MG S6 EV vs Peugeot e-Rifter

The MG S6 EV costs £5,425 more than the Peugeot e-Rifter. For that premium it adds 130 miles more WLTP range, 50 kW faster peak rapid charging and 80 kW more power. The Peugeot e-Rifter is not just cheaper - it also offers 101 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the MG S6 EV comes out ahead overall.

The Peugeot e-Rifter is £5,425 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 Peugeot e-Rifter comes out roughly £5,465 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 232 miles for the MG S6 EV and 166 miles for the Peugeot e-Rifter - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The MG S6 EV goes roughly 66 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 38 minutes in the MG S6 EV and 30 in the Peugeot e-Rifter, so the Peugeot e-Rifter loses less time at each stop. So the MG S6 EV stops less often while the Peugeot e-Rifter stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The two are within 9 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 488 mm of total clearance for the MG S6 EV and about 479 mm of total clearance for the Peugeot e-Rifter.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the MG S6 EV and 84% for the Peugeot e-Rifter. 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. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.