- DS teases upcoming electrical crossover coupe in an uncommon approach.
- The teaser pictures present a calmly camouflaged prototype sporting its manufacturing physique, lights and wheels.
- It’s going to most likely be referred to as the DS8 and it shares its STLA Medium platform fashions from Peugeot and Opel.
Automakers are at all times searching for new and progressive methods to construct anticipation for one thing they’re about to launch and/or are particularly happy with. We’ve seen all attainable components of a automobile teased and even automobile model revamps introduced like they have been vogue reveals, however now DS is blanking out phrases within the press launch for a brand new mannequin.
Its upcoming posh tall fastback EV could have a claimed WLTP vary of 466 miles (750 km)… and different options that we will solely guess by the size of the phrase.
The factor concerning the press launch is that the blacked-out phrases seem like an afterthought, not a advertising division’s good thought to create hype in a brand new approach—it seems to be like they determined to hide this stuff on the final second. What might DS be hiding in between the automobile’s matrix LED lights, and what might they be framing that it wanted to be redacted?
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Not that the upcoming crossover, which can be referred to as the DS8, isn’t cool. The teaser pictures present a calmly camouflaged prototype sporting its manufacturing physique, sporting aggressive fascias and a really dramatic roofline. Its boomerang-like entrance and rear gentle clusters outline the corners of the automobile in an identical option to how Cadillac does it in its newest fashions.
The upcoming DS8 is the manufacturing model of the DS Aero Sport Lounge idea unveiled again in 2020 when it was touted as turning journey into artwork. Though it’s a high-riding automobile, DS nonetheless touts a 0.24 drag coefficient, which works a way towards explaining the vary benefit it has over different automobiles constructed on the Stellantis STLA Medium platform.
It’s going to probably get the identical 96.9 kWh (usable) battery as different associated fashions, like the Peugeot 3008 EV, whose vary ranking in Europe is 434 miles (700 km), or 32 miles (50 km) much less. Charging from 20 to 80% takes the Peugeot 27 minutes, and 93 miles (150 km) could be added in 10 minutes.
You’ll be able to’t get the electrical Peugeot 3008 with the long-range battery and all-wheel drive. The large-battery mannequin is just obtainable in single-motor configuration with 227 horsepower. The 321 hp dual-motor 3008 has a smaller 73 kWh battery. Which means DS has both discovered a approach of pairing the dual-motor setup with the massive battery or the DS8 will likely be front-wheel drive.
DS introduced a number of years in the past that it was solely going to launch pure-electric automobiles after 2024. Nonetheless, in gentle of latest tendencies proven by the EV market, DS might swap again to combustion on condition that the STLA Medium platform also can take combustion powertrains with all ranges of electrification (gentle hybrid, hybrid and plug-in hybrid), so we will’t rule that out—Peugeot gives the 3008 and 5008 as plug-in hybrids.
The producer says it should reveal extra concerning the upcoming mannequin earlier than the top of the yr. We actually hope to be taught what it’s that the driving force’s seat offers that we weren’t able to see but.
