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March 2021 £5.99 Issue 78: March 2021 £5.99 www.companycartoday.co.uk Your independent source of fleet news, reviews and interviews INSIDE TEST DRIVES Renault Megane PHEV VOLVO Revised Audi Q5 Eight-seat Citroen EV INTERVIEW Toyota fleet boss GOES EV talks hybrid success Test drive review: Electric XC40 kicks off ANALYSIS Volvo’s route to becoming an EV-only brand Budget 2021 – the key fleet details PLUS FIRST PICS: NEW QASHQAI BIG TEST New Citroen C4: six-page Big Test review Looking to make a good impression? The new ID.3 goes a long way The all-electric ID.3, with a range of up to 336 miles* To arrange a demonstration or to find out more, contact the Volkswagen Business Centre on 08000 093 397. *Range of up to 336 miles (WLTP combined) for the ID.3 Pro S (with 77 kWh net battery energy; Electricity consumption, kWh/100 km: combined 16.1-15.5; CO 2 emission combined, g/km: 0; Efficiency class: A+). Range values of the series car according to WLTP may differ depending on final equipment. Figures shown are for comparability purposes and were obtained after the battery had been fully charged. Mains electricity required for charging. Only compare electric range figures with vehicles tested to the same technical procedures. Figures may not reflect real life driving results. FOREWORD CONTENTS 04 NEWS New DS 4 revealed; Renault 5 EV 11 FISKER AND FLEETS US EV brand targets businesses 12 BIG TEST What’s the VW iD.3 really like? WELCOME It’s on the standing at a petrol pump and watching 18 COFFEE WITH… the number spin around and seeing the Gridserve’s Toddington Harper periphery of the cost of your next 400 miles before your electric vehicle eyes, but anyone charging at home will 21 GREEN COMPANY CAR stop and think if X car can achieve a few Focus on EV efficiency, not range; debate, but the extra miles per charge that Y, it will mean carbon-offsetting; guest opinion issue of vehicle that they get home with more miles in efficiency will hand, and less charge required to take 30 REVIEWS the car back up to full, therefore lowering New Vauxhall Mokka, Volkswagen become more their household electricity bill. That will Tiguan, Toyota RAV4 PHEV, Vauxhall Insignia, Hyundai Tucson, relevant as familiarity with be amplified as tech gets smarter and it’s VW Arteon Shooting Brake, easier to track the cost of charging a car. EV technology increases. But it’ll also require manufacturers, as Vauxhall Crossland, Jaguar XF I’d imagine that with early petrol and an entire industry, to become more diesel cars, people weren’t that worried transparent. At the moment, there’s not 38 LONG-TERM TESTS about the vehicle’s MPG figures, only that an easy at-a-glance way of checking an Citroen C5 Aircross, Seat Leon, they didn’t have to feed their new horseless Citroen Berlingo, Ford Puma, individual EV’s efficiency – no electric carriage and it didn’t get tired, but with time Audi A7 Sportback and Kia Xceed version of miles per gallon that the awareness that some cars give you manufacturers are obliged to put out. more distance for the same amount of fuel, KNOWLEDGE But we’re going to need a miles per kWh 43 it became increasingly important. Used buyers want more tech or similar measurement sooner rather And so it will be with electric vehicles, than later to highlight the most efficient as we’ve looked into on page 22. 46 FLEET OF FANCY models for consumer comparison Understandably and logically, at the Porsche Taycan: terminal velocity purposes, and to give manufacturers moment it’s all about vehicle range. That’s a little further nudge to make their EVs the key measurement as people learn about as efficient as possible. 04 the new technology and its capabilities, especially while trust in the reliability and geographical spread of the public charging network isn’t yet where it needs to be. But in time, possibly at the end of a driver’s first ownership cycle of an electric car, the point will begin to drill home that some offer more distance for each kW of electricity going in. It’s not as visible as Paul Barker Editor 12 EDITORIAL: DISCLAIMER: Company Car Today is EDITOR: Paul Barker published by Automotive Media & Events E: [email protected] Limited, registered address 1 Second Avenue, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Tristan Young Halstead, Essex, CO9 2SU. Registered CONTRIBUTORS: Nat Barnes, Euan Doig, number 10034249. All rights reserved. No Tom Webster part of the magazine may be reproduced in NEWS: [email protected] any form in whole or in part without prior PRODUCTION: written permission of the publisher. All 21 ART DIRECTOR: Caroline Creighton-Metcalf material published remains the copyright of T: 07786 063838 Automotive Media & Events Limited. 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COMPANYCARTODAY.CO.UK 3 The big stories from the NEWS world of fleet this month HYBRID POWER FOR NEW QASHQAI petrol engine launch with a 1.3-litre petrol while on the inside the that acts like a engine, producing 138hp or infotainment screen has grown generator to 156hp. Both get 12V mild- to nine inches and supports charge the battery hybrid assistance that Nissan wireless Apple CarPlay and rather than power said takes 4g/km off the Android Auto. the wheels. Nissan emissions figure. The system Nissan claimed that its said this leads to allows the car to shut off the 10.8-inch cockpit display is the superior fuel engine when coasting at largest offered in the class, and economy and speeds below 11mph, as well as connectivity includes the lower CO2 output, adding a small performance ability to set a navigation Nissan has revealed its new although it is yet to reveal boost via energy that has been destination via home devices Qashqai, which will arrive this emissions, economy or recouped by regeneration. such as Google Assistant or summer, and gets a new performance figures. It has, The 156hp petrol model is Amazon Alexa. The hybrid next year to replace the however, said that the the only one offered with the infotainment system facilitates old car's diesel option. It also E-Power gets the E-Pedal option of four-wheel drive, over the air updates, and has has a design described by the function seen in the Leaf, with the rest of the range Google Streetview and fuel company as “more muscular, where the brake energy front-drive only. prices, as well as door-to-door sharp and modern”. regeneration is strong enough This latest model is 35mm navigation via the Nissan app. The Qashqai is the first car that you'll barely need to touch longer, 25mm taller and 32mm Nissan has sold more than to get Nissan’s new hybrid the pedal in normal driving. wider than its predecessor. It three million Qashqais since E-Power powertrain, which Ahead of the hybrid also gets the option of 20-inch it invented the crossover offers 187hp through a 1.5-litre powertrain, the Qashqai will alloy wheels for the first time, segment in 2007. New Audi PHEV battery brings BiK cut Kia and Hyundai launch EV chargecards Audi has uprated the battery Kia and Hyundai have launched services. The company also on its Q5, A6 and A7 plug- public charge point solutions said it covers more than in models, extending the for their drivers, with their two-thirds of the UK’s public maximum range over the 40- new schemes branded charging infrastructure. mile barrier for the A6 and A7, KiaCharge and Charge Meanwhile, Hyundai claimed depending on trim level. myHyundai respectively. more than 15,000 points are The improved range Kia’s allows drivers of its accessible through its system. coincides with the arrival of Q5 plug-in cars to access 13,900 Both offer a single Sportback (pictured) and A6 Q5 SUV will do up to 39 UK charging points from one payment system to ease fleet Avant PHEVs, and covers 299hp miles. This means they sit account, including those of administration, and Kia said 50-badged TFSIe and 376 in the 11% tax band for the BP Pulse, Pod Point, Ionity, its system also includes an 55-badged TFSIe powertrains. 2021/22 tax year, rather Source London, Chargepoint, additional 178,000 charging The new Q5 Sportback has a than 7% for the A6 and NewMotion, Charg-gy and points across 28 European maximum official range figure A7 models with a range ESB, as well as other regional countries via eRoaming. of 37 miles, and the updated of at least 40 miles. 4 COMPANYCARTODAY.CO.UK NEWS BITES DOUBLE WIN FOR YARIS The Toyota GR Yaris hot hatch has won the UK Car of the Year Award, ahead of the Land Rover Defender and Ford Puma, voted for by a panel of UK journalists including Company Car Today Editor Paul Barker.
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