Cupra Tavascan vs Peugeot e-308 SW

The Cupra Tavascan costs £15,075 more than the Peugeot e-308 SW. For that premium it adds 78 miles more WLTP range, 95 kW more power and a 3.1s quicker 0-62mph time. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Cupra Tavascan comes out ahead overall.

The Peugeot e-308 SW is £15,075 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 Peugeot e-308 SW comes out roughly £15,115 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 294 miles for the Cupra Tavascan and 229 miles for the Peugeot e-308 SW - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Cupra Tavascan goes roughly 65 miles further between charging stops.

The two are within 9 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 548 mm of total clearance for the Peugeot e-308 SW and about 539 mm of total clearance for the Cupra Tavascan.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Cupra Tavascan 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.