PEUGEOT

THE SCOOTERS OF A FUTURE NOT VERY FAR

Peugeot Scooters is the oldest manufacturer of motorcycles in the world, manufacturing its first motorcycle in 1898 and for more than 20 years the first electric scooter: Scoot'elec. The Peugeot Scooters brand has always been committed to the evolution of mobility. In this spirit, from the field of R & D, it has joined forces with 11 partners to a European consortium to meet the challenges of tomorrow. The EU-LIVE Efficient Urban LIght Vehicle is a program created to foster new solutions for electric mobility and is supported by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program.Peugeot Scooters, which is about to launch its new electric mobility solution and connected Peugeot 2.0 e-powered by GenZe, joins a broad European project to work on designing the mobility object of the future. As a member of the EU-LIVE consortium, Peugeot Scooters participated in the market study with the aim of defining the main lines of the project and drawing up technical specifications for 2 of the 3 vehicle designs, L5e1 and L3e².

As a result of two years of development, the first version of the L5e category was presented on November 30, 2017 as a novelty by the PSA Group within the scope of the EU-LIVE consortium.Imagined as the union between the universe of automobiles and that of motorcycles, this concept (a 4 wheels approved as a tricycle thanks to the dimensions of its 750 mm front train, that is, above the minimum required 460 mm and therefore, motorcycle) is equipped with all the latest technologies Peugeot Scooters in terms of motorization. Its traction system, designed in collaboration with IFP Energies Nouvelles (public body for research, innovation and training in the fields of energy, transport and the environment) comes directly from the new Peugeot PowerMotion engine. This motor, fully developed and manufactured at the Mandeure plant in France, equips several brand scooters such as the Peugeot Metropolis, the 3-wheeled scooter and the symbol of the Peugeot Scooters automobile affiliation.Along with this evolution of Peugeot Scooters's 31 kW single-cylinder petrol engine, which limits pollutant and noise emissions, two other electric motors are located inside the rear wheels of the EU-LIVE project. These two electric motors highlight the thermal engine during routes on the outskirts of cities at speeds between 70 and 120 km / h.

The electric engine, developed by Elaphe Propulsion Technologies and Brembo for the hybrid vehicle L5e, is also used in an electric version of 2 wheels equivalent to 125 cc. The integration of the traction system to the chassis was carried out by the teams of Peugeot Scooters and a first version will be presented during the first half of 2018. The whole consortium collaborated in the project although its supervision was entrusted to Peugeot Scooters. With a power of 10.5 kW, a battery Samsung SDI Battery Systems of 5.3 kWh and an autonomy of about 100 km, this new generation scooter demonstrates the capacity of the brand to integrate the innovations of its partners in its scopes of competence and to make mobility progress on 2 wheels.Costantino Sambuy, Managing Director of Peugeot Scooters said: "It is an immense pride for Peugeot Scooters to participate in this European-wide project and to contribute to the progress of research and development of the mobility of the future.The innovation has always been present in the DNA of the brand, whose history is marked by the progress it has made.In addition to being an opportunity to take full advantage of our technological know-how and our heritage, it is also the occasion for our brand, more than a century old, to reinforce its capacity to always look further away and allow from today to imagine the vehicles of tomorrow. "

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