Peugeot e-208 vs Renault 4

The Renault 4 costs £2,130 more than the Peugeot e-208. For that premium it adds 111 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Renault 4 comes out ahead overall.

The Peugeot e-208 is £2,130 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £144 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Peugeot e-208 comes out roughly £2,010 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 155 miles for the Peugeot e-208 and 208 miles for the Renault 4 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Renault 4 goes roughly 53 miles further between charging stops.

The Peugeot e-208 is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 31 mm narrower than the Renault 4. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 635 mm of total clearance for the Peugeot e-208 and about 604 mm of total clearance for the Renault 4. 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 Peugeot e-208 and 84% for the Renault 4. 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.