Omoda E5 vs Vauxhall Mokka

The Vauxhall Mokka is £560 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 Vauxhall Mokka comes out roughly £600 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 194 miles for the Omoda E5 and 173 miles for the Vauxhall Mokka - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Omoda E5 goes roughly 22 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 28-30 minutes.

The Omoda E5 is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 157 mm narrower than the Vauxhall Mokka. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 570 mm of total clearance for the Omoda E5 and about 413 mm of total clearance for the Vauxhall Mokka. The Vauxhall Mokka 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 90% battery health for the Omoda E5 and 84% for the Vauxhall Mokka. That gives the Omoda E5 a modest edge in retained real-world range. The Omoda E5's LFP-type pack tolerates daily 100% charging, while the Vauxhall Mokka's NMC-type pack lasts longest kept to about 80% for everyday use. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.