MG ZS EV vs Skoda Elroq

The MG ZS EV is £475 cheaper to buy. The Skoda Elroq is cheaper to charge, roughly £152 a year versus £192 for the MG ZS EV, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the two land within £275 of each other - effectively the same to own. 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 199 miles for the MG ZS EV and 234 miles for the Skoda Elroq - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Skoda Elroq goes roughly 35 miles further between charging stops.

The MG ZS EV is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 75 mm narrower than the Skoda Elroq. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 591 mm of total clearance for the MG ZS EV and about 516 mm of total clearance for the Skoda Elroq. The Skoda Elroq also turns in a 1.9 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 MG ZS EV and 84% for the Skoda Elroq. That gives the MG ZS EV 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 Skoda Elroq has the longer battery warranty at 8 years, versus 7 for the MG ZS EV.