The 8th of May is a holiday in France - Armistice Day. This year's was notable for being the 80th anniversary, and because French president Emmanuel Macron rode to the Paris commemoration in his spiffy new EV.
The "Presidential No 8" is a custom-built EV based on DS Automobiles' new No 8 luxury EV. The No. 8 has a Cd of 0.24 and a WLTP range of 750km. The presidential version is armored and bulletproof, so you can bet it's gained lots of weight; thus I strongly doubt that it will have the same range. The drive is rated 242bhp and the battery capacity is 97.2kWh. I haven't yet found any info on battery chemistry. Stellantis, DS's parent company, claim that Macron is the "first president of a republic to have an official electric car." Previously, Macron used a true-hybrid DS 7. French presidents have been riding in DSes since 1958. Back then, the Citroen DS was an aerodynamic technological marvel. It had front wheel drive, disc brakes, and a funky self-leveling hydropneumatic suspension that raised the car to driving height when the engine was started. DS was spun off from Citroen as a separate luxury marque in 2009. More info: https://www.autoevolution.com/news/this-is-the-luxury-car-that-french- president-emmanuel-macron-travels-in-from-now-on-251123.html Shortcut: https://cntp.me/NQpJJfL https://www.electrive.com/2025/05/09/president-macron-gains-first-all- electric-official-car/ Shortcut: https://cntp.me/0XSJqRN David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices. -- Edward R Murrow = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
