Alpine A390 vs Hyundai IONIQ 5 N

The Hyundai IONIQ 5 N costs £4,410 more than the Alpine A390. For that premium it adds 50 kW faster peak rapid charging and 184 kW more power. The Alpine A390 is not just cheaper - it also offers 66 miles more WLTP range and 52 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Alpine A390 comes out ahead overall.

The Alpine A390 is £4,410 cheaper to buy. The Alpine A390 is cheaper to charge, roughly £176 a year versus £208 for the Hyundai IONIQ 5 N, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Alpine A390 comes out roughly £4,570 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 288 miles for the Alpine A390 and 232 miles for the Hyundai IONIQ 5 N - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Alpine A390 goes roughly 56 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 25-27 minutes.

The Alpine A390 is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 55 mm narrower than the Hyundai IONIQ 5 N. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 515 mm of total clearance for the Alpine A390 and about 460 mm of total clearance for the Hyundai IONIQ 5 N. The Alpine A390 also turns in a 1.0 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 Alpine A390 and 89% for the Hyundai IONIQ 5 N. That gives the Hyundai IONIQ 5 N a modest edge in retained real-world range. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation.