Hyundai IONIQ 9 vs Peugeot e-5008

The Hyundai IONIQ 9 costs £24,330 more than the Peugeot e-5008. For that premium it adds 76 miles more WLTP range and 73 kW faster peak rapid charging. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Hyundai IONIQ 9 comes out ahead overall.

The Peugeot e-5008 is £24,330 cheaper to buy. The Peugeot e-5008 is cheaper to charge, roughly £160 a year versus £192 for the Hyundai IONIQ 9, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Peugeot e-5008 comes out roughly £24,490 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 321 miles for the Hyundai IONIQ 9 and 257 miles for the Peugeot e-5008 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Hyundai IONIQ 9 goes roughly 64 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 24-30 minutes.

The Peugeot e-5008 is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 85 mm narrower than the Hyundai IONIQ 9. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 505 mm of total clearance for the Peugeot e-5008 and about 420 mm of total clearance for the Hyundai IONIQ 9. The Peugeot e-5008 also turns in a 1.3 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 89% battery health for the Hyundai IONIQ 9 and 84% for the Peugeot e-5008. That gives the Hyundai IONIQ 9 a modest edge in retained real-world range. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation.