The Peugeot VLV was an electric microcar made by Peugeot in 1942. VLV stood for ("Light City Car"). The car's announcement, on 1 May 1941, triggered some surprise, since Peugeot was the only one of France's large automakers to show interest in electric propulsionMusée de l'Aventure Peugeot. The exhibit label (2012) states: at this time.
It was powered by four 12V batteries placed under the hood (bonnet) and a Safi motor, giving it a claimed top speed of and a range of . Charging was completed via a supplied charger that could plug into a standard socket.
The car had two wheels at the front and two at the back. The rear track, however, was very narrow, thus dispensing with the need for a differential for the driving wheels and it utilized only one brake drum for both wheels.
The VLV was built during the war as a way to side-step fuel restrictions imposed on non-military users by the occupying German forces. Yet, it was banned after only 377 examples were built between 1941-1943 and the conventional pre-war Peugeot 202 began production again in 1946.
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