Mercedes-Benz GLB vs Peugeot e-5008

The Mercedes-Benz GLB costs £5,435 more than the Peugeot e-5008. For that premium it adds 71 miles more WLTP range, 160 kW faster peak rapid charging and 192 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Mercedes-Benz GLB comes out ahead overall.

The Peugeot e-5008 is £5,435 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 Peugeot e-5008 comes out roughly £5,515 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 268 miles for the Mercedes-Benz GLB and 257 miles for the Peugeot e-5008 - effectively matched, and both well below their WLTP figures because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 20 minutes in the Mercedes-Benz GLB and 30 in the Peugeot e-5008, so the Mercedes-Benz GLB loses less time at each stop.

The Mercedes-Benz GLB is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 34 mm narrower than the Peugeot e-5008. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 539 mm of total clearance for the Mercedes-Benz GLB and about 505 mm of total clearance for the Peugeot e-5008.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Mercedes-Benz GLB 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.