Peugeot e-Rifter vs Skoda Enyaq

The Skoda Enyaq costs £6,440 more than the Peugeot e-Rifter. For that premium it adds 70 miles more WLTP range, 65 kW faster peak rapid charging and 50 kW more power. The Peugeot e-Rifter is not just cheaper - it also offers 190 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Skoda Enyaq comes out ahead overall.

The Peugeot e-Rifter is £6,440 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £160 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Peugeot e-Rifter comes out roughly £6,360 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 166 miles for the Peugeot e-Rifter and 224 miles for the Skoda Enyaq - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Skoda Enyaq goes roughly 58 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 24-30 minutes.

The Skoda Enyaq is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 42 mm narrower than the Peugeot e-Rifter. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 521 mm of total clearance for the Skoda Enyaq and about 479 mm of total clearance for the Peugeot e-Rifter. The Skoda Enyaq also turns in a 1.5 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-Rifter and 84% for the Skoda Enyaq. 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.