Ford Explorer vs Renault Scenic

The Renault Scenic costs £1,810 more than the Ford Explorer. For that premium it adds 119 miles more WLTP range, 45 kW faster peak rapid charging and 75 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Renault Scenic comes out ahead overall.

The Ford Explorer is £1,810 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £176 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Ford Explorer comes out roughly £1,850 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 183 miles for the Ford Explorer and 274 miles for the Renault Scenic - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Renault Scenic goes roughly 91 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 25 minutes in the Ford Explorer and 37 in the Renault Scenic, so the Ford Explorer loses less time at each stop. So the Renault Scenic stops less often while the Ford Explorer stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The two are within 8 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 536 mm of total clearance for the Renault Scenic and about 528 mm of total clearance for the Ford Explorer.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Ford Explorer and 84% for the Renault Scenic. 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.