Robin van Spaandonk wrote: > > This is understandable, but demonstrates once again that managers have no > knowledge of science. Fleets are precisely the *worst* market for PHEVs. > This is because fleet cars are frequently driven all day long. It is > precisely > the family car (or second car) that should be a PHEV.
I think you overstate that. First, many "fleet" cars do not go long distances. I believe the average Post Office urban delivery route is shorter than 100 km. They drive slowly. Second, even when a plug-in hybrid battery is exhausted, a plug-in hybrid with a 50 kW ICE is still far more efficient an ordinary ICE car, and in hilly areas it is much more efficient than a Prius, because the battery buffer is larger. Finally, many families do not drive many hours or longer distances every day. In the US, the average automobile is driven 11,800 miles per year, which is not much. It is around 40 miles per business day. That would be a waste of plug-in hybrid capacity. If there are only a few thousand of these cars at first they should be used for more long-distance applications. - Jed
