Kia EV9 vs Peugeot e-5008

The Kia EV9 costs £25,980 more than the Peugeot e-5008. For that premium it adds 40 miles more WLTP range and 50 kW faster peak rapid charging. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Peugeot e-5008 comes out ahead overall.

The Peugeot e-5008 is £25,980 cheaper to buy. The Peugeot e-5008 is cheaper to charge, roughly £160 a year versus £192 for the Kia EV9, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Peugeot e-5008 comes out roughly £26,140 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 291 miles for the Kia EV9 and 257 miles for the Peugeot e-5008 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Kia EV9 goes roughly 34 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 24-30 minutes.

The Peugeot e-5008 is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 85 mm narrower than the Kia EV9. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 505 mm of total clearance for the Peugeot e-5008 and about 420 mm of total clearance for the Kia EV9. The Peugeot e-5008 also turns in a 1.1 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 89% battery health for the Kia EV9 and 84% for the Peugeot e-5008. That gives the Kia EV9 a modest edge in retained real-world range. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation. The Peugeot e-5008 has the longer battery warranty at 8 years, versus 7 for the Kia EV9.