THE Volkswagen Group has extended its partnership with Ohme as its official home EV charging company in the UK continuing a collaboration that started in 2022.
The agreement continues to see all six Volkswagen Group brands – Audi, CUPRA, SEAT, Škoda, Volkswagen Passenger Cars and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles – recommend Ohme chargers for all of their electrified vehicle sales.
David Watson, Ohme Chief Executive said: “When our collaboration with the Volkswagen Group began in 2022, it already had one of the most comprehensive ranges of electric models and that has only grown. We look forward to continuing to introduce its drivers to the benefits of dynamic smart charging with dramatically reduced running costs.”
Globally in 2023, the Volkswagen Group sold more than 771,000 electric vehicles, over a third more than in 2022. In the UK, it was responsible for one in every five battery electric passenger cars sold.
Kate Jeffreys, Electric Vehicles Business Lead for Volkswagen Group UK, said: “Following a robust procurement process, we were very happy to continue with Ohme as our official home EV charger for the Volkswagen Group. Ohme’s attitude towards excellent customer service together with its award-winning chargers and its dynamic technology which is able to access some of the most affordable EV tariffs on the market, made it an obvious choice. As we move from early to mass adoption of EVs we need to support our customers in making the switch and our ongoing relationship with Ohme is a key part of this.”
With the average UK driver covering 6800 miles a year, smart charging on an off-peak tariff in a typical EV would cost just £127.50 for a year’s worth of driving with Intelligent Octopus Go at 7.5p/kWh. From 1 April with the new Standard Variable Tariff of 24.5p/kWh, that same annual mileage would cost £417. By comparison, the same mileage in an equivalent petrol car would cost a driver more than £1100.
Ohme’s dynamic smart chargers can connect with the grid in real time, automatically adjusting to optimise the cost of charging and accessing all the times of the smartest, greenest and lowest cost energy tariffs. Ohme also offers drivers the option to charge their car when renewable energy generation on the National Grid is at its highest, further lowering their CO2 impact.
