Peugeot E-5008 Review

There’s also a good chance of a five-seat version of the E-5008 in the near future, but that’s still TBC. For now, it’s seven-seat only, with a couple of well-equipped trims and pricing starting from around £48,000. You will also be able to get a hybrid or plug-in hybrid Peugeot 5008 (the latter coming with an electric range of 49 miles) from 2025. 

Rivals include the more compact yet more expensive Mercedes EQB, and the much bigger – and much pricier Kia EV9. So, in many ways, the E-5008 is in a class of its own. 

Range, battery and charging 

There are two battery options in the E-5008; a 73kWh with either single- or dual-motors, with both offering a WLTP range of 311 miles. The 98kWh E-5008 arrives in early 2025 (as does the dual-motor 73kWh model) with a claimed WLTP range of up to 410 miles, making this one of the longest range family SUVs in this price range. Even the 73kWh E-5008 goes usefully further than the Mercedes EQB, or any of the van-based seven-seat electric cars, such as the Citroen e-Berlingo.   

As for real-world range, we found that the E-5008 managed a very respectable 3.6 miles per kWh over our warm, moderately fast test drive in Sweden, which is good for a range of 263 miles. We’d expect that to eke up to 280 miles in slower, about-town driving, or it’ll drop to more like 210- to 240 miles per charge in winter, depending on how you’re driving.

Charging speeds are up to 160kW, which is good for an additional 62 mile top-up in around ten minutes, or a 20-80% charge in 30 minutes. That’s pretty good, and is on a par with the (five-seat only) Skoda Enyaq, if not as fast as the charging you enjoy in the Tesla Model Y and Hyundai Ioniq 5 that you may well consider against an E-5008 if the seven-seat layout is just a useful bonus for your lifestyle, rather than a strict necessity. 

Plug in at a 7kW home wallbox and you’ll have a full charge in between 12- and 15-hours. There’s also 11kW AC charging as standard on the E-5008, which reduces that full charge time by a couple of hours. However, you need three-phase charging to benefit from that, which you often find in kerbside or lamp-post chargers in cities – the average home wallbox charger can normally only manage 7kW. 

Practicality and boot space

The E-5008 gets a 748 litres of boot space when it’s in five-seat mode, with the third row folded flat into the boot floor, and 259 litres of space for luggage if you’ve got all seven seats in use. But it’s not just about sheer space – which is very impressive for a 4.8-metre long, 2.1-metre wide (with mirrors) car. It’s about usefulness, and the E-5008 is great for that! I love that there’s a useful amount of underfloor storage that’s accessible even with seven-seats up, and there are clips in that underfloor area to securely stow the loadbay cover when you don’t want it. So you don’t end up chucking it in the garage or loft, forever more… 

More than that, the boot floor is designed to be flat and smooth even with the seats folded, so that you don’t end up with stray gaps that might swallow a loose tin that’s made a bid for freedom on the way home from the shops. 

The middle row of seats is clever, too, and slides in a 60/40 split, or the seat backs recline and fold in a 40/20/40 split. The outer two middle seats rise and slide forwards in one easy motion for comparably decent access to the third row of seats, too, although it’s probably still best left for kids or more dexterous adults to clamber through the gap and into those fold-down ‘occasional’ seats. 

It's really not bad back there, either. I’m a very average 5ft 7”, and I can sit comfortably in the third row behind another average-sized adult. Your knees feel raised, as the floor is quite high, and there are no air-con vents back there or USB chargers – just a couple of very tiny cupholders, armrests and a 12V charger. While that’s annoying, especially the air-con, these rearmost seats will be brilliant for kids, and are pretty comfortable and accommodating by class standards; usefully roomier than those in the Mercedes EQB, and you need the Kia EV9 to get much more space and comfort in the third row, but then you’ll need £15,000 or so extra for that, too. 

Middle row passengers get their own climate control, a centre armrest and – if you go for the GT trim – built-in roller blinds for the rear windows. There’s tons of legroom, and headroom is very good, although the panoramic roof eats into headroom a bit, and might have anyone over six-foot feeling like their heads are almost grazing the roof.

Basically – it’s really roomy, and you’ll get loads of people in it, and we love it! Hurrah, finally a proper electric seven-seater that doesn’t cost £70k. 

Interior, Design/Styling & Technology 

Predictably, the E-5008 gets the same interior and tech as the E-3008, which means that you get a very smart, quite sculptural dashboard that curves around the driver and front passenger, with a high central tunnel bi-secting them. It makes you feel cocooned, but not claustrophobic. The materials are classy, and it all feels well-built and finished. 

You sit fairly high up in a ‘proper’ SUV driving position, too, with a good view down the road and decent view out to the rear, although the standard reversing camera will help with those perilously tiny multi-storey car parks.

A ‘floating’ 21-inch, curved display is a real standout feature, and houses the central touchscreen infotainment system as well as the digital display behind the small steering wheel. I find it way easier to get a comfortable driving position with this new dash layout, than with the annoying layout of the previous 5008, and I don’t even mind the tiny steering wheel. Even taller drivers can see the speedo properly, too, although while we’re talking about the driving position it’s a shame that lumbar adjustment happens via a clunky, rotary controller. In a car that’s been tweaked and buffed to feel impressively premium, the fact that electric seat adjustment is optional even on top-spec GT seems irritating. 

The infotainment system gets in-built nav, over-the-air software updates, plus wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, so you’ve got all the features you want. It’s not bad to use, either. The shortcut button to the driver assist systems is useful, as it makes it a doddle to turn the lane-keep assist and speed limit warning on- or off. 

Sure, I prefer the Google maps system that you get in the Renault Scenic, but the Peugeot’s touchscreen is pretty easy to use and get along with. 

Motors, Performance & Handling  

Most buyers will go for the 78kWh Peugeot E-5008 with the 211bhp motor, which is the variety of E-5008 that we took for a road trip from Copenhagen across to Sweden and down the Atlantic coastline. It was a great perch to admire the very beautiful Scandinavian summer from, too; easy-going and unflustered. 

It’s not fast, as the 0-62mph of 9.7sec shows, but it feels perfectly confident in a fast motorway merge or quick junction getaway, and that’s all that a big family car like this needs. Plus, you can always go for the 319bhp dual-motor, all-wheel drive E-5008 if you want punchy performance, as that’s likely to manage 0-62mph in usefully under 7.0 seconds, although Peugeot hasn’t confirmed that just yet. 

There’s also a 228bhp, 98kWh Peugeot E-5008 on the way, although performance figures for that are yet to be confirmed, too.  

Ride comfort on the 20-inch alloy wheels of our test car was good, but we’d also like to congratulate Sweden and Denmark on particularly excellent road maintenance that didn’t provide us with anything like the challenge that the UK’s patchwork roads provides. When we could find a speed bump, the E-5008 soaks it up well, with decent damping and well controlled body movement, but scruffy, coarse surfaces do make it feel choppy. Nothing terrible, but I suspect the E-5008’s suspension will feel a bit busy around the typical bumpy British town roads. 

Running Costs & Pricing 

UK pricing hasn’t been confirmed for the Peugeot E-5008, yet, but expect it to cost from around £48,000 for the single motor, 78kWh model in Allure trim, while top-spec GT models will cost around £3,500 more. The E-5008 lineup will no doubt stretch right up to and beyond £55,000, which seems a huge amount for a Peugeot, but this is actually reasonable value for the range, equipment and practicality that you’re getting. 

After all, Allure gets adaptive cruise control with stop-and-go, 19-inch alloy wheels, keyless entry, powered bootlid and more. Top-spec GT adds 20-inch wheels, part-alcantara upholstery, heated front seats, adaptive LED headlights and various style tweaks, but you will still have to pay extra for electric seat adjustment or a panoramic sunroof. 

Not only that, but the eight year, 100,000 mile warranty that Peugeot has introduced on all of its electric cars covers the vehicle and the battery provided you keep the car serviced every couple of years at an official Peugeot dealer. Finance deals are obviously yet to be confirmed, too, but we’d be surprised if monthly PCP finance payments of usefully under £500 aren’t available from launch. 

Verdict

We criticised the Peugeot E-3008 for being expensive next to many of its key rivals, and not quite justifying the sporting character that the French maker claims of it. That smaller car’s shortcomings only serve to highlight the strengths of the E-5008, which makes so much sense; For an extra £2,000-ish over the E-3008, you’re getting a far more practical car that’s just as nice to drive, if not nicer, and that looks decent value next to its (granted, rather limited) direct rivals. It’s easy to write the E-5008 off as being too pricey, but look at what it's offering in context of what else is out there, and it’s clear that this really is a clever and useful car, and certainly one of the most recommendable electric family cars.  

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