Peugeot has made some necessary sensible upgrades to the 2023 e-208, giving the big-selling small electrical automobile a horsepower increase and an helpful enchancment in electrical driving vary.
The smallest EV in Peugeot’s lineup doesn’t look any totally different this time round, which is ok with us as a result of the 208 is definitely the best-looking supermini within the phase. However the spec sheet is considerably prettier this time because of the 2023 automobile borrowing {hardware} from its just lately upgraded e-308 brother.
A brand new, punchier, electrical motor is on the coronary heart of the improve, lifting energy from 134 hp (136 PS / 100 kW) to 154 hp (156 PS / 115 kW), though the 191 lb-ft (260 Nm) torque output is unchanged. Peugeot hasn’t but revealed efficiency figures for the 2023 automobile, however provided that the earlier model may scramble to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 8.1 seconds, making it the quickest automobile within the lineup, we count on the brand new one to duck into the sevens.
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Becoming a member of the extra highly effective electrical motor is a brand new, extra environment friendly battery pack that grows fractionally from 50 to 51 kWh (48.1 kWh useable) and helps prolong the e-208’s electrical driving vary to 248 miles (400 km). That represents a 24-mile (38 km) enchancment on final 12 months’s automobile, whose vary had already been prolonged in late 2021 to 225 miles (362 km). When the e-208 first appeared in late 2019 it was solely rated at 211 miles (340 km).
The 2023 carries over the opposite advantages launched for 2022, together with a warmth pump paired with a humidity sensor on the windshield that helps protect cost when utilizing the local weather management, low-rolling resistance tires and a revised transmission ratio. A 7.4 kW charger is normal, a three-phase 11 kW model is non-compulsory and the pretty fast 100 kW charging functionality permits the e-208’s battery to be stuffed from 20-80 p.c in 25 minutes utilizing a public charger.