Kia EV2 vs Mazda MX-30

The Kia EV2 costs £2,450 more than the Mazda MX-30. For that premium it adds 157 miles more WLTP range and 100 kW faster peak rapid charging. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Kia EV2 comes out ahead overall.

The Mazda MX-30 is £2,450 cheaper to buy. The Kia EV2 is cheaper to charge, roughly £144 a year versus £192 for the Mazda MX-30, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Mazda MX-30 comes out roughly £2,210 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 234 miles for the Kia EV2 and 104 miles for the Mazda MX-30 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Kia EV2 goes roughly 130 miles further between charging stops.

The two are within 5 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 605 mm of total clearance for the Mazda MX-30 and about 600 mm of total clearance for the Kia EV2. The Kia EV2 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 84% battery health for the Kia EV2 and 84% for the Mazda MX-30. 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. The Mazda MX-30 has the longer battery warranty at 8 years, versus 7 for the Kia EV2.