Peugeot e-Rifter vs Porsche Cayenne

The Porsche Cayenne costs £50,630 more than the Peugeot e-Rifter. For that premium it adds 159 miles more WLTP range, 290 kW faster peak rapid charging and 225 kW more power. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Porsche Cayenne comes out ahead overall.

The Peugeot e-Rifter is £50,630 cheaper to buy. The Peugeot e-Rifter is cheaper to charge, roughly £176 a year versus £240 for the Porsche Cayenne, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Peugeot e-Rifter comes out roughly £50,950 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 166 miles for the Peugeot e-Rifter and 234 miles for the Porsche Cayenne - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Porsche Cayenne goes roughly 68 miles further between charging stops.

The Peugeot e-Rifter is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 59 mm narrower than the Porsche Cayenne. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 479 mm of total clearance for the Peugeot e-Rifter and about 420 mm of total clearance for the Porsche Cayenne. The Peugeot e-Rifter 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 84% battery health for the Peugeot e-Rifter and 84% for the Porsche Cayenne. 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.