Peugeot 3008, 5008 getting new hybrid powertrain

Peugeot will full the electrification of its lineup in 2023 by introducing a hybrid 5008.

The electrified three-row crossover will debut a brand new 48V mild-hybrid powertrain that will even be used within the associated 3008.

It’ll mate a new-generation 101kW PureTech petrol engine with a brand new electrified dual-clutch automated transmission and a 48V mild-hybrid system.

Peugeot says it will improve torque at low revs and lower gas consumption by 15 per cent.

Unusually for a mild-hybrid, Peugeot additionally says the powertrain will allow “zero-emission driving for as much as 1km at low speeds and for brief distances within the metropolis”.

We’ve contacted Peugeot Australia to verify if the brand new powertrain might be provided right here.

The corporate didn’t element the displacement of the PureTech engine, although it says it will likely be the primary model inside the Stellantis empire to make use of this powertrain.

Peugeot confirmed the brand new powertrain in a launch that included a picture of the present 5008, indicating it will likely be launched within the twilight years of the present mannequin.

A next-generation 3008 has already been spied testing forward of an anticipated debut in 2023, which factors to a brand new 5008 being across the nook.

At present, the 3008 is offered with a plug-in hybrid powertrain however the 5008 isn’t – doubtless as a result of impression on third-row area a big battery would have.

Peugeot has confirmed that, from the primary half of 2023, every mannequin in its vary might be accessible with a number of electrified powertrains.

The headline acts are new electrical variations of the 308 hatch and wagon, which can be a part of petrol and plug-in hybrid variants, whereas the E-208 will even obtain some enhancements.

The sunshine electrical hatch will get the brand new 115kW electrical motor of the upcoming E-308, with vary improved by 38km to a claimed whole of 400km underneath the stricter WLTP cycle.

Peugeot can be introducing an electrical model of the not too long ago revealed 408.

The model at present affords plug-in hybrid variations of the 3008 and 508, in addition to electrical variations of the 2008 crossover, Associate/Rifter small vans, Professional/Traveler medium vans and Boxer giant van.

Peugeot Australia launched its first plug-in hybrids early in 2022 with the front-wheel drive 508 GT Fastback Plug-in Hybrid and all-wheel drive 3008 GT Sport Plug-in Hybrid, but it surely has but to introduce any electrical automobiles.

“Because of the unprecedented setting the worldwide automotive trade is at present going through, there was an unavoidable delay, till 2023, within the native arrival of Peugeot Australia’s first battery electrical automobiles,” a spokesperson for Peugeot Citroen Australia informed CarExpert.

“Our dedication to introduce electrical car choices to the Australian market stays unaltered, with plans being finalised throughout electrical passenger, SUV and LCV product choices.”

Along with hybrid and battery-electric fashions, Peugeot additionally affords a hydrogen fuel-cell model of its Professional van in Europe with 100kW of energy, 260Nm of torque, and 400km of vary.

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