MG ZS EV vs Skoda Epiq

The MG ZS EV costs £8,545 more than the Skoda Epiq. For that premium it adds 84 miles more WLTP range and a 1.4s quicker 0-62mph time. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Skoda Epiq comes out ahead overall.

The Skoda Epiq is £8,545 cheaper to buy. The Skoda Epiq is cheaper to charge, roughly £136 a year versus £192 for the MG ZS EV, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Skoda Epiq comes out roughly £8,825 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 199 miles for the MG ZS EV and 158 miles for the Skoda Epiq - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The MG ZS EV goes roughly 41 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 36 minutes in the MG ZS EV and 28 in the Skoda Epiq, so the Skoda Epiq loses less time at each stop. So the MG ZS EV stops less often while the Skoda Epiq stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The two are within 11 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 602 mm of total clearance for the Skoda Epiq and about 591 mm of total clearance for the MG ZS EV. The Skoda Epiq also turns in a 0.5 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 90% battery health for the MG ZS EV and 90% for the Skoda Epiq. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. The Skoda Epiq's LFP-type pack tolerates daily 100% charging, while the MG ZS EV's NMC-type pack lasts longest kept to about 80% for everyday use.