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Peugeot opens up the seven-seat electric car market with a 311-mile, sensibly sized new SUV
Seven-seat electric cars have been in short supply for some time. Other than a handful of fairly short-range, van-based options, the Mercedes-Benz EQB had the market to itself for a few years, with the bigger Kia EV9 only arriving last year. And now the new Peugeot e-5008 has joined the fray.Based on Peugeot parent company Stellantis’s new STLA Medium platform, the third-generation 5008 comes as a 1.2-litre petrol hybrid, a 1.6 petrol plug-in hybrid (with an electric-only range of 48 miles) or a full EV, which we’re focusing on here.Called the e-5008, it has a nickel-manganese-cobalt battery of either 73kWh or 96kWh in capacity.If range is your priority, then the big-battery version will arrive in early 2025 with a WLTP range of up to 410 miles. Deliveries of a dual-motor 73kWh model will start at a similar time, with 311 miles of official range, despite having four-wheel drive and 318bhp.The single-motor 73kWh model will likely be the biggest seller. It’s turning up this summer and manages the same 311 miles of range (although all of the WLTP figures are yet to be finalised).Charging speeds max out at 160kW, which is claimed to be good enough for 62 miles of range in 10 minutes or 20-80% in 30 minutes. Not bad, but also nothing that’s going to worry Tesla, Kia or Hyundai.