firefly vs Renault 4

EVcarsguide estimates a real-world motorway range of about 171 miles for the firefly firefly and 208 miles for the Renault 4 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Renault 4 goes roughly 37 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 25-30 minutes.

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 619 mm of total clearance for the firefly firefly and about 604 mm of total clearance for the Renault 4. The firefly firefly also turns in a 1.4 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 firefly firefly and 84% for the Renault 4. 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.