Citroën ë-C4 X vs Hyundai KONA Electric

The Hyundai KONA Electric costs £6,285 more than the Citroën ë-C4 X. For that premium it adds 97 miles more WLTP range, 60 kW more power and a 3.0s quicker 0-62mph time. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Citroën ë-C4 X comes out ahead overall.

The Citroën ë-C4 X is £6,285 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £136 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Citroën ë-C4 X comes out roughly £6,205 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 185 miles for the Citroën ë-C4 X and 266 miles for the Hyundai KONA Electric - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Hyundai KONA Electric goes roughly 81 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 25 minutes in the Citroën ë-C4 X and 41 in the Hyundai KONA Electric, so the Citroën ë-C4 X loses less time at each stop. So the Hyundai KONA Electric stops less often while the Citroën ë-C4 X stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The two are within 25 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 600 mm of total clearance for the Citroën ë-C4 X and about 575 mm of total clearance for the Hyundai KONA Electric. The Hyundai KONA Electric also turns in a 0.3 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Citroën ë-C4 X and 86% for the Hyundai KONA Electric. That gives the Hyundai KONA Electric a modest edge in retained real-world range. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.