Way back in 1996, the 40 km range of the Peugeot Scoot'Elec produced a chorus of yawns with its 40 km range but when the new E-Vivacity hits showrooms late this year, it will be entering into a far more ecologically-aware marketplace.
Though it was marketed for a decade, being finally withdrawn from sale in 2006, it only ever sold 3500 units. Our guess is it will sell many more E-Vivacitys each year than that with such outstanding cost effectiveness available. Already Peugeot is receiving enormous interest from local authorities and public services interested in establishing urban fleets of clean vehicles.
Unlike the Scoot'Elec of 1996 which used nickel cadmium batteries for its 40 km operating range, the E-Vivacity uses a Lithium Ion Cobalt battery, for an operating range of 80 km to 100 km on the road, depending on the type of use.
located underneath the storage space, leaving the storage space completely free to store a scooter lock and a helmet! The Lithium Ion Cobalt battery has many advantages: it allows a minimum of 1,000 intensive charging/discharging cycles without any harm and without a memory effect, meaning it can cover over 40,000 km under normal usage.
The Battery Management System monitors the charge and the temperature of the different elements, ensures the safety of the system, manages battery life and a full charge takes around four hours at a 230 V - 16 A domestic socket using the bike’s on-board charger and charging cable which reside beneath the seat.
While a complete charge from empty takes four hours, the first two hours recover 80% of total battery capacity, while the last two hours are used to level out the monoblocs. The sophistication of the electronic management helps to optimise the energy output and life of the batteries.
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