Peugeot EV Charging Cables

Find your Peugeot and the cable is the last column

Scan for your model rather than reading downward. The last column is the order and the link is the explanation.

Peugeot is one of the few brands here where the wrong choice leaves you with a lead that will not fit. The iOn and Partner Electric use a five pin Type 1 inlet; everything since uses Type 2.

The two eras, and how to tell which you have

The difference is visible rather than technical. Count five pins in a round opening and you have Type 1; count seven with one flattened side and you have Type 2. No adaptor exists that bridges the two, so order to match.

iOn or pre-2021 Partner Electric, order Type 2 to Type 1. Anything else on this page, order Type 2 to Type 2.

What the third column means

Every figure in the third column is what the car takes from a single phase British supply, which is the only kind a house gets. The arithmetic is 230 volts times 32 amps, or about 7.4 kW, and that is where the faster cars all land regardless of what their specification sheets claim.

What actually separates one Peugeot from another

The modern Type 2 cars are straightforward: 7.4 kW at home, so the 32 amp lead. That holds whether the brochure says 7.4 kW, as on the e-208 and e-Rifter, or 11 kW, as on the e-308 and e-5008, because 11 kW is a three phase figure. Peugeot prints both cases in its own price guide, quoting seven hours on an 11 kW supply and ten and a half on a 7 kW one.

The two Type 1 cars are a different world. The iOn draws about 3 kW in practice and the Partner Electric is capped at 16 amps, which Peugeot confirms through its own published charge times rather than its ratings. A 7 kW charge point gives neither anything a 16 amp one would not. You will see 7.4 kW claimed for both on retail sites; it is a cataloguing error.

Both Type 1 cars also put AC and DC on different flanks, and the Partner Electric at opposite ends of the van, which is the most useful thing to know before choosing a length.

Choosing a length

The run matters, not the car. Park as you normally would, walk the distance from the charge point to the socket, and add a metre or two. That number is what to order.

The modern cars charge from the nearside rear, so ten metres is the general answer and five works reversing in. The Partner Electric needs more than you would expect, its AC socket being on the offside front wing.

How these cables are built

Whatever your car, the cable is the same underneath. Tinned copper cores, IP67 rated connectors moulded rather than assembled, a cold flexible outer sheath, two years of warranty and free next working day delivery.

The same group platforms appear in the Citroen range and the Vauxhall range, which follow the same two-era pattern.

Not sure which model you have? The Type 2 to Type 2 charging cable fits every Type 2 Peugeot EV in 5m to 20m, and the universal cables page lists every lead that is not model specific.

Peugeot charging cable questions

Is a Peugeot iOn Type 1 or Type 2?

Type 1. It needs a Type 2 to Type 1 lead, and a Type 2 to Type 2 cable will not physically enter the inlet.

Will a 7 kW charge point help my Partner Electric?

No. The van is capped at 16 amps, about 3.3 to 3.7 kW, which Peugeot own charge times confirm. A 16A lead already covers it.

Does the e-308 really charge at 11 kW?

Only on three phase power. Peugeot own price guide gives ten and a half hours on a 7 kW home supply against seven hours on 11 kW, so a British house sees about 7.4 kW.

Where is the charge socket on a modern Peugeot?

Nearside rear flank, in the position a fuel filler would occupy. The older Type 1 cars are different and put AC and DC on separate flanks.

Which cable for a 3008 plug-in hybrid?

Type 2 to Type 2. A 16A lead suits the earlier plug-in hybrid at 3.7 kW; the electric E-3008 wants 32A.