Jaecoo E5 vs MG4 EV (2022-2025)

The Jaecoo E5 costs £1,510 more than the MG MG4 EV. For that premium it adds 30 miles more WLTP range and 117 litres more boot space. The MG MG4 EV is not just cheaper - it also offers 37 kW faster peak rapid charging. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the MG MG4 EV comes out ahead overall.

The MG MG4 EV is £1,510 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £168 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the MG MG4 EV comes out roughly £1,430 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 207 miles for the Jaecoo E5 and 155 miles for the MG MG4 EV - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Jaecoo E5 goes roughly 52 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 27 minutes in the Jaecoo E5 and 39 in the MG MG4 EV, so the Jaecoo E5 loses less time at each stop. That makes the Jaecoo E5 the stronger long-distance car.

The two are within 26 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 564 mm of total clearance for the MG MG4 EV and about 538 mm of total clearance for the Jaecoo E5.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 90% battery health for the Jaecoo E5 and 90% for the MG MG4 EV. 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. The Jaecoo E5 has the longer battery warranty at 8 years, versus 7 for the MG MG4 EV.