Audi A6 Avant e-tron vs Porsche Macan Electric

The Audi A6 Avant e-tron costs £3,100 more than the Porsche Macan Electric. For that premium it adds 39 miles more WLTP range and a 1.1s quicker 0-62mph time. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Porsche Macan Electric comes out ahead overall.

The Porsche Macan Electric is £3,100 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £152 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Porsche Macan Electric comes out roughly £3,020 cheaper overall. These figures cover list price and home charging only - insurance, servicing, tyres and depreciation will move the real total.

EVcarsguide estimates a real-world motorway range of about 364 miles for the Audi A6 Avant e-tron and 332 miles for the Porsche Macan Electric - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Audi A6 Avant e-tron goes roughly 32 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 21-21 minutes.

The Audi A6 Avant e-tron is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 51 mm narrower than the Porsche Macan Electric. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 513 mm of total clearance for the Audi A6 Avant e-tron and about 462 mm of total clearance for the Porsche Macan Electric.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Audi A6 Avant e-tron and 84% for the Porsche Macan Electric. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation.