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Re:Decades of diesel use in Europe have created a public hea... by ollie87 on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @08:17AM (#21202432)
In response to your edit: Petrol cars have always been cheaper than diesel ones to buy in the UK. They cost more to service too. Usually you have to be doing well in excess of 15-20,000 miles a year to make the extra expense worth it.

Also, doing low mileage in a modern diesel can cause issues because it doesn't get the opertunity to run the cycle that will burn the crap out of the particulate filter.

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Re:Decades of diesel use in Europe have created a public hea... by rad_gruchalski on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @08:23AM (#21202467)
Hence diesel is so popular as fleet cars.
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Re:Decades of diesel use in Europe have created a public hea... by ollie87 on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @08:27AM (#21202486)
At the moment, my Dad gets a company car though and the Tesla Model 3 just popped up as an option on their portal. He and serveral of his colleagues are in the process of swapping.

My Dad does about 20,000 miles a year for work.

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Re:Decades of diesel use in Europe have created a public hea... by tomatocracy on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @11:43AM (#21204248)
This is not widely known I think but there are significant tax advantages now available in the UK for low emissions/electric cars provided as a benefit in kind/through salary sacrifice schemes even where the car gets no business use at all.
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Re:Decades of diesel use in Europe have created a public hea... by rad_gruchalski on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @09:10AM (#21202801)
It makes sense when the distances to travel are not long and even more sense for the fleet operators. The maintenance costs are so much lower.
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