- Power
- 27 PS15–27
- Torque
- —
- Weight
- —
- 0–100 km/h
- —
- Top speed
- 91 km/h
- PS / tonne
- —
The 106 Électrique, launched in 1995, was among the earliest series-production electric cars from a mass-market maker. A separately-excited brushed DC motor made 20 kW at peak and 11 kW continuously, fed by twenty 6-volt, 100 Ah nickel-cadmium modules.
Range was around 80 to 100 km and top speed about 90 km/h. Some 6,400 were built between 1995 and 2003; Citroën's Saxo Électrique twin was built separately, 2,174 of them, and shares the motor and battery with the earlier AX Électrique.
It is not fast. But at 3.56 metres long and light for its class it is a coherent city car, in an era when few electric cars were coherent anything.
Specification
- Engine
- Électrique DC motor
- Gearbox
- Single-speed reduction
- Drive
- Front-mounted motor, front-wheel drive
- Brakes
- Front discs, rear drums
- Wheels
- 13–14 in steel
- Body
- 3- and 5-door
- Aspiration
- Electric — 20 × 6 V 100 Ah NiCd
- Production
- 6,400 1995–2003 (Peugeot 106 Électrique)
Signature details
- 20 kW peak / 11 kW nominal
- ≈80–100 km of range
- About 6,400 built
- Shared with Citroën Saxo Électrique
Equipment
- NiCd traction battery, liquid-cooled
- Leroy-Somer DC motor
About the data
- Range is quoted 80 km (Citroën, Saxo) to 100 km (Wikipedia).
In the record
- 1995 — The 106 Électrique. A 20 kW DC motor, 20 × 6 V nickel-cadmium cells and a range of about 80 to 100 km. Around 6,400 are built by 2003.