Could a plug in hybrid be good as my next company car?
Discussion
My company car is due back soon and I am looking at the options for my next one.
I have always had Diesel company cars but the car tax is ramping up over the next few years and the HMRC pence per mile decreases year on year. For the first time, I'm looking at Hybrids.
Personal use:
I do many short (<3 mile) journeys into town, where we have decent EV infrastructure. (I drove a full EV for 6 months about 5 years ago). If EVs still get free parking when charging, I will save myself a chunk of money on parking tickets.
Work use:
Once a week, I have to do a 150 mile round trip to one of our offices where there is no charging point.
Every couple of weeks I will do a long journey to visit a client which could be anywhere in the UK
After an initial search on comcar, I spotted the Golf 1.4 GTE which seems to tick all the boxes: 200+ Bhp (exciting - not had anything remotely powerful for many years!), high mpg, very cheap company car tax, I like VWs, etc.
For my longer journeys, I presume the battery will have depleted so I will be running purely on the 1.4 engine. Is a Golf with a tiny 1.4 engine hauling a heavy battery not the ideal motorway cruiser? Are the plug in hybrids not really designed for this purpose?
Have any company car users on here selected a hybrid and had it all work out for them?
I have always had Diesel company cars but the car tax is ramping up over the next few years and the HMRC pence per mile decreases year on year. For the first time, I'm looking at Hybrids.
Personal use:
I do many short (<3 mile) journeys into town, where we have decent EV infrastructure. (I drove a full EV for 6 months about 5 years ago). If EVs still get free parking when charging, I will save myself a chunk of money on parking tickets.
Work use:
Once a week, I have to do a 150 mile round trip to one of our offices where there is no charging point.
Every couple of weeks I will do a long journey to visit a client which could be anywhere in the UK
After an initial search on comcar, I spotted the Golf 1.4 GTE which seems to tick all the boxes: 200+ Bhp (exciting - not had anything remotely powerful for many years!), high mpg, very cheap company car tax, I like VWs, etc.
For my longer journeys, I presume the battery will have depleted so I will be running purely on the 1.4 engine. Is a Golf with a tiny 1.4 engine hauling a heavy battery not the ideal motorway cruiser? Are the plug in hybrids not really designed for this purpose?
Have any company car users on here selected a hybrid and had it all work out for them?
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