Nissan LEAF vs Peugeot e-208

The Nissan LEAF costs £10,934 more than the Peugeot e-208. For that premium it adds 149 miles more WLTP range, 50 kW faster peak rapid charging and 128 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Nissan LEAF comes out ahead overall.

The Peugeot e-208 is £10,934 cheaper to buy. The Nissan LEAF is cheaper to charge, roughly £136 a year versus £168 for the Peugeot e-208, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Peugeot e-208 comes out roughly £10,774 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 313 miles for the Nissan LEAF and 155 miles for the Peugeot e-208 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Nissan LEAF goes roughly 158 miles further between charging stops.

The Peugeot e-208 is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 45 mm narrower than the Nissan LEAF. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 635 mm of total clearance for the Peugeot e-208 and about 590 mm of total clearance for the Nissan LEAF. The Peugeot e-208 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 Nissan LEAF and 84% for the Peugeot e-208. 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.