Peugeot e-2008 vs Volvo EX40

The Volvo EX40 costs £10,045 more than the Peugeot e-2008. For that premium it adds 109 miles more WLTP range, 100 kW faster peak rapid charging and 70 kW more power. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Volvo EX40 comes out ahead overall.

The Peugeot e-2008 is £10,045 cheaper to buy. The Peugeot e-2008 is cheaper to charge, roughly £152 a year versus £184 for the Volvo EX40, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Peugeot e-2008 comes out roughly £10,205 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 242 miles for the Volvo EX40 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Volvo EX40 goes roughly 37 miles further between charging stops.

The Peugeot e-2008 is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 103 mm narrower than the Volvo EX40. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 630 mm of total clearance for the Peugeot e-2008 and about 527 mm of total clearance for the Volvo EX40. The Peugeot e-2008 also turns in a 0.6 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 Peugeot e-2008 and 84% for the Volvo EX40. 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.