Kia Niro EV vs Peugeot e-308

The Kia Niro EV costs £3,930 more than the Peugeot e-308. For that premium it adds 35 kW more power and a 2.0s quicker 0-62mph time. The Peugeot e-308 is not just cheaper - it also offers 73 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Peugeot e-308 comes out ahead overall.

The Peugeot e-308 is £3,930 cheaper to buy. The Peugeot e-308 is cheaper to charge, roughly £144 a year versus £176 for the Kia Niro EV, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Peugeot e-308 comes out roughly £4,090 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 194 miles for the Kia Niro EV and 232 miles for the Peugeot e-308 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Peugeot e-308 goes roughly 38 miles further between charging stops.

The two are within 27 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 575 mm of total clearance for the Kia Niro EV and about 548 mm of total clearance for the Peugeot e-308. The Kia Niro EV also turns in a 0.5 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 Kia Niro EV and 84% for the Peugeot e-308. 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. The Peugeot e-308 has the longer battery warranty at 8 years, versus 7 for the Kia Niro EV.