Jaguar I-Pace (2018-2020) vs Kia PV5 Passenger

The Jaguar I-Pace costs £30,300 more than the Kia PV5 Passenger. For that premium it adds 96 miles more WLTP range and 174 kW more power. The Kia PV5 Passenger is not just cheaper - it also offers 50 kW faster peak rapid charging and 644 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Kia PV5 Passenger comes out ahead overall.

The Kia PV5 Passenger is £30,300 cheaper to buy. The Kia PV5 Passenger is cheaper to charge, roughly £176 a year versus £208 for the Jaguar I-Pace, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Kia PV5 Passenger comes out roughly £30,460 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 244 miles for the Jaguar I-Pace and 163 miles for the Kia PV5 Passenger - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Jaguar I-Pace goes roughly 80 miles further between charging stops.

The two are within 17 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 505 mm of total clearance for the Jaguar I-Pace and about 488 mm of total clearance for the Kia PV5 Passenger. The Kia PV5 Passenger also turns in a 1.2 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 Jaguar I-Pace and 84% for the Kia PV5 Passenger. 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.