MG4 EV Urban vs Skoda Peaq

The Skoda Peaq costs £28,485 more than the MG MG4 EV Urban. For that premium it adds 200 miles more WLTP range, 117 kW faster peak rapid charging and 313 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Skoda Peaq comes out ahead overall.

The MG MG4 EV Urban is £28,485 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £152 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the MG MG4 EV Urban comes out roughly £28,405 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 140 miles for the MG MG4 EV Urban and 335 miles for the Skoda Peaq - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Skoda Peaq goes roughly 195 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 28-28 minutes.

The two are within 25 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 558 mm of total clearance for the MG MG4 EV Urban and about 533 mm of total clearance for the Skoda Peaq. The MG MG4 EV Urban also turns in a 0.9 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.