Kia PV5 Passenger vs Mercedes-Benz EQV

The Mercedes-Benz EQV costs £59,070 more than the Kia PV5 Passenger. For that premium it adds 26 miles more WLTP range, 30 kW more power and 3 more seats (8 versus 5). The Kia PV5 Passenger is not just cheaper - it also offers 40 kW faster peak rapid charging and 270 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Kia PV5 Passenger comes out ahead overall.

The Kia PV5 Passenger is £59,070 cheaper to buy. The Kia PV5 Passenger is cheaper to charge, roughly £176 a year versus £272 for the Mercedes-Benz EQV, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Kia PV5 Passenger comes out roughly £59,550 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 163 miles for the Kia PV5 Passenger and 185 miles for the Mercedes-Benz EQV - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Mercedes-Benz EQV goes roughly 22 miles further between charging stops.

The two are within 16 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 488 mm of total clearance for the Kia PV5 Passenger and about 472 mm of total clearance for the Mercedes-Benz EQV. The Kia PV5 Passenger also turns in a 1.0 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 PV5 Passenger and 84% for the Mercedes-Benz EQV. 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.