From. “Owning” a PHEV company car, I think they are utter crap, from an environmental point of view…
if we’re being realistic, our government, whether current or previous, have pushed company car drivers into PHEVs or EV purely from a BIK point of view.
A PHEV carries the weight of an ICE engine, and battery + EV motor, so is either dragging the weight of the ICE or the EV, depending on which power train it’s running on.
From my personal experience as a rep on the road, the switch from diesel to PHEV from a purely MPG point of view was a downgrade..my Diesel Octavia VRs would easily achieve 55mpg, whilst being fun to drive…the Arteon, if religiously charged would only realise 45mpg, and was sh*t to drive! It wasn’t worth charging on normal networks, so unless charging at home, it would run on ICE and just be dragging the EV hardware around…37mpg was realistic at best…
Moving to my 2020 Leon Cupra ST 4Drive, I regularly achieve +40mpg, with an additional 160bhp and about 400kg less weight than the Arteon, it drives so much better.
Don’t get me wrong, EV is wicked to drive on, but get the right tool for the job…I’d love to go full EV, but we’re not there yet, IMHO