Peugeot e-2008 vs Vauxhall Astra

The Peugeot e-2008 is £430 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 Peugeot e-2008 comes out roughly £510 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 205 miles for the Peugeot e-2008 and 191 miles for the Vauxhall Astra - effectively matched, and both well below their WLTP figures because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV.

The Peugeot e-2008 is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 90 mm narrower than the Vauxhall Astra. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 630 mm of total clearance for the Peugeot e-2008 and about 540 mm of total clearance for the Vauxhall Astra.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Peugeot e-2008 and 84% for the Vauxhall Astra. 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. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.