- 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 numerous new merchandise on the Paris Motor Present, one electrical automobile might not have induced 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 automobile that, by way of battery measurement, competes in a very totally different section and at a very totally different value.
In essence, the Peugeot e-3008 with the brand new 98 kWh battery is the most cost-effective automobile with a battery of this measurement on the planet. Let’s begin at the start.
Battery Pack Is Additionally Provided 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, enjoying on a stage enjoying discipline. However again to Stellantis. ACC was not but prepared for high-volume manufacturing when it unveiled its first electrics primarily based 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 can 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 comparable to the brand new Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio, which, nevertheless, shall 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 the moment in operation, because the German one in Kaiserslautern remains to be below development and the Italian one in Termoli is at the moment on standby.
The ACC battery, which guarantees 435 miles of vary, has a internet capability of 98 kWh. It has standard lithium-manganese-cobalt chemistry and is a part of a 400-volt electrical structure that enables charging at 2.4 kWh per minute. Which means that it should take about 27 minutes to go from 20% to 80%. It is usually 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 benefiting from the higher economies of scale granted by a gaggle like Stellantis, is priced at round 55,000 euros ($59,550). Opponents with which it might probably examine itself to in regard to battery measurement and vary have fully totally different value factors, most of that are slightly 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