EV charging payment platform provider Paua has announced a new partnership with smart EV charging business Easee, aiming to simplify and improve how businesses reimburse drivers for home
EV charging payment platform provider Paua has announced a new partnership with smart EV charging business Easee, aiming to simplify and improve how businesses reimburse drivers for home charging.
The partnership brings together Easee’s connected home chargers and Paua Reimburse, enabling fleets to accurately compensate drivers for both business-only mileage and mixed private and business use.
For fleet managers navigating the transition to electric, home charging reimbursement remains one of the most complex and poorly solved challenges. Many organisations rely on HMRC’s Advisory Electric Rate (AER), which often fails to reflect the true cost of charging at home.
Analysis from Paua’s reimbursement calculator, based on thousands of real-world scenarios, shows:
The businesses say combining Easee’s charger data with Paua’s reimbursement platform offers fleets an opportunity to move away from manual expense claims and estimated rates.
Instead, reimbursement is based on actual energy usage from the home charger, the driver’s real electricity tariff, clear separation of business and private mileage, line manager approval workflows for governance and control.
The companies claim Easee’s connected chargers provide the data foundation, while Paua Reimburse acts as a purpose-built reimbursement and approval layer designed specifically for EV charging payment.
According to the businesses, Paua’s integration with Easee allows access to charger data without disrupting existing charger setups or requiring control of the device, aiming to enable a low-friction rollout across fleets.
They say it allows businesses to support drivers with fair reimbursement, reduce administrative burden and increase confidence in EV adoption across their fleet
Long-standing Paua customer Airedale, which operates a growing fleet of electric vans servicing its own customers, is one of the early beneficiaries of the new integration between Paua and Easee. With around 80 EVs in its fleet and around 70 currently active, Airedale is using Paua for public charging and home reimbursement, deploying Easee chargers at home, as it looks to reduce manual administration and simplify fleet operations.
Lee McGrath, fleet manager at Airedale, said: “The data and reporting are excellent, everything is simple to use, and we’ve never been told, ‘we can’t do that’.
“The biggest sign that Paua is working is that I don’t hear from our drivers anymore.”
Steve Frost, head of automotive, Easee: “For fleet drivers, home is where most EV charging happens; and until now, getting reimbursed fairly for it has been anything but straightforward. By combining Easee’s connected charger data with Paua’s reimbursement platform, we’re removing that friction entirely. Accurate, automatic, and fair; this is what effortless electrification looks like in practice. ”
Niall Riddell, CEO and co-founder of Paua, said: “Home charging is where most EV miles happen, but it’s also where reimbursement breaks down. Drivers are left out of pocket, and fleet teams are left managing spreadsheets and guesswork.”
“This partnership with Easee changes that. Together, we’re enabling a model where reimbursement is automatic, accurate, and fair. That’s a critical step in making EV adoption work at scale.”
