Merc have several diesel hybrid models, but they’re about the only manufacturer persisting with them.
Regarding reimbursement or payment rates for fuel, most employers use the HMRC AFR tables, which are updated quarterly: www.gov.uk/guidance/advisory-fuel-rates
Electric is now reimbursed at 8p/mile and there are rates for both petrol and diesel, depending on engine size. Hybrids are treated the same as pure ICE.
As I understand it, the rates can be used ‘both ways’. I pay for all of my fuel for both business and personal and then reclaim the business mileage at the HMRC rates. Current company car is a 2.5 petrol PHEV, so I get reimbursed for biz mileage at 26p/mile. So for me, the more economically I can drive, the more I ‘earn’ from driving for biz, provided I can better around 28 mpg, or buy petrol cheaper than the prices they’re using, or charge up at low or no cost wherever possible. Works for me, as I can generally get more than 60mpg average from the car.
Where it works less well, is the scenario where the company pays for all of the fuel and then the employee reimbursed their employer at the AFR rate. If my company did it that way around, it’d make for some very expensive personal travel!
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