Peugeot e-308 SW vs VW ID.4

The VW ID.4 costs £4,730 more than the Peugeot e-308 SW. For that premium it adds 76 miles more WLTP range, 95 kW more power and a 3.2s quicker 0-62mph time. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the VW ID.4 comes out ahead overall.

The Peugeot e-308 SW is £4,730 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-308 SW comes out roughly £4,770 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 293 miles for the VW ID.4 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The VW ID.4 goes roughly 64 miles further between charging stops.

The two are within 0 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 548 mm of total clearance for the Peugeot e-308 SW and about 548 mm of total clearance for the VW ID.4. The VW ID.4 also turns in a 0.9 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 VW ID.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.