Geely EX5 vs MINI Countryman

The MINI Countryman is £985 cheaper to buy. The MINI Countryman is cheaper to charge, roughly £144 a year versus £176 for the Geely EX5, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the MINI Countryman comes out roughly £1,145 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 198 miles for the Geely EX5 and 258 miles for the MINI Countryman - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The MINI Countryman goes roughly 61 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 20 minutes in the Geely EX5 and 29 in the MINI Countryman, so the Geely EX5 loses less time at each stop. So the MINI Countryman stops less often while the Geely EX5 stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The MINI Countryman is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 58 mm narrower than the Geely EX5. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 557 mm of total clearance for the MINI Countryman and about 499 mm of total clearance for the Geely EX5. The Geely EX5 also turns in a 0.6 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 90% battery health for the Geely EX5 and 84% for the MINI Countryman. That gives the Geely EX5 a modest edge in retained real-world range. The Geely EX5's LFP-type pack tolerates daily 100% charging, while the MINI Countryman's NMC-type pack lasts longest kept to about 80% for everyday use. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.