The complete guide to Pod Drive.

As the use of renewable energy in our energy system increases, we can help balance demands on the grid by adjusting energy usage to match the peaks and troughs of wind and solar generation.

All you have to do is plug in your car and we’ll do the rest - ensuring your car is always charged when your energy prices are cheapest.

Whenever you Smart Charge, you'll be using your Pod Drive inclusive miles allowance.

You can override any Smart Charging using our Boost feature, which will charge your car straight away.

Any charging sessions completed using the Boost feature aren't Smart Charged and therefore won’t use your Pod Drive inclusive miles allowance, and are not eligible for cashing out.

Simply set the time of day when you’d like your vehicle charged by, and what % you want your battery to be charged to when you first set up your app. You can always change these settings whenever you need to. Every time you plug in, we'll automatically work-out the cheapest time to charge your car, based on your energy tariff, to make sure it’s ready for when you need it.

We connect to your car automatically and calculate how much energy is needed to ensure you reach the charge target set in your car manufacturers app.

If you're on an off-peak tariff, we'll only charge your car at off-peak times when your energy is cheapest.

When you sign up to Pod Drive we'll ask your preference on whether you prefer to only charge at cheap times, or whether charging to your desired battery amount is more important.

When you plug in your vehicle, we’ll work out if we will meet your target battery percentage in your cheap off-peak period. If we can’t meet your target, you will get a notification in our app.

We currently support all single or two rate energy tariffs. If you are on a Smart Tariff such as Intelligent Octopus Go, Octopus Intelligent Drive Pack, Octopus Agile, OVO Charge Anytime, Scottish Power EV Optimise, or other similar smart electricity tariff that is not a single rate or two-rate tariff, then unfortunately you can’t subscribe.

As part of your subscription you will be given an annual inclusive miles allowance. This allowance starts from the day your Pod Point is installed.

Each time you successfully complete a Smart Charge, you will use miles from your allowance. Miles used can be tracked in our app in your Wallet and withdrawn to your bank account once your balance is above £10.

You will still need to pay your energy supplier for your electricity as normal.

Each Inclusive Mile is based on an EV achieving 3.5 miles per kWh and charging with an off-peak rate of 8.05p per kWh - equivalent to 2.3 pence per mile.

You will still be able to charge your vehicle if you've used all of your inclusive miles allowance within a 12 month period. You won't receive any further cash rewards during that time. Your inclusive miles allowance will reset again on the anniversary of your Pod Point being installed.

Yes. There is no limit to the number of cars you can add.

Yes they can. They will need to connect their vehicle to your app, enabling us to Smart Charge that vehicle.

If you're having issues with your charger, give us a call on 0207 247 4114. 9 out of 10 issues can be fixed remotely to get you back up and running. Failing this, if it's a problem with our charger or it's installation, once we have diagnosed the issue, if needed, we'll book one of trusted engineers to come and fix the problem within 48 hours, for as long as your subscribing to Pod Drive.