Porsche Macan Electric vs Volvo ES90

The Porsche Macan Electric costs £1,040 more than the Volvo ES90. For that premium it adds 116 litres more boot space and a 1.0s quicker 0-62mph time. The Volvo ES90 is not just cheaper - it also offers 80 kW faster peak rapid charging. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Porsche Macan Electric comes out ahead overall.

The Volvo ES90 is £1,040 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 Volvo ES90 comes out roughly £1,000 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 332 miles for the Porsche Macan Electric and 286 miles for the Volvo ES90 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Porsche Macan Electric goes roughly 45 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 21-22 minutes.

The two are within 4 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 462 mm of total clearance for the Porsche Macan Electric and about 458 mm of total clearance for the Volvo ES90.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Porsche Macan Electric and 84% for the Volvo ES90. 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.