Ford Puma Gen-E vs Mazda MX-30

The Ford Puma Gen-E costs £4,450 more than the Mazda MX-30. For that premium it adds 135 miles more WLTP range, 50 kW faster peak rapid charging and 200 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Ford Puma Gen-E comes out ahead overall.

The Mazda MX-30 is £4,450 cheaper to buy. The Ford Puma Gen-E is cheaper to charge, roughly £144 a year versus £192 for the Mazda MX-30, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Mazda MX-30 comes out roughly £4,210 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 186 miles for the Ford Puma Gen-E and 104 miles for the Mazda MX-30 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Ford Puma Gen-E goes roughly 83 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 26 minutes in the Ford Puma Gen-E and 36 in the Mazda MX-30, so the Ford Puma Gen-E loses less time at each stop. That makes the Ford Puma Gen-E the stronger long-distance car.

The two are within 10 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 605 mm of total clearance for the Mazda MX-30 and about 595 mm of total clearance for the Ford Puma Gen-E.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Ford Puma Gen-E and 84% for the Mazda MX-30. 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.