LIKE if range is important to you & SHARE if you think car makers should make EVs from the ground up The Peugeot e2008 certainly looks the part, but how does it compare to the other compact SUV electric cars on the market? It's beautifully made and easy to drive, but for a car with a usable battery of 45kWh you might expect a better real world range than this offers. The inside is comfortable and it has a decent boot but it lacks a reversing camera and has some quirky internal lights that look flashy, but are a bit distracting. The e2008 is a decent effort, but in an increasingly crowded market for compact SUVs, does it do enough? You tell us! Fully Charged is 100% independent thanks to KZfaq Memberships and Patreons. Without you this channel wouldn’t be possible! If you’d like to help support the Fully Charged channel and its mission: Become a Patreon: www.patreon.com/fullychargedshow Become a KZfaq member: use JOIN button above Subscribe to Fully Charged & the Fully Charged PLUS channels Buy the Fully Charged Guide to Electric Vehicles & Clean Energy : buff.ly/2GybGt0 Browse the Fully Charged store: shop.fullycharged.show/ Visit our LIVE exhibitions in the UK, USA & Europe: FullyCharged.Show/events Subscribe for episode alerts and the Fully Charged newsletter: fullycharged.show/zap-sign-up/ Visit: FullyCharged.Show Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/fullychargedshw Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/fullychargedshow *Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:50 Another compact SUV? 2:50 A good looking car 3:44 Don't dither, get the electric 5:39 Comfortable inside 5:56 Distracting lights 6:49 Inaccurate range stats 7:34 Peculiar software quirks 8:40 Where is the trip meter? 9:18 Speed stats 10:34 Nice big boot 11:17 No reversing camera! 11:52 GT features come at a price 13:13 Flashy but lacking range 13:48 Charging demo 15:52 Not blown away 16:14 Lean factor 17:40 Fossil fuel hangover 18:20 Don't love it, don't hate it 18:38 Subscribe, support, join

I own this car. The inside led can be dimmed or turned off if it bothers you. Mine don't bother me. Over 800 miles, I have an average 4.0 miles per kWh. I have heater on auto and get over 160 to 180 miles at this time of year. I'm a careful driver and expect much more miles in summer like I used to with my older leaf I had. I also have a reverse camera

Having driven one of these, I can say it's one of the quietest cars I've ever been in. Very refined. That familiarity to traditional cars works for a lot of people who don't want a wacky, novel experience from their car. They don't offer base spec trims because a) they don't sell well for any car - most people buy mid or top level trims anyway. b) how do you justify the cost of a base spec EV which is many thousands more expensive than the equivalent combustion car? You don't. You offer what people expect at that price point.

Trip meter on all modern Peugeot cars is displayed on the instrument panel when you press the button on the end of the wiper stalk.

4:40 Bless the heart of whoever keeps multiplying the Wh/mi by 1.6 to get Wh/km instead of dividing :)

Robert’s ev review formula notes: 1: Tell them the colour. 2: Tell them that it’s nice to drive. 3: Tell them that the declared range is a bit of a fudge. 4: Tell them random things as they occur to me. 5: Share hope for a bare bones affordable electric car for the future. I LOVE ROBERT’S REVIEWS, AND I WILL WATCH THEM ALL.

4:37 Why, oh why, oh WHY do you guys keep getting the conversions wrong! 290 Wh/mi should be 180 Wh/km (Pretty decent efficiency). Or alternatively, you have the units switched and it's really 290Wh/km and 466 Wh/mi (Pretty awful efficiency).

I love how Robert is casually leaning against the moving car on the tile 🤣

No one mention the 6 to 8 kWh of energy it takes to refine a gallon of petrol, I can’t be more precise, as obviously the oil companies don’t really want us to think about it 😂. So basically if you have a Hyundai EV, you’d be about 40 miles down the road with just the energy needed to refine the petrol.

That is the best honest review of this car I’ve seen. Thank you.

Love your honesty. Keep up the good work.

Yet another "Spot-on" review. Thank you.

I appreciate you drive loads of cars so can't know all the options, this is for your viewers from an owner who has done 3500 miles so far ( much better than my last car Golf GTE). The dashboard lights are dimmable and the colours can be changed easily. There are two trip meters on the end of the right stalk giving range, speed and miles/Kwh. There are 3 power levels default/normal with the option of approx +/-10%, Although I would like another 50 miles of range I always get about 150 miles unless I drive it hard. The range is really quite accurate to your driving style so as you say yours is a journalists car. I hope this helps.

I'm so glad you are doing the comparison between petrol/electric in terms of mpg's....... It's generally too difficult to asses the scale of economy without this data.... Bravo Fully Charged...

Robert, sorry to be the one to break it to you, but your maths is failing you: ~290wH per mile = ~3.45mpkWh... I believe that miles per kWH is the best comparison, as it's most directly comparable to mpg; and the kWH size of your battery (your "fuel tank") lets you know the probable range. And low and behold, when you multiple 3.45 * 45 you get 155.25 miles; just what the EVDB says. Other than that, another good review.

This was an excellent review, it’s one of the first reviews that was honest and to the point.

I just had one of these as a loaner while my diesel car was in for a service. I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed driving it, so much so that I just drove aimlessly around for a while just to experience it some more:-) I liked the smooth linear power delivery and of course, how quiet it was. Some have mentioned intrusive road noise but I didn't find it intrusive at all. It rode quietly and smoothly, and I drove over some very rough roads. Space inside was ok too. I'm 6" and I found the space in the back seat behind me was more than adequate. I did find visibility a little restrictive though. The rear view mirror, because of the sharply raked windscreen, was half way down the windscreen and blocked a lot of the view to the left. Also, I found judging the near side a bit tricky due to the high bonnet line so squeezing through narrow gaps in traffic was a little tricky at first, but I quickly go used to it. I also liked all the high tech in the car such as sat nav, apple and google play, reverse camera, inductive charging for smart phones etc. You couldn't ask for anything more. As for range I got it fully charged and in eco mode it had a range of 192 miles. This went down to about 170 miles in normal and 150 I think it was in sport mode. I found eco mode a bit sluggish and the accelerator required a fair push to get moving along nicely. Also, heating/air con was restricted in this mode too. Normal and sport were more like an ice car and it was these modes I used most. When I took it back eco mode was showing a range left as 100 miles. I hadn't done 92 miles, only about 50, but I had used normal and sport modes a lot and had the heating on so that must have been where the extra charge was used. To sum up I was quite impressed with this 'looks bigger than what it is' little car and seriously considered considered getting one, until I discovered the price! The spec I had was a new Allure Premium+GT with just 300 miles on the clock. It retailed at a fraction below £40,000! That's a hefty price to pay for an electric motor and some lithium batteries I thought. I'm still considering though, mainly to use locally, which is most of my driving anyway, and also because the tech intrigues me🙂 This all electric car is not something to use if you're doing lots of motorway miles but they are a great city car and 95% or more of us do drive mostly locally. As we all know they have no exhaust so don't pollute locally or wherever you're driving. They simply move the pollution elsewhere, ie, the power station where the pollution can be dealt with in one place with various filters etc. Which is a big plus I think:-)

Love the mountains at 2:20....strange that never seen them around Evesham before

I like your new video editing style, who ever is doing it, keep up the good work

I got my E2008 nearly a month ago. Loving it so far.

One nice feature of this car is the really quiet cabin. It is quieter than the Taycan, remarkable for it's price range

Started watching your content a few days ago. All cars so far that are not available in Canada but I'm still fascinated by what the rest of the world is doing! Would love to see some Chinese electric cars pop up on your channel as well! Takes me out of my north american bubble :)

Dad got a Peugeot 4008 hybrid a while back and it’s quite lovely for what it is. I love the smaller steering wheel. Very elegant and easy to use, when I get back into the Skoda the normal steering wheel looks absolutely gigantic. I look forwards to the next generation of these cars, a proper EV from Peugeot would be very interesting.

Thanks for honest review. Better to know upfront. Range and charging speed is king.

Totally agree with the MPG bit. We should always covert to MPG to show the efficiency of EV's. Also and importantly, when comparing the CO2 emissions we should ALWAYS include electricity used for refining petrol. If people include the generation of electricity when looking at EV's CO2 emissions then the same should be done for petrol and diesel.

I like the scrap heap challenge music!

I have been waiting for this review for a while. Remember the e208 from Fully Charged live 2019. Loved the design. The seat comfort was on the firm side. This year my parents were looking for there next car. They wanted a petrol powered jeep compass! I took them to Peugeot as it was the only electric SUV available on the Motability scheme (other than the MG). Made sure they tried the petrol first, then the electric. As soon as we got back to the dealership from the test drive they were sold on the e2008. The seats are much more comfortable than the e208, with enough room in the rear for tall adults and enough space for a wheelchair. They are also offering a free polar membership for a while, with a home charger as far as I know. When my parents went to make the factory order at the dealership, Motability took the car off the list that day! They didn't give us a real reason why, just usual grumble nonsense. 3 weeks later they put the car back on the list and my parents have ordered there first EV. They ordered the e2008 in GT spec. Handover is expected early next year. exciting times. Hope to make it to the next fully charged live whenever it happens.

You can even have the trip meter as a dash display as the predominate reading. Also can be seen when pressing right hand stalk end

Robert tells it like it is! A road test that's actually useful instead of just an ego trip. Fab.

Google "Peugeot trip meter". First result, even has a picture.

I picked mine up end of September, new GT, from Peugeot Edgware. When I got into it in the collection room, it showed 200miles range. I now charge it at home on my wall charger and fully charged it usually reports +-135miles. It obviously has to do with the outside temperature, which in St Albans lately is very cold and that does impact the onboard estimated range. I was told that in ideal conditions (mild weather) that figure will increase.

You can select a reversing camera as an option when you buy the car.

The ambient lighting level should be adjustable in vehicle settings.

Our GT Line e2008 came with a reversing camera as standard....

Finally... been waiting for this for months. Too late tho already picked one up

I have always had a liking for Peugeot, that looks cool. No reversing camera because you can actually see out of the rear window.

I own one of these and have been in contact with the makers about range indications. As a very careful driver I get 4.6 miles per kilo potato but, from less than 90 miles showing a couple of nights ago, a full charge lifted that to 124 miles though indicating 100% on another page. I thinks there's a software glitch. I love you btw.

16:03 Reminded me of Scrapheap Challenge intro music

I'm going to the ebike expo this weekend in Auckland. If I'm lucky I'll find someone to convince you that it is worth coming to NZ with your next live show.

The range is more like 140-180, it just has a horrendously pessimistic GOM. Some people are reporting that it's better after a software update.

Really like the front seats in the new Peugeot cars.

It is the range estimater that is the problem, not the range itself . It is very conservative and way out. The range is as advertised or more realistically as you can find on the EV database. I get about 220 to 250 km in winter (5-10 degrees and wet) in Norway

You know, I think I come to this channel more often for Robert than the electric cars these days.

I think something is wrong with your car. I have a Peugeot e2008 GT and when I charge it to full it gives me 312 km.

Love that colour, wish my Polestar was available in a similar paint. Also wish my Polestar had an opening sunroof like this one. I think the car will appeal to plenty of folk, perfect as a second car for doing the school run.

The trip computer is pretty easy to find if you check the handbook; just press the button on the right stalk

I have this car and regularly did around 200 miles during the summer around the city. We did a long trip to Somerset from London and averaged around 60mph and got 155 miles of range. In winter so far we're getting around 185 range. It's our first ev and we really like it. It's a lease, and now that we've had it we'll be getting something with 200+ If all you do is mostly city driving then you'll easily get above 180 miles of range across the year. Ignore Robert's crappy review car.

About the “transition car” stuff: I have to disagree with you. The consumer has to transition to electric as well, so I think it's good that it still feels familiar to them. For example, I am waiting for a an electric saloon car (such as the 508) that doesn't look like a kitchen appliance/spaceship.

I have been waiting so long for you guys to do a review on this car. Thank you very much!! No doubt its a lovely car but you are dead right, its a transition car. I would definitely wait for an updated version in a few years time to see what improvements have been made for distance and the inclusion of a reversing camera ;-)

1:10 - Perfect muttley's laugh 🤣

I love the fangs

Very nice looking car, just hope they do 3008 out as i had one of these years ago and loved it. Do it as electric and i would have one and the i3 would go. Good review and keep up the good work.

I enjoy all the videos. I understand (if I’ve got it right) the 2008 is the vehicle that Peugeot are making the Mokka e from. The Mokka e that you could only look at and pushed boundaries by touching the bonnet 🤔 yet the 2008 is with you for driving 😳 Also the Gt Line diesel had reversing camera that had graphics memory so you reversed over the filmed image meaning what you see at the side of your door was something that was filmed passing the boot lid which might sound a bit French as they say.... 😛

Evesham my home town! Big up the vale!

What is under the hood, where you were resting your hand? It looks big enough to take a weekend case on the outside.

The e-2008 GT line does indeed have a reversing camera as standard, I have one myself.

Just a tip; I believe the conversion from wh/mile to wh/km is not correct. And perhaps you could add a high pass filter on the microphone audio. For those of us listening with a hifi set with a subwoofer. Love your content! Please keep it up! :)

And as always: PLEASE, show the boot with seats down! Thank you!

If my Renault kangoo ze had a 100 kw battery instead of it’s 33kw and held 200+ winter range here in Gloucestershire for back lane drives you open it up by taking the panel out behind the drivers seat I would keep it for more than it’s current 10k instead of wanting to upgrade to a cyber truck as soon as.. love the channel.thanks.

Hey! Great video but you spelt Battery wrong at around the 8:09 minute mark. Same on recent videos too. 😁

I put it to you all, those who say that cars aren't getting more and more cookie cutter, that you probably couldn't look at blacked out silhouettes of several different makes of compact SUV and crossover, and be able to tell which is which quickly and accurately. Also, you're not being picky about that interior light, it's a safety hazard. Glad to hear someone else recognizes that a simple example of AN car, with no frills and just the basic features that you'd expect on a base model 1995 honda civic, with 200 miles of range in the winter, would sell faster than they could fill out the order form.

I love love love the way that car looks , wayyyy better then my Box on wheels Kia Soul EV - but my Cybertruck will be a giant triangle on wheels so my opinion is different than most

Add some night driving would be nice, to see the interior light and more importantly the headlights at work, good or not?

I have a had a e2008 since the beginning of march. I have not reset the trip since i got it and it am averaging 4.3mi/kwh over 400 miles of rural and town driving. Highest temperature has been 9 degrees C. I believe i will get much better results in the summer.

I can't get over how much the style of this vehicle looks like my Nissan Kicks.

Dacia announced an electric car, this car will be cheap (below 20k) and probably won't have as many shiny features, therefore it will just be a pragmatic car to get you from a to b.

It would be nice to have a head to head test and comparison with the MG ZS EV as its similar spec for far less money

I’ve got this on lease for 2 years £280 a month with a £2500 deposit and it’s amazing.

“Waiting for a different designer to make an electric car not like a petrol car”.......the BMW i3 Robert! 8 years old. Designed and engineered for electric. Nothings been built like it since. And it STILL looks more futuristic and fresh than any other. Wheels in each corner, short blunt overhangs. CRF tub ultra lightweight. It’s brilliant! Shame no ones had the gumption, except VW now with the ID3 to do one. (Tesla’s are 3 box design)

"The competition is coming" lol

I agree; I like the color...

Keeping Instavolt Evesham Retail Park in business! I work on the retail park but rarely use it because it's too close to home.

Well although it will never see the light of day in Australia doesn't sound like we are missing out on much either.

How often does the software get updated? Can this be done automatically or does it need to visit the garage?

What’s under the hud ?

Constructive criticism, the MPG equivalence rant is best placed in your studio sessions rather than in a car review. Entirely valid and important topic, possibly misplaced.

I love this car!

Good presentation

I love my e2008. Driven carefully I get 4.2 miles per kWh, aggressively 3.1. My range at 10 celcius is between 189 and 140 miles. Annoying things about the car, the only way to see battery percentage whilst driving is via the phone app, fuse box takes up half the glove compartment on right hand drive versions, door cills too high and voice recognition appalling. I have no regrets, it's super refined, practical and efficient. I've driven many of the e2008's competitors and the Peugeot is my favourite. There is no heated steering wheel, they do a very basic version, rear view camera available, ambient lighting adjustable, trip computer easily accessed.

In regard to range do I have found that it appears to increase as the battery gets up to temperature through use?

You can turn the line of light brightness down and alter the colour

you can tone down the mood lighting. personally I like them bright though :)

For the first time a deslike from me. About the range this was based on the driving style from previous drivers. From other tests and from owners the range is good. I think is not an issue if the car was build for being compatible with a combustion engine as well.

Thx for pointing out, that there have to be more cars with low trimmings.

I so agree with you about range, it’s the one things petrol heads embarrass us EV fans with. You never ask a sales person when buying a gas car, how far will this car travel when I fill it with gas. And how long will it take to fill up ? Elon has most car makers over a barrel.

Turn the mood lighting down in the settings!

Would be interesting to see a final thoughts vid before you kick it back to Peugeot.

Can I ask you to show turning lights in all cars you review? It's really interests me, what manufacturers have came up with.

You can access and reset the trip meter pushing the top button of the right lever ;)

Best looking EV in its segment in my view.

I'm glad you mentioned the bit about the energy conversion into the MPG cause I don't think it's talked about enough. More people would switch to electric cars if they knew how much better it is.

My GT line came with a reversing camera and lane assist as standard. Also when fully charged my range is showing 185 miles although I am probably getting 140 in reality.

Working on those figures I would need three of them to drive from Croydon to Portreath in Cornwall at fifty miles an hour. Other than that it’s a nice car.

I have ordered a GT line my daily commute to and from work is 28 miles and weekend around 40 to 45 miles each day on a very busy weekend. So realistic I’am looking at around 220 miles a week. So a month around 880 miles, if I only get 150 miles out of a full charge which I think is a bit low looking at all the evidence that’s just under 6 full charges a month. My electric supplier after 12.30am till 04.00am charges 0.05p per kWh this means less then £20 a month. I honestly can’t remember when I last went on holiday in this country I live 2 miles from Manchester airport and the last 30 years use this for my travel needs. If I can’t plug a car in 6 times a month on my drive and set it via the app to start charging at 00.30 in the morning there is something seriously wrong with me and I shouldn’t be allowed to drive on public roads. If the average driver takes time and thinks about their average distance spent in their cars each month they will soon realise that the obsession with range is just something everyone else seems obsessed with and the average person could easily live with any electric vehicle.

Peugeot is one brand I’ve always thought is just pure ugly. They’ve defo had a new designer take over! Their cars are looking really good the now.

I agree 200 miles winter at -15C is all that it's needed however, that translate to over 300 miles advertised range.

I'm not sure what Robert is complaining about when he says it looks like an ICE car and not something designed from the ground up as electric. Exactly what is it missing that it should have, or conversely what has it got that it shouldn't - in relation to ICE vs. EV? This is not the first time this complaint has been made and I don't understand it. What are the designers missing that is apparently so important? I can only conclude that the use of regular instruments and gauges in the position accepted by all except Tesla as the best location, i.e. in front of the driver, is what causes Robert to complain. He is a Tesla owner and it appears to make him think any car with information display in the traditional location, i.e. in front of the driver is 'dated'. I know he had a Model S, but now a Model 3 which he loves and I think leads him to mistakenly believes that all EVs should now have an iPod stuck on the middle of the dash and nothing else with which to control the car. In fact the reason why most cars have their info. display in front of the driver is because ergonomically IT'S THE BEST PLACE. I know you can get used to turning your head to see the Tesla iPod, but that is NOT as convenient as simply dropping your eyes. That's why every manufacturer designs their cars that way (except Tesla) as the last 100 years of auto design have concluded that in front of the driver is indeed the best place. Then Tesla come along and have to be different and being more computer oriented than car manufacturer, they mistakenly think one big single touch screen display in the middle of the dash is a cool idea. NO IT'S NOT. It's a stupid place to have everything and touch screens are a nightmare to use while driving, especially on a rough road. I don't hate Tesla at all and admire them greatly, but their choice of information display and control system as it is on everything bar the Model S, is dumb and the main reason I would not buy one. It all reminds me of the company that has probably influenced User Interface design more than any other, at least in this millennium - Apple. In the early days of the Mac they wanted to encourage good software and UI design from their fledgeling developer community and published a book titled 'Human Interface Guidelines', to assist developers and ensure a coherent design for all Mac software. In this book I read the immortal phrase that I have never forgotten:- "Consistency should be valued above idiosyncratic cleverness" In trying to be different and hence inconsistent with all other UI design of in-car information displays, Tesla have displayed an appalling tendency for what I would actually term "idiosyncratic stupidity". Being different is not a good thing when what you have made different is WORSE than what went before. But to return to the original point, I'd be interested to hear what Robert does think makes the Peugeot too much like an ICE car?

Bjorn Nyland provided data at the end of his video. The 2008 did 610 miles on 154kwhs, that’s 3.9 miles per kWh. He chose mid priced chargers, preferring to save money over expediency, but at 35pence per kwh, this translates into a total cost of £53.90 to travel 610 miles. That’s 9p a mile. The range wasn’t actually established as he arrived at chargers with 10% and charged up to different levels to optimise his ‘get away’ and to avoid the delay in charging above 80%. Financial and efficiency stats are secondary to the environmental benefits though

I would love to see companies to come up with simple cheap electric cars... Without any flashy features like autoclose doors, heated seats, autonomous driving... stuff like that.

Nice. But why hold on to the grill? Hey Henry you want me to put a couple of saddles in that model T?