, reservist funds, Regavim, or Im Tirtzu; Israeli-government hosting, state honours, or Brand Israel-style sponsorship; Israel/Palestine-related lobbying; or OECD complaints against Stellantis concerning Israel/Palestine. The one identified OECD Watch complaint concerns mineral-supply-chain transparency in the Democratic Republic of Congo, not this context.16, 30

No public evidence identified of a settlement dealership or a sustained BDS/civil-society campaign specifically targeting Peugeot, Stellantis, or Lubinski. The OHCHR settlement-business database does not list Peugeot, Citroën, Stellantis, PSA, DS, or Lubinski.5, 16

Named Entities and Evidence Map

BDS-1000 Score

Method: V6

DomainIMPV-Domain Score
Military1.505.505.500.93
Digital3.507.009.003.50
Economic3.507.007.803.50
Political4.007.009.004.00

V_MAX is driven by the political-domain record: a parent-level state innovation memorandum, importer-mediated police procurement, and documented board context, assessed alongside the limits on direct attribution. The other domain scores reflect importer-based market activity and parent-level technology relationships, not a substantiated direct defence, settlement, surveillance, or military-technology relationship.

The V6 method is scale-free, evidence-only, and human-vetted. Scores reflect documented activity type, scale, and directness rather than allegations, brand association, or transitive supplier relationships.

Methodology Note

Footnotes

  1. https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2024/09/14299/israel-begins-importing-moroccan-made-cars-amid-turkish-embargo/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  2. https://www.media.stellantis.com/em-en/corporate-communications/press/stellantis-and-israel-innovation-authority-announce-the-signing-of-a-memorandum-of-understanding ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9

  3. https://www.media.stellantis.com/em-en/corporate-communications/press/stellantis-and-israel-innovation-authority-announce-the-signing-of-a-memorandum-of-understanding ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  4. https://www.themarker.com/dynamo/cars/2022-06-14/ty-article/.premium/00000181-6190-dde4-a187-f1bff0860000 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  5. https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session31/database-hrc3136/23-06-30-Update-israeli-settlement-opt-database-hrc3136.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  6. https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/un-human-rights-office-updates-database-businesses-involved-israeli ↩ ↩2

  7. https://peugeot-invest.com/en/assets/713/stellantis ↩ ↩2

  8. https://www.stellantis.com/en/news/press-releases/2025/may/stellantis-announces-antonio-filosa-25-year-veteran-of-the-company-to-be-its-new-chief-executive-officer ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  9. https://www.stellantis.com/content/dam/stellantis-corporate/group/governance/leadership/bio/eng/Daniel-Ramot-EN.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  10. https://www.lubinski.co.il/about-us/history/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  11. https://www.peugeot.ps/en/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  12. https://www.timesofisrael.com/stellantis-maker-of-dodge-and-maserati-scouting-israeli-startups-for-tech-edge/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  13. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-01-09/ty-article-magazine/.premium/israeli-armys-latest-casualty-the-environment/00000185-7d62-d9ca-adb5-ffe3b2160000 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  14. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-11-02/ty-article/.premium/idf-drops-chinese-cars-switches-to-japans-mitsubishi-fleet/0000019a-45ac-d21b-a7db-edfe90400000 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  15. https://www.stellantis.com/content/dam/stellantis-corporate/group/governance/leadership/bio/eng/Daniel-Ramot-EN.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  16. https://www.bdsmovement.net/sites/default/files/2024-12/Guide%20to%20BDS%20Boycott%20&%20Pressure%20Corporate%20Priority%20Targeting-30%20Nov%202024-Submitted%20by%20BDS%20movement.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  17. https://www.timesofisrael.com/stellantis-maker-of-dodge-and-maserati-scouting-israeli-startups-for-tech-edge/ ↩

  18. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/2016-07-13/ty-article/psa-group-tests-israeli-startups-range-extender-in-quest-for-electric-car/0000017f-db9c-d3a5-af7f-fbbea60d0000 ↩ ↩2

  19. https://www.powerfleet.com/news/powerfleet-awarded-contract-for-israel-police-fleet-management-solution/ ↩ ↩2

  20. https://www.lubinski.co.il/our-brands/ ↩ ↩2

  21. https://english.mod.gov.il/About/Defense_Exports/Pages/SIBAT_International_Defense_Cooperation.aspx ↩ ↩2

  22. https://www.armyrecognition.com/archives/archives-land-defense/land-defense-2024/spanish-army-confirms-acquisition-of-4-500-peugeot-landtrek-for-non-combat-missions ↩

  23. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peugeot_J7_Police_automobiles_displayed_at_the_Israeli_Police_Heritage_Center.jpg ↩

  24. https://www.whoprofits.org/companies/company/4219?colmobil-corporation= ↩ ↩2

  25. https://www.pointer-telocation.com/ ↩ ↩2

  26. https://www.media.stellantis.com/em-en/corporate-communications/press/stellantis-and-amazon-aws-collaborate-to-deliver-connected-vehicle-technologies ↩ ↩2

  27. https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-israel-palestinians-gaza-surveillance-8200-e2bcaac3813af7b41c24c2d893650c04 ↩ ↩2

  28. https://stockdividendscreener.com/auto-manufacturers/stellantis-sales-and-market-share-in-the-middle-east-and-africa/ ↩ ↩2

  29. https://www.stellantis.com/content/dam/stellantis-corporate/group/governance/corporate-regulations/Stellantis-Human-Rights-Policy.pdf ↩

  30. https://www.oecdwatch.org/complaint/italian-csos-vs-stellantis-nv-and-fca-italy/ ↩