DS N°8 vs XPENG G6

The DS N°8 costs £10,800 more than the XPENG G6. For that premium it adds 49 miles more WLTP range. The XPENG G6 is not just cheaper - it also offers 222 kW faster peak rapid charging and 49 kW more power. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the XPENG G6 comes out ahead overall.

The XPENG G6 is £10,800 cheaper to buy. The DS N°8 is cheaper to charge, roughly £144 a year versus £192 for the XPENG G6, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the XPENG G6 comes out roughly £10,560 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 285 miles for the DS N°8 and 193 miles for the XPENG G6 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The DS N°8 goes roughly 92 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 27 minutes in the DS N°8 and 12 in the XPENG G6, so the XPENG G6 loses less time at each stop. So the DS N°8 stops less often while the XPENG G6 stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The two are within 15 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 495 mm of total clearance for the DS N°8 and about 480 mm of total clearance for the XPENG G6.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the DS N°8 and 90% for the XPENG G6. That gives the XPENG G6 a modest edge in retained real-world range. The XPENG G6's LFP-type pack tolerates daily 100% charging, while the DS N°8's NMC-type pack lasts longest kept to about 80% for everyday use.