The new Peugeot e-3008 has started its development. The Leon brand has started the gestation of the second 100% electric SUV that will arrive in 2023. The French brand hides the new model hidden under this curious Citroën C5 Aircross mule, with important clues.
Peugeot has already confirmed that the new generation of the 3008, scheduled for the second half of 2023, will arrive with an electrified version at the highest level. The Lion brand continues with its launch offensive electric carsand the most important SUV in the range, which has become a real success in this second generation, will also have its 100% electric variant.
That’s how it will be new peugeot e-3008, and whose development has already begun. you are interesting spy photos show an early test mule. But nothing could be further from the truth, because the bodywork of the Citroën C5 Aircross is just a facade, camouflage, the signs it presents being much more important: a little extra height of the bodywork to the ground, as well as in the wheelbase – Well, the rear door does not quite fit – and the rear overhang has also been retouched.
Spy photos mule Peugeot e-3008 2023
But the most striking thing is that the battery case edgeslocated between the axles, a detail typical of electric cars, but not hybrids or plug-in ones. Even the rear view reveals that no mechanical organs under the bumper past the suspension arms. The analysis of these indications, together with the information provided by our internal sources, point directly to the first trials of the e-VMP platform which will premiere the new Peugeot e-3008.
An architecture that will offer a completely flat interior floor, with capacity for five seats and a trunk volume that, without interference, will offer a load volume very similar to that of the future 3008 combustion engine. Known internally as “P64», the future e-3008 will be one of the great novelties of the French brand from the second half of next year, putting for sale at the end of 2023 and with deliveries expected in the first months of 2024.
The Leon brand will offer versions with one and two electric motors, with front and four wheel driveand with different versions that will move in a range of maximum powers of between 170 and 245 hp, thanks to new very compact drive units manufactured by Nidec. The range will feature new generation batteries, with capacities between 87 and 104 kWhwhich will make this electric SUV one of the most competitive in its category, with maximum autonomy that will move between 400 and 700 kilometers. The brand will also equip a 400 V charging system offering very short recharging times.