BYD ATTO 2 vs Cupra Raval

The BYD ATTO 2 costs £3,855 more than the Cupra Raval. For that premium it adds 31 kW more power and a 1.6s quicker 0-62mph time. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Cupra Raval comes out ahead overall.

The Cupra Raval is £3,855 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £152 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Cupra Raval comes out roughly £3,895 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 178 miles for the BYD ATTO 2 and 139 miles for the Cupra Raval - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The BYD ATTO 2 goes roughly 40 miles further between charging stops.

The Cupra Raval is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 46 mm narrower than the BYD ATTO 2. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 616 mm of total clearance for the Cupra Raval and about 570 mm of total clearance for the BYD ATTO 2. The BYD ATTO 2 also turns in a 0.4 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 90% battery health for the BYD ATTO 2 and 90% for the Cupra Raval. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use LFP-type cells, which are happy charged to 100% every day.