Citroën ë-C4 X vs Cupra Tavascan

The Cupra Tavascan costs £18,625 more than the Citroën ë-C4 X. For that premium it adds 131 miles more WLTP range, 35 kW faster peak rapid charging and 110 kW more power. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Citroën ë-C4 X comes out ahead overall.

The Citroën ë-C4 X is £18,625 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 Citroën ë-C4 X comes out roughly £18,625 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 185 miles for the Citroën ë-C4 X and 294 miles for the Cupra Tavascan - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Cupra Tavascan goes roughly 109 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 25-28 minutes.

The Citroën ë-C4 X is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 61 mm narrower than the Cupra Tavascan. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 600 mm of total clearance for the Citroën ë-C4 X and about 539 mm of total clearance for the Cupra Tavascan.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Citroën ë-C4 X and 84% for the Cupra Tavascan. 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.