It just seems a bit odd, for a company that expects you to drive all day long would put you in something priced at £15.6k and call that over budget. For that price even pre-reg you'd be lucky to get a Skoda Octavia Estate 1.0L Petrol/1.6TDI, and I am not saying it is a bad car, but not one I'd fancy spending all day long in doing many thousands of miles for per month.
I guess that depends on attitude of the company, one of the companies I contract gives the sales staff a budget up to £40k to source the vehicle of their choice, which they then buy out right, and believe it or not they don't drive anywhere near as much as you do. One of them has just moved from a 16 plate BMW 330D to a new Tesla Model 3 SR+, but again they are unlucky if they do 1000 miles per week. I guess for some it is a company perk, others see it as a necessity but with the new BIK rules for BEV's from April '20 the perk becomes even bigger as you end up with an increase in take home pay, and a nice car too.
E-Niro is one of those vehicles that if it was just a bit more efficient with the 64kWh battery pack it would pass that crucial 300-mile per charge in all conditions, but the charging curve is OK with them, 10-60% is only 30 mins on an HPC, which is ~140 miles. So easily useable on a day with <400 miles of driving, as you'd only need to ensure you were starting the day on 100%, and even a 10 min stop for a toilet break would get you ~15% battery charge, so if you did that two or three time during the day then you are sitting at 30-45% of the total range added or ~ 90-150 miles. Obviously you could be one of these people that never stops at all, and just motors on until you get to where you are going, so then you can ignore the last thing I said completely.
Yeah my mileage is very sporadic. Earlier in the year I did a 12 week stretch without leaving the office due to commitments at the time. I also spend a chunk of time overseas each year so my mileage only averages out to less than 25k/year. Ours is a small company and finances are tight (thankfully not as tight as they were a few years ago) so I thought the offer of 15k on a used car was fair at the time. I pushed for the extra few hundred because for the small amount extra it seemed good value for effectively a new car. For reference it is a Leon ST FR with plenty of options (many of which I probably wouldn't choose!) so it isn't too bad a place to be.
I'm not a martyr when it comes to driving. If I feel like I want or need a break I'll stop, I'm just happy doing 3+ hour stints behind the wheel. Equally if I'm given the choice of an overnight stop ending at 6pm or pressing on and spending a night in my own bed arriving at 10pm I'll opt for the latter. Again that is my choice though.
If it was possible practically and viable financially I probably would make some compromises to accommodate using an EV for work. Even if it meant adding on the odd 30 minute stop here and there to top it up.
