Four novelties at once: this is what the PSA group is preparing to launch in the second half of 2021. The Citroën ë-Berlingo, Peugeot e-Partner / e-Rifter and Opel Combo-e will indeed come to play in the yard of electric utilities and combispaces, just like their derivative Toyota Proace City.
[Mise à jour le 17/09/2021] Just as the three musketeers were four, the compact utilities of the PSA group form a quartet. In addition to the Citroën Berlingo, the Peugeot Partner, renamed Rifter for individuals, and the Opel Combo (badged Vauxhall across the Channel), there is indeed a fourth thief: Toyota’s ProAce City, the result of an agreement signed with Japanese.
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Similar styles and characteristics
Cost reduction requires, all these vans share the same base, the same general silhouette, the same Spanish factory in Vigo and the same range of mechanics. Apart from the logo, they are distinguished above all by their facies, adapted to the style of the different brands, as well as by a cockpit conforming to the precepts of the “i-cockpit” in the case of Peugeot. It is therefore logical that they will also receive the same electric motor, by the fall of 2021, with characteristics that may seem familiar to some. We find in fact a power of 100 kW (136 hp) in Power mode, a torque of 260 Nm and a battery with a capacity of 50 kWh on these ë-Berlingo, e-Rifter / e-Partner, Opel Combo-e and Toyota ProAce City Electric.
Well-known motor and battery
Kangoo Electric as the main rival
The competition will come mainly from the future Kangoo Electric, produced in Maubeuge since February 2021. This French rival should claim almost identical power (135 hp), but have two different battery capacities: 33 kWh or 44 kWh with a range of action estimated close to 300 km for the larger of these two accumulators. The Renault “combispace” will then lend its base to the Mercedes-Benz EQT and Nissan NV250 to form a shock trio. But the PSA group will not be told. In addition to giving the choice between four different manufacturers, it will also offer a short (4.40 m) or long (4.75 m) body, both for professionals and for individuals.