BYD ATTO 2 vs MG ZS EV

The MG ZS EV costs £2,645 more than the BYD ATTO 2. For that premium it adds 60 miles more WLTP range. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the BYD ATTO 2 comes out ahead overall.

The BYD ATTO 2 is £2,645 cheaper to buy. The BYD ATTO 2 is cheaper to charge, roughly £160 a year versus £192 for the MG ZS EV, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the BYD ATTO 2 comes out roughly £2,805 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 199 miles for the MG ZS EV - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The MG ZS EV goes roughly 21 miles further between charging stops.

The two are within 21 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 591 mm of total clearance for the MG ZS EV and about 570 mm of total clearance for the BYD ATTO 2. The BYD ATTO 2 also turns in a 0.7 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 MG ZS EV. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. The BYD ATTO 2's LFP-type pack tolerates daily 100% charging, while the MG ZS EV's NMC-type pack lasts longest kept to about 80% for everyday use. The BYD ATTO 2 has the longer battery warranty at 8 years, versus 7 for the MG ZS EV.