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Allen has worked for Vauxhall for 22 years, but describes 2012 as "probably the most exciting year" of his time with the firm, adding that the Ampera takes the company and himself into an unaccustomed area. "This is a whole new concept for us - dealing with a fuel that isn't sourced from a petrol station but from either people's homes or by things on the side of the road," he says. "We're dealing with people like energy companies, charging point providers and the Plugged-in Places areas."
Vauxhall's Ampera expert, maybe surprisingly, says the official 235mpg test figure is sometimes a handicap when it comes to convincing people to consider the car for their business. "It's slightly unhelpful because people just don't believe it," he comments. "Maybe some customers will never plug in, and get around 50mpg; maybe some will never use any fuel and get over 250mpg, which is where the on-board indicator stops!" Allen claims he knows of at least one case of a car delivered in May that is still on its first tank of fuel as it does the vast majority of its mileage on electric power.
"Out of all the vehicles ever built in the world, I'd imagine we have the widest mpg by customer," he continues, claiming that the "vast majority" of the 450 cars registered so far are exceeding 100mpg.
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