Testing the Peugeot E-5008

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The Peugeot E-5008. The dual-motor, all-electric version of this large, family SUV packs some serious power, plenty of comfort and decent range. But is it worth the hefty asking price? REV puts it to the test.

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00:00This is the Peugeot E5008, a purely electric family SUV with up to seven seats.

00:06And what else it's got to offer? We'll find out right now. Welcome to REF!

00:19The 5008 is not a new car, it has been on the market for a little while

00:24and it is available either as we have it right here as an e-version but also as a hybrid version.

00:38The e-car in its base version was not exactly really sporty, it had some 157 kilowatts, 230 horsepower

00:47which was okay for a car of that size but it wouldn't really give you a nice sporty feeling.

01:03And now Peugeot added a new version, the dual motor which has an additional

01:08motor at the rear, 325 horsepower, 239 kilowatts and with that it will make the dash from zero to

01:16100 kilometers an hour in around six seconds, which is way faster than the other versions.

01:27The e5008 can be had with two different battery sizes, either 73 or 97 kilowatt hours.

01:35Unfortunately, the big battery can only be ordered with the long range version that has the 230 horsepower

01:49electric engine at the front but then you will have around 668 kilometers of purely electric range which

01:56is really good. For our all-wheel driven version you only get the 73 kilowatt hour battery pack and then

02:03you will have a range of around 467 kilometers.

02:13You know how they say French cars are typically very comfortable but on the other hand they therefore

02:21lack sportiness. First things first, the 5008 is a really comfortable car. A family SUV that will

02:29take you anywhere at least within the maximum range on a very comfortable basis but then this version we

02:37have right here with the dual motors and the 325 horsepower is sporty as well. Of course you will

02:45not want to drive into curves too fast, it's still an SUV, but the acceleration definitely is a blast.

02:52As with many other electric vehicles, charging from 20 to 80 percent using a fast charger takes around 30 minutes.

03:04The interior of the e5008 is really appealing, at least to me. Everything looks quite futuristic,

03:12you have like these shortcuts that you can adjust, those are touch screen operated by the way, and then you

03:19have that huge central display that will give you the information of speed limit, the speed you're driving

03:27and so on on the left side and everything else on the right side. Apart from that, typical Peugeot, the small

03:37steering wheel. I remember when I first saw that in, I think it was a 308, I wasn't really a fan of it. I

03:46thought, why is the steering wheel so small? But by the time, it somewhat grew on me and I really like it by now.

03:53This is a very different sensation while you're driving and I have to say, I'm a friend of that.

04:05What is not that good to me is that part right here, it somewhat makes you feel cramped in the interior.

04:14I don't know if it really was necessary, don't get me wrong, it looks good, but it also takes up some place.

04:21Maybe the buttons could have been put somewhere down here, but then on the other hand,

04:26at the end of the day, this is personal preference.

04:32You have that nice illumination in the background which also shines down from below the infotainment

04:38screen and that makes it look like it's floating, so it's really good looking.

04:48The space in the back is ample as you would expect it from a car that is almost 4 meter 80 in length.

04:53You have a lot of leg room left, the seat in the front is set to my height and you have a lot of head

04:58room left despite the fact that the car has a panoramic glass roof.

05:07The seats are also very comfortable. You have adjustments for the climate back here and of

05:12course also USB sockets down there and some nice little nets to hold whatever you might want to

05:19put in there. By the way, the seat position can also be adjusted, so you can in theory put them

05:26up to the front to make more space for the people in the third row. Let's put it to a comfortable

05:34position. I think like that would be still okay and let's check out the third row.

05:44As expected, even though I put the seat quite a bit to the front, there is basically no leg room back

05:52here. These seats are made for either rather short people or for children, but for those it's absolutely

06:03okay. They are even quite comfortable, so basically you can say this car is not suited for a big group

06:10of friends but for a family. With the rear seats up, you have around 260 liters of cargo space. If you fold

06:21them down, you're left with around 750 liters and folding all rear seats down, you have more than 1800 liters,

06:28so a lot of space to transport anything you like.

06:39The 5008 is based on the STLA medium platform from Stellantis and it basically is a bigger scaled

06:51version of the E3008, which you can also see if you look at the interior and the front. It's

06:58basically the same car, but it is bigger to the rear and that's why it offers up to three rows of seats

07:06and more than 16 centimeters in additional wheelbase, which you definitely feel if you have a seat in the

07:12second row. The dual motor version of the E5008 has four different drive modes, Eco, Normal, Sport and

07:26four-wheel drive. And depending on which one you choose, you will have different levels of power coming

07:32to the wheels. For example, in Eco mode, the car will only deliver 157 kilowatts, 230 horsepower,

07:40in Normal mode, it's 230 kilowatts, and in Sport and all-wheel drive mode, you will have the full 239 kilowatts.

07:53What also changes are the wheels being driven depending on the mode. In Normal mode, depending on your

07:59driving style, the car will choose whether or not to add the rear motor. All of that happens

08:05automatically. As a driver, you do not have any saying in that.

08:15Sport and all-wheel drive are basically the same modes. The only difference is in all-wheel drive,

08:21you will have 50-50 power distribution between front and rear, and in Sport mode, you have 60-40 in

08:28favor of the front wheels. What I really like about the 5008 is the recuperation. You can adjust it

08:40with the shifters back here behind the steering wheel. Three different levels are available,

08:50and in the strongest one, you can move the car in one-pedal drive, because once you take your foot

08:57off the accelerator, the car will decelerate, or you would even have to say brake quite a lot,

09:03which is, of course, very useful in city driving and stop-and-go traffic.

09:14Peugeot offers up to eight years, 160,000 kilometers of warranty on the new E5008, which is really good,

09:25and that also includes the battery. So, if you plan to buy such a car, you won't have to worry about

09:31anything. Everything is taken care of by Peugeot.

09:39As it seems to become standard nowadays, the E5008 is equipped with chat GPT, so you can talk to your

09:47car like you would to a friend that knows a lot of things. From time to time, the answer might not be

09:54100% correct, but that is true for both the AI and sometimes also that one friend.

10:02The entry-level price for an E5008 is around 55,000 euros in Germany. The dual-motor version,

10:14however, is, of course, a little more pricey. The launch edition can be had at a little more than

10:2064,000 euros. By the way, the dual-motor setup can also be had for the smaller E3008, and then the price

10:28starts at just under 60,000 euros. Despite its length, the 5008 has a really small turning circle,

10:41which makes it very maneuverable, especially in the city. I'm not sure whether this is also the case

10:48for the hybrid version, because usually the small turning circles result from the electric engines

10:54needing less space and less mechanical parts at the wheel. Summing up my 5008 experience, I have to say,

11:09I enjoyed driving the car. It is very comfortable, but can also be sporty due to the new all-wheel-driven

11:16version. Of course, it has its price, but it also has a lot of standard equipment. So, if you're looking

11:22for a family-friendly SUV that takes you from A to B quite comfortably, with a decent range and a very

11:29good look, then this might be worth considering. The sporty design, space and a variety of drivetrain

11:37options make the Peugeot E5008 a very good road trip companion. Things that aren't optimal,

11:43though, include the cramped driver's seat, the lack of physical buttons for the aircon and a somewhat

11:48inflated price tag.

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