Peugeot 106 Electric
A real battery-powered Peugeot you could buy in France when most electric cars were still experiments.
Peugeot 106 Electric · Solarenergy2 · CC BY-SA 3.0
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More than a set of wheels.
Peugeot had already supplied electric J5 vans to organizations, then opened electric-car sales to private buyers in July 1995 with the 106 Electric. A 1996 car combined the familiar small 106 body with a direct-current motor and nickel-cadmium batteries. Peugeot sent the body shell to Heuliez for its electric conversion. It was slow by modern EV standards, but it was a genuine production city car decades before today's battery hatchbacks.
Look a little closer.
Peugeot says the little 106 held a world record for electric-car sales until 2010.
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Maximum power is not continuous power
Peugeot's archive gives the motor two honest figures: 11 kW continuous and 20 kW maximum. The lower number is power it can sustain; the higher one is available for shorter demands. Calling it only a 20 kW motor would hide that important distinction.
Source: Peugeot · 70 years of electric mobility ↗An old battery chemistry with a serious job
The pack used 6 V, 100 Ah nickel-cadmium blocks rather than modern lithium-ion cells. Peugeot quoted 13–18 kWh consumption, roughly seven hours for a full household-socket charge and up to about 120 km range. These are period manufacturer figures, not a modern WLTP rating.
Source: Peugeot · 70 years of electric mobility ↗Where these facts come from
- Peugeot · 70 years of electric mobility
- Peugeot · electric journey from VLV to e-2008
- Peugeot · 106 30th-anniversary museum selection
- Peugeot period-brochure index · March 1996 French 106 range
Selected facts checked for this edition. Some source pages link to broader model families. Last reviewed September 30, 2026.