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Nearly half of UK businesses would be interested in trying corporate mobility solutions, but only 2% would consider giving up their company cars.
That's according to new research by leasing company Arval, conducted for its 2018 Corporate Vehicle Observatory Barometer, which covers 3,718 fleet decision makers.
The research found 48% of UK fleets would consider using car and ride sharing in the next three years, the highest percentage across a dozen European countries included in the survey.
However, just 2% said that they would give up their company car for car sharing - when a vehicle is used by more than one person - and the same figure applied to ride sharing - when more than one person makes the same journey.
Shaun Sadlier, head of Arval's Corporate Vehicle Observatory in the UK, said: "There has been quite a lot of talk in the media and elsewhere about the rise of mobility solutions.
"We support this discussion - we have recently introduced a range of mobility products ourselves and believe that they will come to play a larger role in business travel.
"However, the fact is that the company car has been the number one business travel solution in the UK for approaching 50 years now for a long list of very good reasons.
"It remains the most efficient, cost effective and popular way for most employees to undertake the journeys they need to make."
Sadlier said this was especially true when looking at the real-world routes company car drivers take, which often include multiple stops or travel to places where there is no practical public transport alternative.
He added: "Plus, with the attention that is given to controlling the emissions of company cars, there is an argument that they are also among the more environmentally friendly solutions available."
Sadlier said that there was evidence in the research that interest in mobility solutions was highest among larger organisations.
For example, 7% of businesses with more than 250 employees were interested in ride sharing and 5% in car sharing.
Sadlier said: "This makes sense. Ideas such as car and ride sharing are much more practical, in almost all cases, if you have more employees.
"A greater number of people opens up options in terms of sharing both journeys or vehicles to generate cost and environmental efficiencies."
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