Peugeot e-308 SW vs Vauxhall Corsa

The Peugeot e-308 SW costs £4,760 more than the Vauxhall Corsa. For that premium it adds 54 miles more WLTP range and 238 litres more boot space. The Vauxhall Corsa is not just cheaper - it also offers a 1.7s quicker 0-62mph time. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Peugeot e-308 SW comes out ahead overall.

The Vauxhall Corsa is £4,760 cheaper to buy. The Peugeot e-308 SW is cheaper to charge, roughly £144 a year versus £176 for the Vauxhall Corsa, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Vauxhall Corsa comes out roughly £4,600 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 229 miles for the Peugeot e-308 SW and 149 miles for the Vauxhall Corsa - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Peugeot e-308 SW goes roughly 80 miles further between charging stops.

The Vauxhall Corsa is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 87 mm narrower than the Peugeot e-308 SW. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 635 mm of total clearance for the Vauxhall Corsa and about 548 mm of total clearance for the Peugeot e-308 SW. The Vauxhall Corsa 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-308 SW and 84% for the Vauxhall Corsa. 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.