Fiat 500e vs GWM ORA ORA 03

The Fiat 500e is £250 cheaper to buy. The Fiat 500e is cheaper to charge, roughly £136 a year versus £168 for the GWM ORA ORA 03, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Fiat 500e comes out roughly £410 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 98 miles for the Fiat 500e and 160 miles for the GWM ORA ORA 03 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The GWM ORA ORA 03 goes roughly 62 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 30 minutes in the Fiat 500e and 43 in the GWM ORA ORA 03, so the Fiat 500e loses less time at each stop. So the GWM ORA ORA 03 stops less often while the Fiat 500e stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The Fiat 500e is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 142 mm narrower than the GWM ORA ORA 03. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 717 mm of total clearance for the Fiat 500e and about 575 mm of total clearance for the GWM ORA ORA 03. The Fiat 500e also turns in a 1.5 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Fiat 500e and 90% for the GWM ORA ORA 03. That gives the GWM ORA ORA 03 a modest edge in retained real-world range. The GWM ORA ORA 03's LFP-type pack tolerates daily 100% charging, while the Fiat 500e's NMC-type pack lasts longest kept to about 80% for everyday use. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.