2026 · ARIYA FWD 87kWh
Side by side · 2026 model year
Nissan ARIYAvsVolkswagen ID.4
289 mi EPA · 48 min 10–80%291 mi EPA · 26 min 10–80%
vs
The Nissan ARIYA is rated 289 miles on the EPA test, the Volkswagen ID.4 291. A 10–80% stop takes 48 minutes in the Nissan ARIYA and 26 in the Volkswagen ID.4. Every figure below names the version of the car it belongs to, and the three tools further down turn the same numbers into a charging race, a road trip and a yearly bill.
At a glance
Nissan ARIYA · ARIYA FWD 87kWh
289mi EPA
48min 10–80%
$39,770from
Volkswagen ID.4 · ID.4
291mi EPA
26min 10–80%
$45,095from
The short answer
The Volkswagen ID.4 turns the same electricity into more miles.
1
The Volkswagen ID.4 is rated 291 miles against 289 — 2 miles, 1% further. It uses 34.4 kWh to cover 100 miles where the Volkswagen ID.4 needs 29.8.
2
A 10–80% stop takes 26 minutes in the Volkswagen ID.4 and 48 in the Nissan ARIYA. On a 50 kW post it is 73 and 66 minutes, so most of the advantage disappears at a slow site.
3
The Volkswagen ID.4 carries 19.2 cu ft of boot against 14.7 cu ft.
Which one, in one line
Pick the Volkswagen ID.4 ifit wins on range (291 mi against 289), running cost (29.8 kWh per 100 miles against 34.4), charging (26 minutes against 48).
The priceThe Nissan ARIYA is the cheaper to buy, listed from $39,770; both are US list prices before tax, delivery and incentives.
2026 · ID.4
Volkswagen ID.4
SUV · 79 kWh usable · CCS1
- EPA range
- 291mi
- Efficiency
- 3.36mi/kWh
- DC peak
- 185kW
- Boot
- 19.2cu ft
Charging, raced
Two cars, one post, same clock
Charging speed is a station number and a car number, and the smaller one wins. Set the post and both cars fill against the same clock — the interesting part is not who wins, it is how much of the gap a slow post takes away.
Each car is modelled on its own published 10–80% time, which gives an average power over that window: 76 kW for the Nissan ARIYA, 128 kW for the Volkswagen ID.4. A post above that average changes nothing; a post below it sets the pace.
Volkswagen ID.4CCS126min
Nissan ARIYACCS148min
At 150 kW, going from 10% to 80% takes 48 min in the Nissan ARIYA and 26 min in the Volkswagen ID.4 — a gap of 22 minutes. Both cars are limited by their own packs at this post, so a bigger one would change nothing.
Every figure
The numbers, with the version attached
A tick marks a figure that is simply more useful — more range, less energy per mile, a faster stop. Rows without a tick are different, not better: a bigger battery, a longer wheelbase and a wider body are all trades, and this page does not pretend otherwise.
| Measure | Nissan ARIYA | Volkswagen ID.4 |
|---|---|---|
| Range and efficiency | ||
| EPA range | 289 mi2026 ARIYA FWD 87kWh | 291 mi✓2026 ID.4 |
| EPA efficiency | 2.91 mi/kWh | 3.36 mi/kWh✓ |
| Energy per 100 miles | 34.4 kWh | 29.8 kWh✓ |
| Battery, usable | 87 kWhNissan Ariya e-4ORCE 87kWh - 290 kW | 79 kWhVolkswagen ID.4 GTX (MY26) |
| Range left in the cold | 56%modelled envelope | 57%modelled envelope |
| Charging | ||
| DC peak | 130 kW | 185 kW✓ |
| 10–80% at peak | 48 min | 26 min✓ |
| Average power, 10–80%(derived) | 76 kW | 128 kW✓ |
| AC maximum | 7.4 kW | 11 kW✓ |
| Full charge on 240 V | 14 h | 8 h✓ |
| Fast-charge plug | CCS1 | CCS1 |
| Size and weight | ||
| Length | 180.9 in | 180.5 in |
| Width with mirrors | 85.5 in | — |
| Height | 65.4 in | 63.7 in |
| Wheelbase | 109.3 in | 109.2 in |
| Kerb weight | 5,055 lb | 4,956 lb |
| Space and practicality | ||
| Seats | 5 | 5 |
| Boot, seats up | 14.7 cu ft | 19.2 cu ft✓ |
| Front trunk | 0 cu ft | 0 cu ft |
| Maximum cargo | 47.7 cu ft | 55.6 cu ft✓ |
| Towing, braked | 3,307 lb | 3,968 lb✓ |
| Heat pump | Standard Equipment | Standard Equipment |
| Performance and safety | ||
| Power | 290 kW✓ | 250 kW |
| 0–100 km/h | 5.1 s✓ | 5.4 s |
| Euro NCAP stars | 5 | 5 |
| Battery warranty | 8 years / 99,419 mi8 years / 160,000 km | 8 years / 99,419 mi8 years / 160,000 km |
| V2L / V2H | Not supported | Not supported |
| Price | ||
| Starts at | $39,770✓US list price | $45,095US list price |
| Top version | $54,370 | $48,995✓ |
| Per mile of range | $184cheapest version | $155✓cheapest version |
How to read the mixed rows. Range and efficiency come from one EPA row — the longest-range version of each car's current model year, not the longest range it has ever been rated at. Battery, charging and the catalogue dimensions come from the catalogue's headline record, which is not always the same trim. Each of those rows names its trim where the two disagree, and the model pages carry the full per-trim table.
What the cold row is not. “Range left in the cold” is the catalogue's modelled cold-highway figure as a share of its mild-urban one — a European model, not an EPA test in US weather. It is shown as a share rather than in miles so it cannot be mistaken for a US range rating.
Euro NCAP is the European crash programme; NHTSA and IIHS ratings are not in this dataset and are not claimed here. Warranty terms are the catalogue's kilometre figures converted to miles, so read them as indicative until a US warranty source replaces them.
Your numbers
What this pair costs you, on your drive
Two questions decide most purchases: how often you stop, and what the year costs. Both are arithmetic on the figures above, so change the inputs and the answer changes with you.
The drive
Starts full, arrives at 10%, charges back to 80% at each stop, and assumes a highway range of 85% of the EPA figure.
- Nissan ARIYA
- 3
- Volkswagen ID.4
- 3
stops · 144 min charging
stops · 78 min charging
The year
Energy at the wheels from the EPA label, priced at the tariff you pay. Home charging is usually cheaper than the directory's median.
- Nissan ARIYA
- $1,444
- Volkswagen ID.4
- $1,251
$12 per 100 mi
$10 per 100 mi
The trip model ignores charger detours, queueing and the last 10% of the pack, which is slow on both cars. The yearly cost is energy only: no session fees, no idle fees, no home-charger installation, and no petrol car to compare against.
Your priorities
A verdict you can argue with
There is no single winner, only a winner for a set of priorities. Move the sliders and the weighting changes — nothing here is a magazine score, and the page never hides the numbers it is built from.
Weighted result
Volkswagen ID.4
wins 5 of 7 measures on these weights
Nissan ARIYA22%
Volkswagen ID.478%
Each measure is scaled between the two cars, so a weight of 5 means “this is the thing I care about” and 0 means “I do not care at all”. The scores are relative, not a rating out of ten.
Questions
Short answers, then the reasoning
Every figure here comes from the same data as the rest of the page. Where the data cannot answer, the page says so instead of guessing.
Still unsure about a term? The charging glossary covers the rest of them.
Which has more range, the Nissan ARIYA or the Volkswagen ID.4?
The Volkswagen ID.4. The Nissan ARIYA is rated 289 miles and the Volkswagen ID.4 291, each on the longest-range version of its current model year — 2026 ARIYA FWD 87kWh and 2026 ID.4 respectively. EPA figures are lab scores from one standard test, not a promise for a cold morning or a steady 75 mph.
Which charges faster?
The Volkswagen ID.4. Going from 10% to 80% takes 48 minutes in the Nissan ARIYA (130 kW peak) and 26 in the Volkswagen ID.4 (185 kW peak). At a slow post the station becomes the limit and the gap narrows, because the slower car is short of power rather than short of time.
Do they use the same plug?
Yes. Both list CCS1 for DC fast charging, so either car can use the same sites without an adapter. An adapter still cannot raise the power a car will accept.
Which is cheaper to run?
The Volkswagen ID.4, by about $550.75 a year at 12,000 miles and $0.35 per kWh. It uses 29.8 kWh per 100 miles against 34.4. That is energy only, at the wheels: session fees, idle fees and home-charger installation are not in it.
Which has more space?
The Volkswagen ID.4: 14.7 cu ft of boot against 19.2 cu ft. Boot volumes are measured by different conventions between makers, so read the direction as reliable and the exact size of the gap as indicative.
Which is cheaper to buy?
The Nissan ARIYA is the cheaper of the two to buy, listed from $39,770.00 against $45,095.00 for the Volkswagen ID.4 — $5,325.00 between the two starting prices. Both are manufacturer list prices before sales tax, destination and delivery charges, options and incentives, so a dealer's number will differ; these are US list prices from the price sheet, not the catalogue's European figures.
Other comparisons
All comparisonsEvery figure on this page comes from the same records the Nissan ARIYA and Volkswagen ID.4 pages use. How the sources are chosen, and what a figure here never claims, is on the methodology page.