Side by side · 2025 and 2027

Mercedes-Benz EQBvsMINI Countryman

251 mi EPA · 30 min 10–80%216 mi EPA · 33 min 10–80%

The Mercedes-Benz EQB is rated 251 miles on the EPA test, the MINI Countryman 216. A 10–80% stop takes 30 minutes in the Mercedes-Benz EQB and 33 in the MINI Countryman. 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.

Race the charge Skip to the numbers

At a glance

Mercedes-Benz EQB · EQB 250 Plus

251mi EPA

30min 10–80%

$53,050from

MINI Countryman · Countryman SE ALL4 (18 inch Wheels)

216mi EPA

33min 10–80%

$46,375from

The short answer

The Mercedes-Benz EQB goes further on a charge.

The Mercedes-Benz EQB is rated 251 miles against 216 — 35 miles, 16% further. It uses 31.5 kWh to cover 100 miles where the MINI Countryman needs 34.6.

A 10–80% stop takes 30 minutes in the Mercedes-Benz EQB and 33 in the MINI Countryman. On a 50 kW post it is 56 and 54 minutes, so most of the advantage disappears at a slow site.

The MINI Countryman is the cheaper to buy, listed from $46,375.00 against $53,050.00 for the Mercedes-Benz EQB — $6,675.00 at the starting point before tax, delivery and options.

Which one, in one line

Pick the Mercedes-Benz EQB ifit wins on range (251 mi against 216), running cost (31.5 kWh per 100 miles against 34.6), charging (30 minutes against 33).

The priceThe MINI Countryman is the cheaper to buy, listed from $46,375; both are US list prices before tax, delivery and incentives.

2025 · EQB 250 Plus Mercedes-Benz EQB

Mercedes-Benz EQB

SUV · 66.5 kWh usable · CCS1

EPA range: 251mi
Efficiency: 3.18mi/kWh
DC peak: 112kW
Boot: 17.5cu ft

2027 · Countryman SE ALL4 (18 inch Wheels) MINI Countryman

MINI Countryman

SUV · 64.7 kWh usable · CCS1

EPA range: 216mi
Efficiency: 2.89mi/kWh
DC peak: 128kW
Boot: 16.2cu 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: 93 kW for the Mercedes-Benz EQB, 82 kW for the MINI Countryman. A post above that average changes nothing; a post below it sets the pace.

Station150 kW

MINI CountrymanCCS133min

Mercedes-Benz EQBCCS130min

At 150 kW, going from 10% to 80% takes 30 min in the Mercedes-Benz EQB and 33 min in the MINI Countryman — a gap of 3 minutes. Both cars are limited by their own packs at this post, so a bigger station 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.

Mercedes-Benz EQB and MINI Countryman, US model years as labelled. Sources: fueleconomy.gov for the EPA rows, evstats.org for the catalogue figures, Euro NCAP for the stars.
Measure	Mercedes-Benz EQB	MINI Countryman
Range and efficiency
EPA range	251 mi✓2025 EQB 250 Plus	216 mi2027 Countryman SE ALL4 (18 inch Wheels)
EPA efficiency	3.18 mi/kWh✓	2.89 mi/kWh
Energy per 100 miles	31.5 kWh✓	34.6 kWh
Battery, usable	66.5 kWhMercedes-Benz EQB 250	64.7 kWhMini Countryman E (MY24-25)
Range left in the cold	56%modelled envelope	56%modelled envelope
Charging
DC peak	112 kW	128 kW✓
10–80% at peak	30 min✓	33 min
Average power, 10–80%(derived)	93 kW✓	82 kW
AC maximum	11 kW	11 kW
Full charge on 240 V	8.3 h	7 h✓
Fast-charge plug	CCS1	CCS1
Size and weight
Length	184.4 in	174.5 in
Width with mirrors	79.5 in	81.5 in
Height	65.6 in	65.2 in
Wheelbase	111.4 in	106 in
Kerb weight	4,652 lb	4,277 lb
Space and practicality
Seats	7✓	5
Boot, seats up	17.5 cu ft✓	16.2 cu ft
Front trunk	0 cu ft	0 cu ft
Maximum cargo	60.4 cu ft✓	51.2 cu ft
Towing, braked	—	1,653 lb
Heat pump	Standard Equipment	Standard Equipment
Performance and safety
Power	140 kW	150 kW✓
0–100 km/h	8.9 s	8.6 s✓
Euro NCAP stars	5✓	4
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	$53,050US list price	$46,375✓US list price
Top version	$60,850	$46,375✓
Per mile of range	$211✓cheapest version	$219cheapest 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.

Trip distance

Mercedes-Benz EQB: 3
MINI Countryman: 4

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.

Miles a year

$/kWh

Mercedes-Benz EQB: $1,322
MINI Countryman: $1,452

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.

Range

Running cost

Charging speed

Price

Space

Battery size

Towing (not listed)

Weighted result

Mercedes-Benz EQB

wins 5 of 6 measures on these weights

Mercedes-Benz EQB82%

MINI Countryman18%

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 Mercedes-Benz EQB or the MINI Countryman?

The Mercedes-Benz EQB. The Mercedes-Benz EQB is rated 251 miles and the MINI Countryman 216, each on the longest-range version of its current model year — 2025 EQB 250 Plus and 2027 Countryman SE ALL4 (18 inch Wheels) 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 Mercedes-Benz EQB. Going from 10% to 80% takes 30 minutes in the Mercedes-Benz EQB (112 kW peak) and 33 in the MINI Countryman (128 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 Mercedes-Benz EQB, by about $371.93 a year at 12,000 miles and $0.35 per kWh. It uses 31.5 kWh per 100 miles against 34.6. That is energy only, at the wheels: session fees, idle fees and home-charger installation are not in it.

Which has more space?

The Mercedes-Benz EQB: 17.5 cu ft of boot against 16.2 cu ft, and 7 seats against 5. 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 MINI Countryman is the cheaper of the two to buy, listed from $46,375.00 against $53,050.00 for the Mercedes-Benz EQB — $6,675.00 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 manufacturers' own price lists, not the catalogue's European figures.

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