The new electric Peugeot 3008 loses a lot of autonomy in winter according to this test

In winter, electric cars lose range. But not everyone is in the same boat as this study shows.

With falling temperatures, several direct and indirect phenomena increase the consumption of an electric car, and therefore reduce the range. While it is possible to influence certain factors (interior heating, etc.), others are inevitable (battery chemistry, etc.). And if one could believe that the loss of autonomy is identical between all the references on the market, big mistake! Depending on the technical choices and performance of the equipment which are not taken into account by the WLTP standard, disparities exist.

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This is what the Norwegian Automobile and Motor Federation wanted to demonstrate once again during the El Prix 2025 by bringing together 24 models, in strictly identical conditions, it goes without saying. But the teams point out that during this test, the temperature of 5°C was rather mild for a Norwegian winter. The results must therefore be put into perspective compared to previous editions, but they are in any case representative for us.

Peugeot and Tesla at the bottom of the ranking

It is clear that the hierarchy still follows the same trend, and corresponds to our observations in Supertest. Because here it is not so much the absolute results as the deviation from the WLTP standard that matters. And in this game, once again, Chinese cars do not lie on the goods. With a difference of only – 5.18%, the Polestar 3 is the best student of this edition. And the vast majority of Chinese cars (both in nationality and in development) are below -18%, the average for this edition.

Conversely, the Peugeot e-3008 and e-5008 sink to the bottom of the ranking with a gap of -31.96% for the first! As we exclusively measured, the air conditioning system produces more heat than necessary, which must have had an impact on the results.

Finally, the Tesla Model 3 continues to disappoint. Of course, its consumption of 12.5 kWh/100 km is exceptional (by far the lowest), but the difference of – 24.39% compared to the claimed 702 km is one of the largest. Worse still when taking into account only the absolute loss, as the NAF does, with 171 km less compared to the WLTP value.