MG ZS EV vs Vauxhall Mokka

The Vauxhall Mokka is £990 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £168 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Vauxhall Mokka comes out roughly £1,110 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 199 miles for the MG ZS EV and 173 miles for the Vauxhall Mokka - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The MG ZS EV goes roughly 26 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 30-36 minutes.

The MG ZS EV is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 178 mm narrower than the Vauxhall Mokka. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 591 mm of total clearance for the MG ZS EV and about 413 mm of total clearance for the Vauxhall Mokka. The Vauxhall Mokka also turns in a 0.8 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 Vauxhall Mokka. 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 Vauxhall Mokka has the longer battery warranty at 8 years, versus 7 for the MG ZS EV.