Citroën ë-C5 Aircross vs Peugeot e-308 SW

The Citroën ë-C5 Aircross costs £1,800 more than the Peugeot e-308 SW. For that premium it adds 47 miles more WLTP range, 60 litres more boot space and 42 kW more power. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Peugeot e-308 SW comes out ahead overall.

The Peugeot e-308 SW is £1,800 cheaper to buy. The Peugeot e-308 SW is cheaper to charge, roughly £144 a year versus £184 for the Citroën ë-C5 Aircross, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Peugeot e-308 SW comes out roughly £2,000 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 224 miles for the Citroën ë-C5 Aircross and 229 miles for the Peugeot e-308 SW - effectively matched, and both well below their WLTP figures because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV.

The Peugeot e-308 SW is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 84 mm narrower than the Citroën ë-C5 Aircross. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 548 mm of total clearance for the Peugeot e-308 SW and about 464 mm of total clearance for the Citroën ë-C5 Aircross.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Citroën ë-C5 Aircross and 84% for the Peugeot e-308 SW. 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. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.