Vauxhall Corsa Electric vs Peugeot e-208: home charging cost

At the current price cap, the Peugeot e-208 is the cheaper of the two to run at 6.1p per mile vs 6.2p for the Vauxhall Corsa Electric — a difference of about £12.61 over 10,000 miles of home charging.

Prices based on the Ofgem price cap of 26.11 p/kWh, effective 1 July 2026.Source: Ofgem

	Vauxhall Corsa Electric50 kWh	Peugeot e-20850 kWh
Full charge cost	£13.74	£13.74
Cost per mile	6.2p	6.1p
20-80% on a 7 kW wallbox	3 hr 58 min	3 hr 58 min
Usable battery	46.3 kWh	46.3 kWh
WLTP range	222 miles	226 miles
Efficiency	4.8 mi/kWh	4.9 mi/kWh
Max AC charging	7.4 kW	7.4 kW

At a glance

Full charge cost (lower is better)

Vauxhall Corsa Electric£13.74

Peugeot e-208£13.74

Running cost per mile (lower is better)

Vauxhall Corsa Electric6.2p

Peugeot e-2086.1p

20-80% time on a 7 kW wallbox (lower is better)

Vauxhall Corsa Electric3 hr 58 min

Peugeot e-2083 hr 58 min

The bigger battery costs more to fill but is not necessarily more expensive to run — cost per mile depends on efficiency, not battery size. Costs include ~12% AC charging losses.