Citroën ë-C5 Aircross vs Hyundai KONA Electric

The Citroën ë-C5 Aircross is £935 cheaper to buy. The Hyundai KONA Electric is cheaper to charge, roughly £136 a year versus £184 for the Citroën ë-C5 Aircross, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Citroën ë-C5 Aircross comes out roughly £695 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 224 miles for the Citroën ë-C5 Aircross and 266 miles for the Hyundai KONA Electric - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Hyundai KONA Electric goes roughly 42 miles further between charging stops.

The Hyundai KONA Electric is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 111 mm narrower than the Citroën ë-C5 Aircross. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 575 mm of total clearance for the Hyundai KONA Electric and about 464 mm of total clearance for the Citroën ë-C5 Aircross. The Hyundai KONA Electric also turns in a 0.3 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-C5 Aircross and 86% for the Hyundai KONA Electric. That gives the Hyundai KONA Electric 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. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.