DS 3 Crossback E-Tense vs Peugeot e-208

The DS 3 Crossback E-Tense costs £8,425 more than the Peugeot e-208. On the headline specs that premium buys little measurable advantage - the two are closely matched on range, charging and space. The Peugeot e-208 is not just cheaper - it also offers 27 miles more WLTP range. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Peugeot e-208 comes out ahead overall.

The Peugeot e-208 is £8,425 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £168 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Peugeot e-208 comes out roughly £8,425 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 166 miles for the DS 3 Crossback E-Tense and 155 miles for the Peugeot e-208 - effectively matched, and both well below their WLTP figures because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV.

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 635 mm of total clearance for the Peugeot e-208 and about 610 mm of total clearance for the DS 3 Crossback E-Tense.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the DS 3 Crossback E-Tense and 84% for the Peugeot e-208. 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.