SG Fleet Selects Ohme as Official Home EV Charging Partner
SG Fleet, one of the UK’s leading fleet management and vehicle leasing companies, has chosen Ohme as its official home EV charging partner. The collaboration strengthens SG Fleet’s electric vehicle offering and gives drivers a simple way to add a home EV charger to their leasing package.
To mark the partnership, SG Fleet now bundles the cost of an Ohme smart home charger into the monthly rental fee. Drivers moving to an electric car for the first time can avoid an upfront payment and spread the charger cost across their rental term, which supports smoother EV adoption for business and salary sacrifice users.
“As the move to electric vehicles continues at pace, ensuring our customers have access to all the support they need for a smooth transition is key,” explains Peter Davenport, Managing Director at SG Fleet. “Offering innovative solutions such as our bundled offer with Ohme is a crucial part of that transition. Ohme’s dynamic smart chargers enable solar or smart tariffs, allowing SG Fleet customers to substantially reduce their charging costs. Our role is to keep businesses and their people moving, and that means helping them make the switch to electric as seamlessly as possible. By including Ohme chargers in our salary sacrifice package, we’re helping to overcome one of the biggest barriers to EV adoption.”
Under the agreement, SG Fleet will recommend Ohme chargers on all electrified vehicles for its salary sacrifice customers. The company reports strong growth in electric cars on its UK-managed fleets, with the percentage of EVs on its salary sacrifice fleet rising by more than 400% since 2021, reflecting surging consumer interest and more substantial EV incentives.
“This collaboration with SG Fleet further underlines Ohme’s commitment to the fleet sector, as more businesses and company drivers switch to EVs,” said Peter McDonald, Ohme Director. “Furthermore, SG Fleet’s bundled package for EV drivers shows the innovative thinking that it is willing to bring to the sector. We look forward to working with them and helping more business drivers with the e-mobility transition.”
For typical UK usage, the numbers highlight the savings. With an average of 6,800 miles a year, smart charging an EV on an off-peak tariff would cost just £119 for a year’s driving with Intelligent Octopus Go at 7.5p/kWh. On the Standard Variable Tariff of 25.73p/kWh, the same annual mileage would cost £437.41. An equivalent petrol car would cost a driver more than £1000 for the same distance. These figures demonstrate how a smart home EV charger and smart tariffs can reduce the total cost of ownership for fleets and employees.
Ohme serves as the official charger provider for Mercedes-Benz, Suzuki, Volvo Cars and the Volkswagen Group in the UK and Ireland, as well as Hyundai and Smart in the UK. Ohme also acts as the official exclusive charger provider for customers on the Motability scheme. Business Motoring recently recognised Ohme with two awards: Best Electric Charging Point Provider and Best Electric Van Charging Point Provider, underscoring its leadership in home EV charging and fleet electrification.