Kia Soul EV vs Nissan Micra

The Kia Soul EV costs £14,300 more than the Nissan Micra. For that premium it adds 85 miles more WLTP range, 60 kW more power and a 1.1s quicker 0-62mph time. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Nissan Micra comes out ahead overall.

The Nissan Micra is £14,300 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 Nissan Micra comes out roughly £14,300 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 Soul EV and 137 miles for the Nissan Micra - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Kia Soul EV goes roughly 97 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 47 minutes in the Kia Soul EV and 30 in the Nissan Micra, so the Nissan Micra loses less time at each stop. So the Kia Soul EV stops less often while the Nissan Micra stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The two are within 20 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 620 mm of total clearance for the Nissan Micra and about 600 mm of total clearance for the Kia Soul EV. The Nissan Micra 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 Soul EV and 90% for the Nissan Micra. That gives the Nissan Micra a modest edge in retained real-world range. The Nissan Micra's LFP-type pack tolerates daily 100% charging, while the Kia Soul EV's NMC-type pack lasts longest kept to about 80% for everyday use.