Ford E-Tourneo Custom vs Kia PV5 Passenger

The Ford E-Tourneo Custom costs £12,855 more than the Kia PV5 Passenger. For that premium it adds 460 litres more boot space, 40 kW more power and 4 more seats (9 versus 5). On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Kia PV5 Passenger comes out ahead overall.

The Kia PV5 Passenger is £12,855 cheaper to buy. The Kia PV5 Passenger is cheaper to charge, roughly £176 a year versus £240 for the Ford E-Tourneo Custom, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Kia PV5 Passenger comes out roughly £13,175 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 168 miles for the Ford E-Tourneo Custom and 163 miles for the Kia PV5 Passenger - effectively matched, and both well below their WLTP figures because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 41 minutes in the Ford E-Tourneo Custom and 25 in the Kia PV5 Passenger, so the Kia PV5 Passenger loses less time at each stop.

The Kia PV5 Passenger is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 120 mm narrower than the Ford E-Tourneo Custom. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 488 mm of total clearance for the Kia PV5 Passenger and about 368 mm of total clearance for the Ford E-Tourneo Custom.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Ford E-Tourneo Custom and 84% for the Kia PV5 Passenger. 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.