Nissan Micra vs Renault Megane

The Renault Megane costs £9,000 more than the Nissan Micra. For that premium it adds 110 miles more WLTP range, 85 kW faster peak rapid charging and 114 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Renault Megane comes out ahead overall.

The Nissan Micra is £9,000 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £152 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Nissan Micra comes out roughly £8,960 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 137 miles for the Nissan Micra and 255 miles for the Renault Megane - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Renault Megane goes roughly 117 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 24-30 minutes.

The two are within 12 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 632 mm of total clearance for the Renault Megane and about 620 mm of total clearance for the Nissan Micra.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 90% battery health for the Nissan Micra and 90% for the Renault Megane. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use LFP-type cells, which are happy charged to 100% every day.