- Peugeot e-3008 comes with a 98 kWh battery pack
- Priced at 55,000 euros or round $59,000 USD, it is the most affordable EV on the planet to sport such a big battery
Regardless of the various new merchandise on the Paris Motor Present, one electrical automotive could not have triggered a lot of a stir however, on nearer inspection, has particular significance. We’re referring to the Peugeot e-3008 with its new 98 kWh battery.
An SUV that guarantees 435 miles of WLTP vary (and already that is an thrilling determine) and, above all, a automotive that, by way of battery dimension, competes in a very totally different section and at a very totally different worth.
In essence, the Peugeot e-3008 with the brand new 98 kWh battery is the least expensive automotive with a battery of this dimension on the planet. Let’s begin firstly.
Battery Pack Is Additionally Supplied On Electrical Stelvio And Giulia
Stellantis has its personal battery firm, ACC, a three way partnership created with TotalEnergies and Mercedes. All three corporations maintain 33 p.c of the shares, taking part in on a degree taking part in subject. However again to Stellantis. ACC was not but prepared for high-volume manufacturing when it unveiled its first electrics based mostly on the STLA Medium platform. So, the group initially turned to BYD, which offered accumulators with equal traits.
Stellantis’ STLA Medium platform.
Now, issues have modified. The ACC battery, which guarantees as much as 435 miles of vary, debuted on the Paris Motor Present. It would initially debut within the e-3008 and the e-408. Quickly, it should even be adopted by the Opel Grandland and, sooner or later, by fashions akin to the brand new Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio, which, nevertheless, can be born on the STLA Giant platform.
The Battery Is Made In France
The battery in query is produced at ACC’s French Gigafactory, which relies in Douvrin. That is the one Gigafactory at present in operation, because the German one in Kaiserslautern remains to be beneath development and the Italian one in Termoli is at present on standby.
The ACC battery, which guarantees 435 miles of vary, has a web capability of 98 kWh. It has standard lithium-manganese-cobalt chemistry and is a part of a 400-volt electrical structure that permits charging at 2.4 kWh per minute. Which means that it should take about 27 minutes to go from 20% to 80%. It’s also anticipated to eat as a lot as 14 kWh per 100 km (62 miles), relying on the mannequin on which it is going to be mounted.
Vehicles With A Comparable-Sized Battery
Allow us to now return to the Peugeot e-3008. The French crossover, exactly by making the most of the higher economies of scale granted by a bunch like Stellantis, is priced at round 55,000 euros ($59,550). Opponents with which it could actually examine itself to in regard to battery dimension and vary have utterly totally different worth factors, most of that are just below 100,000 euros ($108,000). Right here is the checklist.
- VinFast VF 9 Prolonged Vary: 123.0 kWh
- Mercedes EQS 450+: 118.0 kWh
- Mercedes G 580: 116.0 kWh
- Hongqi E-HS9: 112.0 kWh
- Lucid Air Grand Touring: 112.0 kWh
- Lotus Eletre: 109.0 kWh
- Polestar 3 Lengthy Vary Efficiency; 107.0 kWh
- Volvo EX90: 107.0 kWh
- Audi Q8 e-tron: 55 quattro 106.0 kWh
- BMW iX xDrive50: 105.2 kWh
- Cadillac Lyriq 600 E4: 102.0 kWh
- Rolls-Royce Spectre: 102.0 kWh
- BMW i7 M70 xDrive: 101.7 kWh
- Volvo EX90: 101.0 kWh
- Lotus Emeya: 98.9 kWh
- Porsche Taycan 4S: 97.0 kWh
- Audi e-tron GT: 97.0 kWh
- Kia EV9: 99.8 kWh AWD 96.0 kWh
- Porsche Macan EV: 95.0 kWh
- Maserati Grecale Folgore: 95.0 kWh
- Tesla Mannequin S/X: 95.0 kWh
- Audi SQ6 e-tron: 94.9 kWh
- Polestar 4: 94.0 kWh
- Zeekr 001: 94.0 kWh
- Xpeng G9: 93.1 kWh
- Ford Mustang Mach-E: 91.0 kWh
