#Best plug in hybrid sedan upgrade
Volvo's history of offering its estate cars with a plug-in hybrid powertrain stretches back further than most in the business, but the recent V90 Recharge T6 is without doubt its most successful attempt at the recipe, and an outstanding all-rounder.Ī 2022 upgrade means the car now has a decently sized, 18.8kWh battery pack, which means that the big Swede claims up to 54 miles on a single charge, helping to make it a much more user-friendly option than its predecessor, and dropping it into the eight per cent BIK bracket. Pros: spacious, comfortable, with lots of restrained Scandinavian design appealĬons: it's big, quite pricey, and a little unexciting The Mercedes GLC PHEV can be had in either petrol- or diesel-electric form, but it's the latter that gets the lowest CO2 emissions rating and associated WLTP fuel-efficiency claim: in the GLC 300de's case, the latter's in excess of 700mpg (although reproducing that in daily use, as any plug-in hybrid owner knows, will very much depend on lots of short-range use, and regular charging). Only the ultra-niche Polestar 1 has so far ever offered more and only one other car in this list gets into the same five per cent tax bracket. Having had a much bigger drive battery fitted, it's now a car capable of a lab-test 83 miles of WLTP 'equivalent all-electric range' (the figure that HMRC uses to calculate BIK liability). The leader of its pack is the electrified GLC mid-sized SUV, which was facelifted at the end of 2022. Mercedes has thrown an awful lot of investment at its plug-in hybrid models over the last five years, and now sits in an enviable position among its rivals, with several models that qualify for an eight per cent BIK classification: but only one that does better still.
Pros: outstanding electric-only range, five per cent BIK qualification, SUV cabin space and versatilityĬons: it's expensive, weight of the hybrid system adversely affects ride and handling So if you're looking for do-it-yourself pay rise delivered by a company car with just the right price and amount of electrification, but you're also not quite ready switch all the way into an EV fleet car, read on. PHEV efficiency comes in all shapes and sizes these days and some manufacturers have become specialists at catering to the UK's particular company car tax system, while others continue to engineer to different priorities. Mercedes-Benz GLC 300e 2023 first drive.Top 10 best lightweights and track day specials 2023.
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