The 5008 and smaller 3008 crossover shall be constructed on new Stellantis STLA Medium platform and supply each EV and hybrid energy choices
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by Chris Chilton
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Peugeot is launching a minimum of 5 EVs within the subsequent two years because it pushes in the direction of 2030, by which level it says one hundred pc of its new vehicles in Europe shall be absolutely electrical. And a type of 5 is the e-5008 electrical SUV. However the realities of a automotive market that also buys extra combustion vehicles than EVs means the 5008 will even be obtainable with ICE energy, and that’s what our spy photographers have snapped right here.
That is our first have a look at the largest of Peugeot’s upcoming vehicles, and regardless of the psychedelic wrap’s finest efforts to confuse our eyes, it’s clear that the brand new 5008 is a boxier SUV than the one it replaces, that includes a flatter roofline, straighter waistline and slimmer headlights. Although the most recent company badge on the nostril is properly hidden, the grille sample and design of the alloy wheels betray its Peugeot DNA.
The 5008 and its 3008 little brother will use the brand new STLA Medium platform that’s scheduled to enter a variety of Stellantis fashions between now and the top of the last decade. However whereas the STLA Medium platform has been designed primarily with EVs in thoughts, and people would be the fashions Peugeot will shout loudest about, not each 5008 shall be battery-powered, as the hardly seen exhaust tailpipe and silencer on this prototype proves.
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Peugeot’s purpose of one hundred pc electrical gross sales by 2030 solely applies to Europe and the corporate concedes it must supply various (learn: hybrid) powertrains for different markets that aren’t fairly thus far down the street to electrification. This take a look at automotive may very well be working a mild-hybrid diesel engine, or it may very well be packing the punchier of two hybrid engines Peugeot launched in late 2022, and which started discovering their approach into the agency’s vehicles this yr.
Each depend on a single electrical motor to spice up their 1.2-liter turbo engines to the tune of 28 hp (21kW / 28PS) and 55 Nm (41 lb-ft), however one powertrain has a complete system output of 99 hp (100 PS), whereas the opposite makes 134 hp (136 PS). Solely the stouter model is man sufficient to deal with the present 5008’s girth, although since even that combo is hardly herculean, there shall be extra highly effective choices obtainable for the next-generation SUV, together with a plug-in hybrid.
The corporate didn’t speak a lot concerning the 5008 on the current E-Lion Day presentation dedicated to Peugeot’s electrical future, but it surely did give some particulars concerning the e-3008, together with that it’ll include a alternative of three totally different powertrains and as much as 434 miles (700 km) of electrical vary. And since we all know that the 2 vehicles are intently associated, we will presume that a lot of what applies to the smaller automotive will even apply to the large one, so anticipate not less than a 400+ mile (644 km) vary from an e-5008.
The five-seat, extra crossover-style e-3008 arrives first, sooner or later within the second half of 2023, with the three-row, seven-seat e-5008 coming “shortly after,” which most likely means halfway via 2024. And naturally, the 5008 is a no-go for North America, Peugeot – or extra possible Stellantis chiefs – having determined in 2021 to scrap the model’s deliberate return to the U.S.
