Peugeot e-5008 vs XPENG G6

The XPENG G6 is £675 cheaper to buy. The Peugeot e-5008 is cheaper to charge, roughly £160 a year versus £192 for the XPENG G6, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the XPENG G6 comes out roughly £515 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 257 miles for the Peugeot e-5008 and 193 miles for the XPENG G6 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Peugeot e-5008 goes roughly 65 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 30 minutes in the Peugeot e-5008 and 12 in the XPENG G6, so the XPENG G6 loses less time at each stop. So the Peugeot e-5008 stops less often while the XPENG G6 stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The two are within 25 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 505 mm of total clearance for the Peugeot e-5008 and about 480 mm of total clearance for the XPENG G6. The Peugeot e-5008 also turns in a 0.4 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Peugeot e-5008 and 90% for the XPENG G6. That gives the XPENG G6 a modest edge in retained real-world range. The XPENG G6's LFP-type pack tolerates daily 100% charging, while the Peugeot e-5008's NMC-type pack lasts longest kept to about 80% for everyday use. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.