GWM ORA ORA 03 (2022-2024) vs Nissan Micra

The GWM ORA ORA 03 costs £7,500 more than the Nissan Micra. For that premium it adds 36 kW more power. The Nissan Micra is not just cheaper - it also offers 98 litres more boot space and a 4.4s quicker 0-62mph time. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Nissan Micra comes out ahead overall.

The Nissan Micra is £7,500 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £160 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Nissan Micra comes out roughly £7,540 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 160 miles for the GWM ORA ORA 03 and 137 miles for the Nissan Micra - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The GWM ORA ORA 03 goes roughly 23 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 43 minutes in the GWM ORA ORA 03 and 30 in the Nissan Micra, so the Nissan Micra loses less time at each stop. So the GWM ORA ORA 03 stops less often while the Nissan Micra stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The Nissan Micra is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 45 mm narrower than the GWM ORA ORA 03. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 620 mm of total clearance for the Nissan Micra and about 575 mm of total clearance for the GWM ORA ORA 03. The Nissan Micra also turns in a 1.0 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 90% battery health for the GWM ORA ORA 03 and 90% for the Nissan Micra. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use LFP-type cells, which are happy charged to 100% every day.