Test-Citroën ë-Berlingo (2021): the plug-in ludospace of rafters

The Ë-Berlingo cabin offers classic 2-seater configurations or 3 “extenso”, as well as 113 liters of storage. Just as modular as thermal variations, the electric berlingo can fall down the passenger seat to increase the length of 1.2 meters.

Citroën Ë-Berlingo Electric

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Following its renewal in 2021 and still close to the Peugeot Partner, the Citroën Ë-Berlingo Electric offers two bodywork, authorizes up to 275 km of autonomy and has 800 kilos of payload.

Habitability & Loading space of the Citroën Berlingo Electric

Like its elder, the utility is available in two versions. The Berlingo M displays a length of 4.40 meters, against 4.75 meters for the Berlingo XL. Their loading volume therefore differs from 3.3 m3 for the first and 4.4 m3 for the second. However, both have the same height of 1.84 meters, and the same maximum loading weight, at 800 kg. The brand opens several combinations, up to two sliding doors, and with a rear door with a maximum opening of 180 °.

The Ë-Berlingo cabin offers classic 2-seater configurations or 3 “extenso”, as well as 113 liters of storage. Just as modular as thermal variations, the electric berlingo can fall down the passenger seat to increase the length of 1.2 meters.

Citroën Berlingo Electric engine and performance

Identical in all respects to the large Ë-Jumpy utility, the engine develops a power of 100 kW (136 hp) and a torque of 260 Nm. The utility can reach 130 km/h at a point and offers 3 driving modes:

• ECO: 60 kW/190 Nm, useful in the absence of loading, in town or in the event of a low battery
• Normal: 80 kW/230 NM, this is the default mode
• Power: 100 kw/260 Nm, no limitation for heavy loads or fast track driving.

Battery and autonomy of the Ë-Berlingo

Housed flat under the floor, the lithium-ion battery of the electric berlingo does not change the cabin. Its capacity is the same as for all PSA electric vehicles, 50 kWh. It is also guaranteed 8 years or 160.000 km. Citroën also delivers a battery certificate after 1 year or 20.000 km, then every two years and 40.000 km.

In WLTP cycle, theoretical and comprising 30% load so 240 kg, the autonomy is 275 km. It can vary depending on the load, the type of driving, the journey or the temperature. Consult the charging simulator tab for more information.

In the central touch screen, a specific menu is practical for the driver. It indicates average consumption, the percentage load rate and makes it possible to postpone the vehicle load.

Electric Berlingo recharge

Like its Peugeot Partner cousin, the electric berlingo can be loaded via two types of current. In AC, the power is 7.4 kW (or 11 kW in three -phase), or 7:30 am of load. In DC, the combo socket increases up to 100 kW of power and recover 80% electricity in 30 minutes.

In replacement of the fuel tank of the thermal versions, the load hatch is on the left rear side of the vehicle.

Citroën Ë-Berlingo Prize

The marketing of the new electric Berlingo began in September 2021. Available in five versions, the Citroën electric utility starts from € 30,500 HT before application of the ecological bonus.

Finishing	Size M (4.4 m)	Size XL (4.75 m)
Control	€ 30,500	–
Club	31,350 €	€ 32,200
Driver	32,550 €	–
In -depth cabin	–	33,650 €

Characteristics of the Citroën Berlingo Electric

Berlingo Electric 2013	Ë-Berlingo 2021
Electric motor	Synchronous with permanent magnets	Synchronous with permanent magnets
Power	67 hp – 49 kW	100 kW – 136 hp
Couple	200 Nm	260 Nm
Max speed	110 km/h	130 km/h
0-100 km/h	19.1 s	Nc
Battery capacity	22.5 kWh	50 kWh
Battery warranty	8 years or 100.000 km	8 years or 160.000 km
WLTP autonomy	138 km	275 km
Rapid load	Chademo 22 kWh (option)	Combo 100 kW
Turning radius	11.5 m	10.8 – 11.5 m
Length	4.38 – 4.63 m	4.40 – 4.75 m
Width	1.81 m	1.92 m
Max payload	695 kg	800 kg
Useful volume	3.3 to 4.1 m3	3.3 m3 at 4.3 m3
Price	From 25.000 € HT	Nc

Video of the Citroën Berlingo Van Electric

Citroën Berlingo Electric 2013-2021

The first generation of the utility was presented at the end of 2012 at the Hanover Show and launched in 2013. The Citroën Berlingo Electric also inherited two bodywork of 4.38 and 4.63 m, with a volume of 3.3 to 4.1 m3, and up to 695 kg of loading.

Less efficient, the old model started an electric motor of 67 hp (49 kW) of power and 200 nm of torque. Its top speed was nevertheless limited to 110 km/h for a 0 to 100 km/h shot in 19.1 seconds. An ECO mode also limited the consumption of equipment. 22.5 kWh battery, 8 years or 100 warranty.000 km, promised 170 km NEDC or 138 km WLTP.

On Type 2 socket, AC, the duration of the load is 8:30 am with a 14A socket (Green’Up Legrand socket) and 3:00 p.m. with an 8a socket. On the other hand, fast recharging is only compatible with the Chademo standard (option), to recharge 80% in 30 minutes.

The Citroën Berlingo Electric utility was only offered in a formula with battery purchasing. Its price was 27.000 € HT excluding options but was compatible with the ecological bonus.

Test-Citroën ë-Berlingo (2021): the plug-in ludospace of rafters

Generally profiled as bricks with fuel consumption that affects and equipped with a space on board easily allowing battery implementation, ludospaces are candidates of choice for electrification. It is therefore without surprise that Citroën is launching today the Ë-Berlingo, a program without broadcast to the conduct of its berlingo and which we took the wheel for the first time.

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In short

From € 35,300

Up to 280 km of autonomy

Released in 2018, the third generation Citroën Berlingo is a well -born model. Share the front of its platform, the EMP2, with in particular the Peugeot 3008 allowed it to make very great progress in terms of driving, comfort and handling and access to the most mechanics modern. Keep the back of the old generation, however, preserves its loading width between the wheels and a substantial payload. So far, on the motorization side, the chevrons ludospace had to be satisfied with a choice between the 1.6 PureTech in 110 and 130 hp or the 1.5 BlueHDI in 100 or 130 hp but its 2021 range has just enriched itself d ‘A 100 % electric version that can be recognized above all by its full grille, logos and decorative inserts like blue anodized.

We recognize the Ë-Berlingo by its logos and its inserts like an anodized blue.

Unsurprisingly, this is a configuration that we find today on the entire electric offer of the Stellantis group: an engine delivering up to 136 hp fueled by a lithium-ion battery of 50 kWh. The autonomy here announced is 280 km but the best news is that, by setting up this battery under the seats and the loading floor, the habitability and the volume of trunk are absolutely not impacted by this transplant.

The Ë-Berlingo benefits from digital instrumentation that thermal versions do not have.

Faced with the sophisticated dashboard which is not a utility and which earns a 10 -inch digital instrumentation compared to thermal versions, we therefore find all the practical aspects that made the success of the model with, to start, The compartments at the pavilion at the front and at the rear called Modutop (an option at € 750) which are only the first storage storage that can be found in the passenger compartment and which reach a total volume of 186 liters. The modularity is also preserved, as is the ease of use, with a backrest in the front seat which is completely folded and three independent rear seats that can stay in the floor. After opening the tailgate or just his telescope if you wish, you then access a loading volume of 597 liters to the tablet – which can easily be used as a table, to eat or to change, since it is brought up to 25 kg – and 983 liters to the pavilion. In two -seater configuration, we then reach 2,126 liters. And if that’s not enough, the Ë-Berlingo is also available in XL version, adding 35 cm more in relation to the M version of 4.40 m and offering 850 to 2,693 liters of loading volume volume. Two additional, extractable seats can also be added as an option against € 700 on the M but are standard and on rails for XL.

The three independent rear seats stay to form a flat floor.

Citroën was therefore able to perform the perfect transplant ? Almost, a detail. The fuel hatch has been recycled to accommodate type 2 and combo CCS sockets, which is not an evil in itself, but its establishment on the left rear wing, that is to say on the path of the if not very practical sliding door, prohibits the opening of the latter during the load. This is not really a problem for the thermal versions given the only a few minutes needed to fill up with without a-back or diesel, perhaps a little more for the several hours potentially necessary to fully gain the battery of electrons of electrons.

Depending on the finish, the Citroën Ë-Berlingo can have up to two sliding rear doors.

Several driving modes are available to you when it takes the road: normal, which offers you 109 hp and 210 Nm, Eco which limits you to 82 hp and 180 nm while reducing the performance of heating and air conditioning or power which allows you to access 136 hp and 260 Nm, all having a maximum speed limited to 135 km/h. We tried the three and, even if the figures may seem very light to move such a mass, the Eco mode, at least empty, already seems quite sufficient to cope with an urban and peri-urban conduct thanks to the couple traditional instantaneous electricity. Let’s put an end to the suspense: we carried out at the end of our test over a hundred kilometers and on a mixed route an average consumption of 17.6 kWh/100 km, without acting as a truly eco-keyworm apart Punctual use of mode B increasing regeneration at the foot sunrise. By taking into account the useful capacity of the battery barely less than 46 kWh, this would therefore allow a real autonomy of around 260 km, an honest figure, without more.