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 I've known about the existence of these for a few years as I drove a 2003 one for a year in 2015 I have since owned another five. This might make them sound common but they are not. Most people have no idea they even made them. They also did them as a Peugeot Partner branded one. This came up locally this week and is a 26 year old, (1998) it must be one of the first Electric Berlingos as the Berlingo only launched in 1997. It is so basic that it doesn't even have door speakers!   It has done about 40,000 miles. It does move but has very low range (ask me how I know!) Some specs 22kW (30bhp) DC brushed motor 16kWh Ni-Cd wet batteries (27 x 6v batteries totalling 162V) arranged in 4 compartments. 13A onboard charger. 6 hour charge time. Range when new 60 miles. Top speed 60mph Regenerative braking. Webasto petrol water heater under the bonnet for cabin heating. Electric power steering. Plans: Take all the batteries out and bench test / score them, and build a good pack with some spare batteries that I have. |
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Last Edit: Mar 8, 2024 22:45:05 GMT by datman
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78 Datsun 620 Pickup 81 Datsun Urvan E23 86 Datsun Vanette van
98 Electric Citroen Berlingo 00 Electric Peugeot Partner 02 Electric Citroen Berlingo
04 Berlingo Multispace petrol 07 Land Rover 130 15 Nissan E-NV200 15 Fiat Ducato
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Rich
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1998 Electric BerlingoRich
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The Atwell Wilson museum in Calne has an electric Partner and a 106. The 106 is literally brand new, donated by Peugeot, and I think the partner is too. atwellwilson.org.uk/index.html |
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1998 Electric BerlingoDarrenW
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I knew Peugeot did leccy 106s because for years I saw the staff using them every time I went through the Channel Tunnel, didn't know about these though.
This'll be an interesting thread!
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I know where an Electric Saxo is sitting, I might try and get hold of it.
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75 Range Rover 2 door 82 Range Rover 4 door
84 Range Rover 4 door 78 Datsun 120Y 2 door
78 Datsun 620 Pickup 81 Datsun Urvan E23 86 Datsun Vanette van
98 Electric Citroen Berlingo 00 Electric Peugeot Partner 02 Electric Citroen Berlingo
04 Berlingo Multispace petrol 07 Land Rover 130 15 Nissan E-NV200 15 Fiat Ducato
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Mar 28, 2024 16:14:43 GMT
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What are the coloured connectors at the bulkhead for?
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Mar 29, 2024 14:30:02 GMT
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27x 6v nicad batteries must weigh a fair bit and use a lot of space!
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What are the c oloured connectors at the bulkhead for? They are the filling ports for the batteries. Just done mine tonight. You add water until you see it come out of the overflow pipes under the car. This car has OBDII and you can find out lots using a laptop with Citroen Lexia, or a dedicated standalone tool for these that a guy in the UK many years ago. I was able to tell that it was (over) due to be watered, Took a good 15 litres. I have a filter that makes deionised water from tap water. Battery locations written below each port, in French  OEM filling funnel.   Lexia screen  |
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Last Edit: Mar 31, 2024 0:58:42 GMT by datman
75 Range Rover 2 door 82 Range Rover 4 door
84 Range Rover 4 door 78 Datsun 120Y 2 door
78 Datsun 620 Pickup 81 Datsun Urvan E23 86 Datsun Vanette van
98 Electric Citroen Berlingo 00 Electric Peugeot Partner 02 Electric Citroen Berlingo
04 Berlingo Multispace petrol 07 Land Rover 130 15 Nissan E-NV200 15 Fiat Ducato
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 here's one of the battery boxes (has 6 batteries in) They are lighter than lead acid, a battery (100Ah 6v) weighs about 9kg so about 240kg. The whole car is 1450kg, so a bit heavier than a combustion berlingo. The batteries are all linked together with not only filling pipes, but they have internal water jackets for cooling. These go to a radiator in the usual place and have a 12v circulation pump. There are 4 battery boxes. Two under the bonnet, (4 and 6 batteries), one in the middle containing 11 batteries and one box behind the back axle containing the last 6. When treated correctly these batteries are remarkably long lived and reliable, which is why they use them on satellites , aircraft and things, they also work well at very cold temperatures, unlike lithium. They are an alkaline battery, the electrolyte is dilute potassium hydroxide. |
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Last Edit: Mar 31, 2024 0:46:17 GMT by datman
75 Range Rover 2 door 82 Range Rover 4 door
84 Range Rover 4 door 78 Datsun 120Y 2 door
78 Datsun 620 Pickup 81 Datsun Urvan E23 86 Datsun Vanette van
98 Electric Citroen Berlingo 00 Electric Peugeot Partner 02 Electric Citroen Berlingo
04 Berlingo Multispace petrol 07 Land Rover 130 15 Nissan E-NV200 15 Fiat Ducato
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A quick video of another one that I had.
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75 Range Rover 2 door 82 Range Rover 4 door
84 Range Rover 4 door 78 Datsun 120Y 2 door
78 Datsun 620 Pickup 81 Datsun Urvan E23 86 Datsun Vanette van
98 Electric Citroen Berlingo 00 Electric Peugeot Partner 02 Electric Citroen Berlingo
04 Berlingo Multispace petrol 07 Land Rover 130 15 Nissan E-NV200 15 Fiat Ducato
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braaap
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Mar 31, 2024 10:25:20 GMT
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I once fancied to buy an electric kangoo after I drove one as a postman, but when I found out that even with a used car You had to rent the batteries from Renault, which would have cost more than my regular fuel cots, I dropped that idea.
Seems those batteries are Your posession now together with the car?
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Mar 31, 2024 12:00:22 GMT
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Yes I don't think PSA ever did battery rental. Remault were doing it on the Zoe until recently, I would imagine it has been dropped now as the cost of the batteries have gone down.
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75 Range Rover 2 door 82 Range Rover 4 door
84 Range Rover 4 door 78 Datsun 120Y 2 door
78 Datsun 620 Pickup 81 Datsun Urvan E23 86 Datsun Vanette van
98 Electric Citroen Berlingo 00 Electric Peugeot Partner 02 Electric Citroen Berlingo
04 Berlingo Multispace petrol 07 Land Rover 130 15 Nissan E-NV200 15 Fiat Ducato
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Sept 24, 2024 19:08:09 GMT
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I have a 2001 white and another silver one of these that i need to sell at least one of , (both in good condition) if anyone's interested. Tax/Mot exempt so you can just park them in the road and use them as a shed if nothing else   |
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Last Edit: Sept 24, 2024 19:12:41 GMT by datman
75 Range Rover 2 door 82 Range Rover 4 door
84 Range Rover 4 door 78 Datsun 120Y 2 door
78 Datsun 620 Pickup 81 Datsun Urvan E23 86 Datsun Vanette van
98 Electric Citroen Berlingo 00 Electric Peugeot Partner 02 Electric Citroen Berlingo
04 Berlingo Multispace petrol 07 Land Rover 130 15 Nissan E-NV200 15 Fiat Ducato
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Oct 31, 2024 21:25:39 GMT
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That silver one looks nice
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jayj83
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saw one of these years ago, TBH forgot they even existed until seeing this thread, they went quite well, Just remember there was a problem with the batteries and even the main dealer couldn't help, I think it had some battires replaced but they were a small fortune
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2005 Toyota Avensis 2.0d Estate
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The batteries have not been available new for a very long time. I've been bench testing (Discharge, charge discharge, measure Ah) the 20+year old batteries and some of them are still at 100% of their capacity which is quite impressive. I don't see a modern li-ion battery doing that well. The other advantage of Ni-Cd is they don't mind the cold at all. Same range in winter.
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75 Range Rover 2 door 82 Range Rover 4 door
84 Range Rover 4 door 78 Datsun 120Y 2 door
78 Datsun 620 Pickup 81 Datsun Urvan E23 86 Datsun Vanette van
98 Electric Citroen Berlingo 00 Electric Peugeot Partner 02 Electric Citroen Berlingo
04 Berlingo Multispace petrol 07 Land Rover 130 15 Nissan E-NV200 15 Fiat Ducato
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