Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica vs Nissan Micra

The Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica costs £10,905 more than the Nissan Micra. For that premium it adds 59 miles more WLTP range and 74 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Nissan Micra comes out ahead overall.

The Nissan Micra is £10,905 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 Nissan Micra comes out roughly £10,945 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 176 miles for the Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica and 137 miles for the Nissan Micra - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica goes roughly 39 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 27-30 minutes.

The two are within 1 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 620 mm of total clearance for the Nissan Micra and about 619 mm of total clearance for the Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica. The Nissan Micra also turns in a 0.3 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 Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica and 90% for the Nissan Micra. That gives the Nissan Micra a modest edge in retained real-world range. The Nissan Micra's LFP-type pack tolerates daily 100% charging, while the Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica's NMC-type pack lasts longest kept to about 80% for everyday use.