Geely EX5 vs XPENG G6

The XPENG G6 costs £6,000 more than the Geely EX5. For that premium it adds 37 miles more WLTP range, 282 kW faster peak rapid charging and 161 litres more boot space. The Geely EX5 is not just cheaper - it also offers lower energy use, 158 versus 175 Wh/km. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the XPENG G6 comes out ahead overall.

The Geely EX5 is £6,000 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £176 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Geely EX5 comes out roughly £6,080 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 193 miles for the XPENG G6 - 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 20 minutes in the Geely EX5 and 12 in the XPENG G6, so the XPENG G6 loses less time at each stop.

The two are within 19 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 499 mm of total clearance for the Geely EX5 and about 480 mm of total clearance for the XPENG G6. The Geely EX5 also turns in a 0.8 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 90% for the XPENG G6. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use LFP-type cells, which are happy charged to 100% every day. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.