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Over one third of new vehicle (35%) orders placed in 2020 have been electric or hybrid cars and vans according to Activa Contracts.
With WLTP now a reality, companies and drivers have started to order new cars again. The true impact of the new system has become apparent with cars increasing by 20-30g/km, which has helped encourage drivers into a lower emission car.
Drivers seem to have gained more of a ‘green conscious’ during lockdown, said Activa.
“Lockdown came just at the right time for WLTP as many car makers had data missing so it was becoming very difficult to give company car drivers a complete picture of their new car’s benefit in kind tax liability,” said Activa director Lisa Temperton.
“Some car makers have used the lockdown to complete their data, which has been loaded into our quoting engine, but we have still got gaps in our system.”
“More fleets have begun to understand that many multi-drop delivery routes that return to base can be achieved by using an electric van. Fleets are very intent on giving electric vans a go.
“The mindset has definitely changed post COVID-19 and we believe we will see more electric vans coming onto fleet over the next 12 months.”