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Peugeot e-2008 review | Autocar
Could Peugeot’s new electric compact crossover become an EV sales heavyweight?
www.autocar.co.uk
...The car uses PSA’s modular e-CMP model platform, but furthermore it shares a 134bhp AC permanent-magnet electric motor and 50kWh lithium ion battery with the rest of the group’s related electric vehicles. It has a steel monocoque chassis that confers front-wheel drive, strut-type front suspension and a torsion beam rear axle with a Panhard rod for better lateral wheel control.
However, the e-2008 has a wheelbase 65mm longer than that of the related e-208 supermini. On Peugeot’s specification sheet, it’s recorded as weighing some 250kg more than the lightest combustion-engined 2008, and Millbrook’s scales put its actual kerb weight at almost 100kg heavier still (1638kg). ...
As far as charging the battery is concerned, the e-2008 is at least competitive with its key rivals, permitting DC rapid charging at a rate of up to 100kW, in which time an 80% charge can be achieved in half an hour. The charging port is on the nearside rear quarter, which will suit owners who consider it safer to reverse into parking bays and drive forwards out of them, just as we do. ...
A starting price of less than £30,000 for a genuine four-seat EV (after the £3000 government subsidy) is still pretty compelling in 2020, and particularly so when that car is as easy on the eye and pleasant to travel in as the e-2008. That kind of pricing takes the car out of reach of some of the rivals mentioned overleaf on value for money, and it should be a very viable choice for those for whom the car’s range is sufficient.
For those with more buying power, however, range may be an issue. Our testing suggests you’ll get just shy of 150 miles from a full charge in mixed everyday use, dropping to 135 miles at a consistent motorway cruise but rising to as much as 170 or 180 miles at a steady 50mph and around town. ...
