Testing, testing

ILLYA VERPRAET

So then, the new Volkswagen Passat eHybrid is a really good plug-in hybrid. It will do 73 miles on electric power at 3.6mpkWh, then carry on using its petrol engine while still doing over 50mpg a lot of the time, and it’s pretty hard to argue with that, right? Allow me… I’m not about to dispute any of the findings of that test (p40) – because I wrote it – but in my view, the concept of a PHEV is fundamentally flawed. That new VW system is pretty remarkable and makes the Passat a very competitive PHEV. But even this one just seems like the worst of the electric and pure-ICE worlds. Some people choose a PHEV as a company car to get the low BIK tax even though they…

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Autocar (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 13, 2024

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