Renault Scenic vs Vauxhall Grandland

The Renault Scenic is £360 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £184 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Renault Scenic comes out roughly £400 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 274 miles for the Renault Scenic and 220 miles for the Vauxhall Grandland - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Renault Scenic goes roughly 54 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 30-37 minutes.

The Renault Scenic is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 244 mm narrower than the Vauxhall Grandland. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 536 mm of total clearance for the Renault Scenic and about 292 mm of total clearance for the Vauxhall Grandland.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Renault Scenic and 84% for the Vauxhall Grandland. 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.