Peugeot e-308 vs Vauxhall Grandland

The Vauxhall Grandland costs £6,290 more than the Peugeot e-308. For that premium it adds 46 miles more WLTP range, 42 kW more power and a 0.8s quicker 0-62mph time. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Peugeot e-308 comes out ahead overall.

The Peugeot e-308 is £6,290 cheaper to buy. The Peugeot e-308 is cheaper to charge, roughly £144 a year versus £192 for the Vauxhall Grandland, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Peugeot e-308 comes out roughly £6,530 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 232 miles for the Peugeot e-308 and 220 miles for the Vauxhall Grandland - effectively matched, and both well below their WLTP figures because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV.

The Peugeot e-308 is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 256 mm narrower than the Vauxhall Grandland. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 548 mm of total clearance for the Peugeot e-308 and about 292 mm of total clearance for the Vauxhall Grandland.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Peugeot e-308 and 84% for the Vauxhall Grandland. 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.