Kia PV5 Passenger vs Peugeot e-5008

The Peugeot e-5008 costs £7,470 more than the Kia PV5 Passenger. For that premium it adds 113 miles more WLTP range, 37 kW more power and 2 more seats (7 versus 5). The Kia PV5 Passenger is not just cheaper - it also offers 952 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Kia PV5 Passenger comes out ahead overall.

The Kia PV5 Passenger is £7,470 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £160 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Kia PV5 Passenger comes out roughly £7,390 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 257 miles for the Peugeot e-5008 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Peugeot e-5008 goes roughly 94 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 25-30 minutes.

The two are within 17 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 505 mm of total clearance for the Peugeot e-5008 and about 488 mm of total clearance for the Kia PV5 Passenger. The Kia PV5 Passenger also turns in a 0.4 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 Peugeot e-5008. 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.