Behind the wheel of the DS 8: the brand's most serious offering in years
Three variants available
There are three versions of the car: a front-wheel-drive model with 260 hp and a 74-kWh battery that delivers up to about 342 miles of range between charges; a front-wheel-drive version with 280 hp and a larger 97.2-kWh battery (around 466 miles); and an all-wheel-drive model with up to 375 hp and an estimated 428 miles of range. Worth noting are the heat pump, which improves efficiency, the four levels of regenerative braking (including one-pedal driving), and battery preconditioning to speed up fast charging. At a DC fast-charging station and under ideal conditions, you can add roughly 124 miles of range in 10 minutes thanks to a peak charging power of 160 kW. That figure is on the low side by today's standards, but the car can sustain something close to that output for a relatively long tim
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Behind the wheel of the DS 8: the brand's most serious offering in years
