Electric vehicles have levelled the playing and removed a lot of the badge snobbery among company car drivers, according to fleet operators.
The focus now is more on range, reliability and value for money.
“It’s less about the car and more about how it is used, the suitability and the technology,” said one fleet decision-maker, at the Fleet200 Strategy Network meeting this month.
Another added: “We see the likes of MG rising up the list for company car drivers, especially in salary sacrifice.”
Fleets themselves are also more open to adding full electric vehicles to their choice lists.
They are also more willing to consider alternative solutions, such as battery swap which is Chinese manufacturer Nio’s proposition.
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Bauer B2B group editor Stephen Briers has been an automotive business journalist since 1995. He has been editor of Fleet News since 2009 and before that was editor of Automotive Management for almost seven years. He now oversees both brands, as well as RAIL magazine.
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