Cupra Raval vs Kia EV4

The Kia EV4 costs £7,750 more than the Cupra Raval. For that premium it adds 66 miles more WLTP range, 39 kW faster peak rapid charging and 51 kW more power. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Kia EV4 comes out ahead overall.

The Cupra Raval is £7,750 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £144 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Cupra Raval comes out roughly £7,710 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 139 miles for the Cupra Raval and 226 miles for the Kia EV4 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Kia EV4 goes roughly 87 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 23 minutes in the Cupra Raval and 31 in the Kia EV4, so the Cupra Raval loses less time at each stop. So the Kia EV4 stops less often while the Cupra Raval stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The Cupra Raval is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 76 mm narrower than the Kia EV4. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 616 mm of total clearance for the Cupra Raval and about 540 mm of total clearance for the Kia EV4.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 90% battery health for the Cupra Raval and 89% for the Kia EV4. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. The Cupra Raval's LFP-type pack tolerates daily 100% charging, while the Kia EV4's NMC-type pack lasts longest kept to about 80% for everyday use.