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 plug in your vehicle, we’ll work out if we will meet your target battery percentage in your off-peak energy period. If we can’t meet your target, you will get a notification in our app.
We require there to be at least 1 vehicle added. If you want to delete a vehicle and it is the only one, you will need to add a new vehicle first.
When there are multiple cars we do our best to determine which is connected using the data from any that are linked. If we’re unable to determine which car is connected we default to creating a schedule for the vehicle that needs the most energy, this way if we’ve got it wrong you’ll still get charged.
We regularly update our list of makes and models from the EV database. However some types of vehicles aren’t available just yet. If your make/model is not available you can add a custom vehicle which will include your vehicle battery size. Once added, we’ll then still be able to optimise charging for your car.
To connect your vehicle to the Pod Home app, you will need to enter the log in credentials that you use for your vehicle manufacturers app when prompted.
If you are struggling to connect your vehicle, you can try the below steps:
There are a few simple things you can try, to troubleshoot any charging issues you’re experiencing:
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, E.ON Next Drive Smart or other similar smart electricity tariff that is not a single rate or two-rate tariff, then unfortunately you can’t subscribe. This is because the energy supplier providing your tariff will already be controlling how your vehicle charges.
If you're a Pod Drive customer you'll already be smart charging and earning cash rewards, so you're unable to sign up for Pod Rewards.