Jeep Compass vs Mercedes-Benz GLC

The Mercedes-Benz GLC costs £24,101 more than the Jeep Compass. For that premium it adds 119 miles more WLTP range, 170 kW faster peak rapid charging and 205 kW more power. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Mercedes-Benz GLC comes out ahead overall.

The Jeep Compass is £24,101 cheaper to buy. The Mercedes-Benz GLC is cheaper to charge, roughly £176 a year versus £208 for the Jeep Compass, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Jeep Compass comes out roughly £23,941 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 193 miles for the Jeep Compass and 297 miles for the Mercedes-Benz GLC - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Mercedes-Benz GLC goes roughly 104 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 35 minutes in the Jeep Compass and 22 in the Mercedes-Benz GLC, so the Mercedes-Benz GLC loses less time at each stop. That makes the Mercedes-Benz GLC the stronger long-distance car.

The two are within 13 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 500 mm of total clearance for the Jeep Compass and about 487 mm of total clearance for the Mercedes-Benz GLC.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Jeep Compass and 84% for the Mercedes-Benz GLC. 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.