Geely EX5 vs Kia EV5

The Kia EV5 costs £5,355 more than the Geely EX5. For that premium it adds 75 miles more WLTP range, 27 kW faster peak rapid charging and 103 litres more boot space. The Geely EX5 is not just cheaper - it also offers a 1.4s quicker 0-62mph time. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Geely EX5 comes out ahead overall.

The Geely EX5 is £5,355 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 Geely EX5 comes out roughly £5,395 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 198 miles for the Geely EX5 and 235 miles for the Kia EV5 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Kia EV5 goes roughly 38 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 20 minutes in the Geely EX5 and 31 in the Kia EV5, so the Geely EX5 loses less time at each stop. So the Kia EV5 stops less often while the Geely EX5 stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The two are within 26 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 525 mm of total clearance for the Kia EV5 and about 499 mm of total clearance for the Geely EX5.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 90% battery health for the Geely EX5 and 89% for the Kia EV5. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. The Geely EX5's LFP-type pack tolerates daily 100% charging, while the Kia EV5's NMC-type pack lasts longest kept to about 80% for everyday use.