Peugeot e-308 vs Peugeot e-408

The Peugeot e-408 costs £3,200 more than the Peugeot e-308. For that premium it adds 42 kW more power and a 2.2s quicker 0-62mph time. The Peugeot e-308 is not just cheaper - it also offers 77 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Peugeot e-308 comes out ahead overall.

The Peugeot e-308 is £3,200 cheaper to buy. The Peugeot e-308 is cheaper to charge, roughly £144 a year versus £176 for the Peugeot e-408, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Peugeot e-308 comes out roughly £3,360 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 Peugeot e-308 and 177 miles for the Peugeot e-408 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Peugeot e-308 goes roughly 55 miles further between charging stops.

The two are within 7 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 548 mm of total clearance for the Peugeot e-308 and about 541 mm of total clearance for the Peugeot e-408.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Peugeot e-308 and 84% for the Peugeot e-408. 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.