MG ZS EV vs Vauxhall Mokka-e

The MG ZS EV is £345 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £168 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the two land within £225 of each other - effectively the same to own. 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 168 miles for the Vauxhall Mokka-e - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The MG ZS EV goes roughly 31 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 30-36 minutes.

The two are within 18 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 609 mm of total clearance for the Vauxhall Mokka-e and about 591 mm of total clearance for the MG ZS EV. The Vauxhall Mokka-e 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 84% for the Vauxhall Mokka-e. That gives the MG ZS EV a modest edge in retained real-world range. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation. The Vauxhall Mokka-e has the longer battery warranty at 8 years, versus 7 for the MG ZS EV.