Who’s ready for 2,400 new charging bays? 🎉 We’ve partnered with
@Tesco
&
@Volkswagen
to bring you EV charging at 600 selected Tesco Extra & Superstore car parks, all powered by
#PodPoint
. To find out more about this incredible news head over to the blog:
🚗 ⚡ In our 2021 survey of EV drivers, we found that 44% of people with a homecharger do less than 25 miles a day.
Like if you fall into this category. Reply if it's more and by how much.
P.S. Thanks to all that took part. 💛
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve reached a significant milestone and have installed EV chargepoints at over 100 Tesco stores. 🎉
Since July, over 200,000 electric miles have been provided to
#EVdrivers
using the network - for free!
🎉 Milestone alert! It’s another landmark for our rollout with
@Tesco
& Volkswagen.
We’ve installed free to use 7kW chargepoints at 500 stores, plus 100 of these locations now also have 50kW rapids.
Learn more:
"We’re bringing this to market as the UK is on the cusp of an electric revolution. We’re about to see a lot more EVs go on sale, so bringing the 150kW charger out now is a logical next step for us"
@Erik_Fairbairn
Full details here:
🚗 ⚡ 🛒
In our 2021 EV driver survey, we found that 65% of the respondents have used a supermarket chargepoint.
Have you used a supermarket charger? Like if you have, reply with where and how often.👇
A solid argument supporting
#EVs
... 😄
"After purchasing a Volkswagen e-Golf last September, Robert Hardie lost over a stone - and he says it was because he no longer passed the confectionery aisle at petrol stations."
*Announcement* EDF has acquired a majority stake in Pod Point, as part of a newly-formed joint venture with L&G Capital.⚡
Full details over on the blog:
Milestone alert! 🥳
We’ve installed chargepoints at *400*
@Tesco
stores!
Thanks to Tesco &
@UKVolkswagen
,
#EVdrivers
have received over 23 million free, green, electric miles.
Find your nearest store:
We're very proud to announce our biggest ever single-site installation at
@SkanskaUKplcHQ
. 67 Pods in one go & we've installed infrastructure to provide an additional 243 units in the future. Could this be the UK's biggest single-site installation so far?
*NEW* We have 10 new 7kW bays for you to use at
@BristolAirport
. ✈️
This is an
#EVzone
with clear bay markings and the infrastructure is in place to allow for scaling in the future.
Happy Travels & Happy Charging! 🌴 🚗⚡
Before he started
#PodPoint
, our CEO Erik Fairbairn ran a very different business. Looking back, he said “I learned two things:
✔️ I love building businesses
❌ Giving wealthy people supercars wasn’t moving the world forward.”
Hear the full story 👉
Together with
@Pod_Point
and
@Tesco
we've installed free 7kW chargers at over 270 stores across the UK. We're aiming for 400 by the end of March 2021. And they're not just for Volkswagens.
#WaytoZero
#ID3UK
🏗️ 🏢
#BuildingRegs
From today all new homes & buildings with associated parking in England will be required to have
#EV
chargepoints installed, incl. supermarkets or workplaces.
Hear from our Head of Built Environment, Rob Hughes, in Construction News:
EV etiquette 101… charge-hogging 😠
Drivers, when you’ve finished charging, unplug and vacate the bay. Your fellow EV drivers will thank you for it. 🙏
To find your nearest chargepoint, download our app or visit
Yesterday we took a peek at the
#Polestar2
. It is glorious! 😍How do you think it compares to a Tesla?
The stats:
- 311-mile range and a 78kWh battery
- 402bhp
- 0-62 in less than 5 seconds
- Priced between €39,900-59,900
@PolestarCars
🎉 Exciting News! 🎉 We need your help to make our pilot program a success by enjoying a FREE Charge using our new Info Chargepoints. Full details over on the blog:
#EV
It's time to give our schools some spark! Today we're launching our
#ElectricSchools
campaign.🏫We're installing FREE chargepoints to 30 schools in areas with higher than usual
#AirPollution
. Find out more and nominate your local school here:
Tesco Rollout Milestone! 🎉🛒⚡
We’ve hit 500k free charges on our Tesco network, which equates to 3m kWh of free carbon-neutral electricity.
That’s enough power to drive the new all-electric
@VolkswagenUK
ID.4 SUV around 10.4 million miles.
Learn more:
Over the last few months we've been trying to resolve the issues with public charging... ICEing, signage, and visibility. ⚡
We're extremely excited to share with you what we're calling the new standard of public charging -
#EVZones
Learn more here:
*Update* The eagle-eyed among you have been spotting new Pod Point chargepoints at Tesco stores. 👀
While we can’t share all the details just yet, we've put together a list of live sites & FAQs which should help answer your questions. 🚗⚡
Remember, we're offering primary schools in polluted areas a free 7kW chargepoint! 🏫 ⚡
We're also offering £100 off for any school that doesn't meet the criteria.
Find out more:
#ElectricSchools
Last week, we announced that 200
@Tesco
stores now have free
#EVcharging
!
Since the rollout began in 2019, drivers have powered their cars with over 669MWh of energy. ⚡
That's enough to drive over 3m miles in a
@Volkswagen
e-Golf (or do 120 trips around the earth)! 🌍
*New today* Rapid Charger "Phil-Eddy" is up & running at
@LidlUK
Lincoln. A huge thanks to our dedicated team battling it out in on a
#snowday
!
#staysafe
⚡☃️
Tomorrow is
#EarthDay
so we're celebrating by making our entire public Open Charge network FREE to use for the day. Enjoy a free charge on us. 🌎🐋🌳 Full details here:
Government funding for on-street electric-car charging is to be doubled, transport secretary Grant Shapps has announced.
An extra £2.5m will pay for local authorities to install more than 1,000 additional charge points on residential roads. ⚡
Nearly half (45%) of Tesco stores have
#electricvehicle
chargepoints.
EV drivers have received over 23 million free, electric miles!
That’s enough to drive around the Earth’s equator over 923 times (and nearly get us to Venus - maybe next time). 🌍 🚀
This Sunday is
#EarthDay
we're celebrating by making our entire public Open Charge network FREE to use for the day (April 22nd). Which means this Sunday you can enjoy a free charge on us.
🌎🐋🌳
Full details over on the blog:
Happy
#CleanAirDay
! 🌿
In light of this, our entire public network is 100% FREE today!
We'll reimburse any
#EVcharging
on our public network within 3 days.
Full details here:
Here are the 7 reasons you'll be driving an electric vehicle (EV) within the next 5 years (If you're not already of course!).
Did we miss anything? Why do you drive an
#EV
?
Huge announcement for electric
#fleets
! The Government says that company car drivers choosing a pure
#ElectricVehicle
will pay no benefit-in-kind (BIK) company car tax in 2020/21.
More info:
🐣 How was Pod Point born?
🤔 In 2009, Erik Fairbairn thought to himself: “what replaces the internal combustion engine?”
Hear our CEO and Founder’s story over on YouTube 👉
#RangeAnxiety
?
Jacob drove 330 miles to visit his client in his ID.3. He used their workplace chargers and en route home, he stopped off at Lidl for some lunch.🥪
“I didn’t stop once to charge. I did all the charging I needed to get home while doing other things. Easy. 😊 ”
Calling all EV drivers that drive to work! The OLEV grant has increased! They will now pay up to 75% off the chargepoint cost from the 24th of July. Get in touch now:
“My entire career, people have worried about my gravitas. And what they mean, I think, is that I don’t look like a 50 year old bloke in a suit.”
Part 2 out now!
@ELPinchbeck
, CEO of
@EnergyUKcomms
, discusses
#diversity
on
#ElectricInsights
.
⚡ 💡
We've just launched our
#ElectricSchools
campaign: We're giving away FREE chargepoints to schools in areas with higher than usual
#AirPollution
Nominate your local school today email: electricschools
@pod
-point.com
🤔 Does it matter that charging time of
#EVs
will never match the refuelling time of ICE vehicles? Nope.
📖 Read why that’s the case from our Head of Policy & Public Affairs, James McKemey. And discover what he thinks the future holds for
#EVCharging
.
In our latest survey of EV drivers, the most popular number for chargers at charging hubs were 4 or 10+.
Do you agree? Let us know what your ideal number would be. 👇
Hello to all our
#EV
driving
@LidlGB
customers. For the long term sustainability of the network and to ensure future expansion, Lidl is introducing a new tariff of 23p/kWh today at 3:30pm on all rapid chargers. 7kW chargers will remain free. Find out more:
We’re really excited to announce a 3 year preferred supplier partnership with
@Fullers
. We’ll be installing 10 new chargepoints at their sites in London & the South-East with more to come as EV adoption grows.
#ElectricVehicles
⚡️
We're absolutely delighted to announce our 2 year partnership with
@KiaUK
as their official homecharge provider. Who else is as excited as we are for the e-Niro? More details here: ⚡️🚗
Once again, the title of “most energetic charger” has changed hands.
This year’s 🏆 goes to ‘June-Doug’ at Lidl in Hayes for providing
#EVdrivers
a staggering 225k+ kWh in 2022!
Who has been your fav Pod Point charger this year? Hit reply! 🔋⚡
Did you know…
@WelshAmbulance
are not only dedicated to saving lives, but also the planet. 🌎
🚑 We’ve installed 61 charging bays at 46 of their sites + calculated savings of a whopping 21,936kg of CO2 so far! 🤯
Learn about
#WorkplaceCharging
:
🛒 🎄 ⚡ Christmas is around the corner, so top up while you shop!
This year, we’ve added 176 Tesco stores to our national rollout.
Thanks to
@UKVolkswagen
&
@Tesco
, find a store with free EV charging near you*:
*7kW & 22kW = free. 50kW = 28p p/kWh
A Lidl something to celebrate! 🎉
We’ve scored a century, reaching our 100th
#RapidCharger
milestone as part of Lidl’s national rapid charger rollout. Plus, another 250 to be installed by 2022. 🛒⚡
Learn more:
#electricvehicles
#EVcharging
🚗 ⚡🍃 "The carbon dioxide emissions of new cars sold in the UK dropped to the lowest level ever in 2021 thanks to the unprecedented surge in
#electricvehicle
sales, industry data suggests."
Today we have our Pod Point Experts &
@Nissan
at Tesco: Crawley / Watford / Elmers End / Slough⚡ Come and join us for your
#TescoFreeCharge
and we’ll answer any of your questions about EVs. Full site locations here:
@TescoFreeCharge
“I spend around £650 per month on petrol! The money-savings aspect has been INSANE." 🤯
"Over the course of the 4 months which I've had the car, I'm confident I'll have saved maybe £3,000 - £4,000 on fuel." 💰
See
#BeckyEvans
thoughts on
#EVlife
:
Since the first week of our pilot program we've seen a 524% increase in charging rates, all thanks to you! ❤️ Don't forget you can still enjoy a FREE charge at these locations: Please continue to help us make our pilot program a success!
Our partners
@UKVolkswagen
are right! The best things in life really are
#free
.
That’s why we’re working with
@Tesco
& Volkswagen to roll out free (
#greenenergy
) chargers at 400 Tesco stores. Happy Charging folks! 🛒 ⚡
#WayToZero
Today is
#CleanAirDay
so we've made our Open Charge network FREE to use! So go on, enjoy a FREE charge on us. Full details over on the blog:
@CleanAirDay
We're thrilled to announce our new 3-year preferred supplier partnership with
@MGmotor
.
P.S. They've extended their PICG match offer for the first 3,000 buyers - making the MG ZS EV Excite model just £21,995!
Find out more here:
🛒 ⚡ Tesco Extra in Craigavon has powered over 4,810 ‘free green miles’ since opening in mid-December last year.
Plus, we have further plans to install EV charging at 10 stores around Northern Ireland this year. 🎉
It's great to see the number of supermarket charge points has doubled in 2 years! 🛒 ⚡
We're delighted to be leading the way, representing 49% of total supermarket charge points.
Have you used our supermarket network? We'd love to hear your feedback!
"Instead of the 12p-15p/kWh that most of us pay for each unit of our everyday electricity, users on the specialist tariffs can reduce the cost to 4.5p-5p/kWh at night."
We're delighted to have won the award for the most sustainable product in housing at the
#SHIFTAwards18
and thanks to
@SustHomes
for hosting a fantastic event.
#EV
As the first batch of zero-emission electric black cabs arrived on London's roads, we decided to catch up with a London Cabby driver to find out his experience in transitioning to an EV: 🚕⚡
VW is converting its entire Zwickau factory to electric vehicle production, and as it prepares for the start of ID3 production later this year, the German automaker teases the production of 330,000 all-electric cars per year. ⚡⚡
Myth: The grid won’t be able to cope with mass EV adoption.
In short, yes, the grid WILL be able to cope. Even if we all suddenly switched to EVs overnight, National Grid believes demand would only increase by around 10%.*
#MythBustingMonday
*
Milestone alert: Tesco Chester is the 200th store with free
#EV
charging! 🎉
Haven’t seen anything in your area yet? Don’t worry - we still have hundreds of stores left to go.
View all
@Tesco
stores with
#EVcharging
here: 🛒 ⚡
@UKVolkswagen
@Voltswagen