Electrical supplies company switches to Vauxhall Ampera

HOW do you generate savings in your business mileage, without suffering the range-anxiety associated with an electric car?

By adding a small fleet of Vauxhall Ampera extended-range electric vehicles (E-REV), of course.

Edmundson Electrical, one of the UK’s first suppliers of electricity and electrical equipment, has invested in three of the plug-in hybrid Amperas. They’ve sparked a lot of interest from the company car drivers….

Barking office Branch Manager, Jo Ellis, said: “I rely on my car for work and cover a relatively high mileage each month including a daily commute of over 35 miles from my home to the office. The E-REV technology in the Ampera means I get all of the benefits of an electric car but with none of the disadvantages such as range-anxiety. It feels just like a normal car.”

Ever since the Ampera’s launch last year, hype and interest around the car has been…. electric. The range-extending ‘hybrid’ drives like any normal car. It can cover up to 50 miles on battery power alone but unlike conventional electric cars, when the batteries run out of power, a petrol generator kicks in seamlessly to give an additional 250 miles of range.

What’s more, thanks to CO2 emissions of 27g/km, the Ampera’s company car tax rate is just 5 percent.

This means a 20 percent tax payer will pay just £349 per year, or £699 at 40 percent.