Kia EV4 vs Renault Scenic

The Renault Scenic costs £2,250 more than the Kia EV4. For that premium it adds 122 miles more WLTP range and 110 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Kia EV4 comes out ahead overall.

The Kia EV4 is £2,250 cheaper to buy. The Kia EV4 is cheaper to charge, roughly £144 a year versus £184 for the Renault Scenic, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Kia EV4 comes out roughly £2,450 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 226 miles for the Kia EV4 and 274 miles for the Renault Scenic - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Renault Scenic goes roughly 48 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 31-37 minutes.

The two are within 4 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 540 mm of total clearance for the Kia EV4 and about 536 mm of total clearance for the Renault Scenic.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 89% battery health for the Kia EV4 and 84% for the Renault Scenic. That gives the Kia EV4 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. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.