Citroën ë-C4 X vs VW ID.5

The VW ID.5 costs £8,280 more than the Citroën ë-C4 X. For that premium it adds 130 miles more WLTP range, 65 kW faster peak rapid charging and 110 kW more power. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the VW ID.5 comes out ahead overall.

The Citroën ë-C4 X is £8,280 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 £8,280 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 293 miles for the VW ID.5 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The VW ID.5 goes roughly 108 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 25-29 minutes.

The Citroën ë-C4 X is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 52 mm narrower than the VW ID.5. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 600 mm of total clearance for the Citroën ë-C4 X and about 548 mm of total clearance for the VW ID.5. The VW ID.5 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 84% battery health for the Citroën ë-C4 X and 84% for the VW ID.5. 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.