Volkswagen Group fleet customers can now charge for 7p/kWh at home at any time of the day or night under an expanded partnership with Ovo.

The discounted charging rate is now open to company car/van and salary sacrifice customers

The discounted charging rate has been on offer to retail drivers since July 2024 and is now open to company car/van and salary sacrifice customers as well under the firms’ EV package.

The scheme is available to those purchasing vehicles from 1 January 2025 from any of the Volkswagen Group brands – Audi, Cupra, Škoda, Volkswagen Passenger Cars and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles – and enables drivers to take advantage of Ovo’s ‘Charge Anytime’ add-on.

Drivers also get 2,000 free miles on sign up and anniversary bonuses of 1,000 free miles per year for the next three years.

Ovo’s Charge Anytime add-on, powered by Kaluza’s smart software, has enabled customers to save over £10m since its launch in 2022. It works by automatically enabling charging when carbon emissions and prices are lower.

By extending its Ovo partnership to cover company car and salary sacrifice customers as well as private retail buyers, Volkswagen Group is recognising and supporting the significant number of fleet customers who acquire electric vehicles.

Diesel and petrol car drivers could also gain from thousands of free EV miles to power their future electric car through Ovo Beyond – billed as the UK’s first ‘Energy Savings Account’ and helping to reward customers planning to make the switch. They can ‘bank’ an extra 50 miles on top of the 100 EV miles per month for up to 24 months if they then go on to buy a new Volkswagen Group electric vehicle.

Iker Lazzari, head of group fleet and insight operations for Volkswagen Group UK, said: “I’m really pleased we’re now able to offer fleet drivers the same convenient ‘EV package’ as retail buyers by extending the Ovo energy partnership agreement to cover company car and salary sacrifice customers. Free miles, anniversary bonuses and access to one single energy cost are new and simple ways in which we can show our commitment to electrification and, importantly, to making the switch to EV both easy and enjoyable.”

Alex Thwaites, Ovo’s director of EVs,  said: “Together with Volkswagen Group, we are rewarding customers for making the switch to an EV. We look forward to extending our market-leading Charge Anytime to fleet drivers and helping more people on their decarbonisation journey, all while cutting costs.”