[2] Venturi Automobiles partnered with PSA Group to develop electric vehicles in response to a 2007 tender by the French postal service La Poste.

Prototypes, based on the production Citroën Berlingo First and Peugeot Partner Origin light commercial vans, were built and tested in 2008.

[3] La Poste awarded the contract to PSA Group in 2009[4] and 250 examples of the Berlingo First Electric "Powered by Venturi" were delivered in 2010.

[6] The La Poste PSA/Venturi Berlingo First Electric vans had a three-phase traction motor with a maximum output of 42 kW (56 hp) and an estimated range of 100–120 km (62–75 mi).

[9] To demonstrate its technologies, a specially-prepared Berlingo "Powered by Venturi" was driven from Shanghai to Paris by Xavier Chevrin and Géraldine Gabin between 3 May and 13 July 2010, covering a distance of 14,900 km (9,300 mi) without assistance.

[11][12] The Shanghai–Paris Berlingo was equipped with three "Zebra" batteries, giving a total energy storage capacity of 70.5 kW-hr; the traction motor had an output of 46 kW (62 hp) and 180 N⋅m (130 lbf⋅ft), providing a range of up to 400 km (250 mi).

[16] An all-new Citroën Berlingo Electric light commercial panel van was shown at the Hanover Motor Show in September 2012.

[31] In January 2022, Stellantis announced they were discontinuing all diesel-powered passenger (MPV) versions of the Citroën Berlingo, including the Vauxhall/Opel Combo Life and the Peugeot Rifter, in the United Kingdom and European Union, leaving only the battery-electric variants in those markets.

[32][33] The ë-Berlingo and its rebadged variants are fitted with the same drivetrain as the larger ë-Jumpy, including an electric traction motor that develops 100 kW (130 hp) and 260 N⋅m (190 lbf⋅ft) of torque and a high-voltage lithium-ion battery with a capacity of 50 kW-hr.

[33] These give the ë-Berlingo a range of 280 km (170 mi) on the WLTP driving cycle;[34] the motor and battery are shared with other e-CMP vehicles,[35] including the ë-C4.