plug in hybrids - launch dates?
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Couldn't decide whether to pop this in here or the EV section but I am guessing theres more traffic in gassing (mods please move if you think it should be over there)
Anyhow, plug in hybrids seem likely to catch on especially with the company car buyers, we have the outlander, and the volvo V60, (the americans seem to be getting an XC60 phev) Audi has the A3 e-tron, and presumably theres a VW, Seat and Skoda version in the offing. But can anyone shed any light on when some of these and others might make their debut.
We enjoyed an extended test of an outlander a few weeks ago, and it did seem to do what it said it would - it tackled the school run at both ends of the day with an overnight charge and used very little fuel over the week we had it. I was quite keen on it to replace the wife's KJ cherokee, which is petrol and not ideally suited to the trundling in traffic it mainly does these days. But err indoors wasn't so keen, she didn't feel the visibility out was as good as her jeep (she is right- its not, but thats because the jeep is old fashioned) and she thought the outlander was too big.
My employers run a salary sacrifice lease scheme which makes the outlander very attractively priced due to the low BIK,(the saving in fuelling the jeep would pretty much cover the monthly charge. So I am hoping that an equally tax efficient phev that she likes might be launched in the next 12 months (she wouldn't even look at an A3/golf, and AWD would be preferred, and the volvo is too expensive)
Any insider knowledge?
Anyhow, plug in hybrids seem likely to catch on especially with the company car buyers, we have the outlander, and the volvo V60, (the americans seem to be getting an XC60 phev) Audi has the A3 e-tron, and presumably theres a VW, Seat and Skoda version in the offing. But can anyone shed any light on when some of these and others might make their debut.
We enjoyed an extended test of an outlander a few weeks ago, and it did seem to do what it said it would - it tackled the school run at both ends of the day with an overnight charge and used very little fuel over the week we had it. I was quite keen on it to replace the wife's KJ cherokee, which is petrol and not ideally suited to the trundling in traffic it mainly does these days. But err indoors wasn't so keen, she didn't feel the visibility out was as good as her jeep (she is right- its not, but thats because the jeep is old fashioned) and she thought the outlander was too big.
My employers run a salary sacrifice lease scheme which makes the outlander very attractively priced due to the low BIK,(the saving in fuelling the jeep would pretty much cover the monthly charge. So I am hoping that an equally tax efficient phev that she likes might be launched in the next 12 months (she wouldn't even look at an A3/golf, and AWD would be preferred, and the volvo is too expensive)
Any insider knowledge?
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