Peugeot targets Chinese EVs with $25,000 discount on electric SUV

The MG ZS EV is present 1 of 2 cars to clasp the rubric of Australia’s cheapest electrical SUV, acknowledgment to a hefty limited-time drive-away connection from Peugeot.

The high-spec electrical Peugeot E-2008 GT is present advertised for $39,990 drive-away, with the connection applying to caller and demo MY23 models purchased and delivered earlier June 30.

In Victoria, the E-2008 GT is usually priced from $65,455 drive-away, meaning a discount of implicit $25,000 depending connected your location. Peugeot’s connection matches the emblematic drive-away terms of the basal MG ZS Excite astatine $39,990.

Under the bonnet of the Peugeot E-2008 you get a single, front-mounted electrical centrifugal producing 100kW of powerfulness and 260Nm of torque.

That’s fed by a 50kWh lithium-ion artillery pack, with the E-2008 posting a claimed scope of up to 328km connected the European WLTP investigating cycle.

By comparison, the ZS EV boasts a 130kW centrifugal with 280Nm of torque, and quotes a driving scope of 320km connected the WLTP cycle.

Peugeot backs the E-2008 with a five-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty, on with an eight-year, 160,000km artillery warranty.

The connection excludes fleet, authorities and rental buyers, portion metallic and premium overgarment options are not included and are astatine an further cost.

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