Business EV hub
EV charging
We're here to help your small or medium business switch to electric vehicles (EVs). Our role is to help make the process as easy and simple as possible for all our customers.
To do that, we need to understand your specific business charging needs, including where you want to charge, how many chargers you need, and what type. It's OK if you're not sure right now. We'll work with you to help.
Connection process for switching to an electric vehicle
Decide what you need
First you need to understand your electric vehicle and charging needs.
Appoint a charge point installer
If you want to charge at your business or home, you need to appoint a charge point installer.
Pre installation work
Your charge point installer will help you to contact us if we need to do any work to get your home or business ready for an EV charger.
Quotation
We will appoint an expert to assess your needs and provide a quote for your connection.
Installation
If you accept, we will carry out the work and once complete, your charge point(s) can be installed.
Choosing your electric vehicle and type of charger
Your first step in switching your fleet to electric will be to choose your electric vehicle and a suitable charger for the vehicle and your business needs.
You can choose from three main vehicle types: battery-electric vehicle (BEV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), and extended range electric vehicles (E-REV). Then you can choose from either a slow, fast, or rapid charger which could be installed at your home or business, or you could use public charge points.
To learn more about EVs and EV charge points, visit Energy Saving Trust’s SME EV pages with information about government grants, tools to help you evaluate and buy an EV, training courses, and other resources.
Charging your vehicles
When looking to charge your business vehicles you have three options:
- Home charging
- If you are looking to charge your business’ electric vehicles at your home or your employees’ homes then you need to follow the same process for getting a charger for private or domestic electric vehicles.
- If you are looking to charge your business’ electric vehicles at your home or your employees’ homes then you need to follow the same process for getting a charger for private or domestic electric vehicles.
- Charging at your business premises
- If you are looking to install one or multiple chargers at your business premises you can find out more on our Low Carbon Technology (LCT) information page.
- If you are looking to install at a multi-occupied building such as a block of flats or industrial unit, you will need to contact the building owner before making an installation. Find out more.
- Public charging
- It may be beneficial for your business to make use of the on-street public charging infrastructure, whether you are looking to ‘top-up’ while away from home/work, or if you don’t have access to off-street charging. Energy Saving Trust, an independent organisation working to address the climate emergency, have useful information on where to find public charge points on their electric vehicle page.
Examples of different charging needs
- Business charging at home
- Naomi Hamilton runs a cake delivery business from home and wants to charge her vehicle overnight as she is visiting customers all day. She does not have an office and leaves from home each day. Naomi has installed a charge point at her home to charge her vehicle when she is not working.
- Naomi Hamilton runs a cake delivery business from home and wants to charge her vehicle overnight as she is visiting customers all day. She does not have an office and leaves from home each day. Naomi has installed a charge point at her home to charge her vehicle when she is not working.
- Public charging
- Elijah Proudfoot is a self-employed plumber in London with a work van. Elijah has no driveway and is not able to install a charge point at home and wishes to charge when travelling around London. Elijah chooses to use public charge points whilst travelling around. They can be found at some petrol stations, along streets and in car parks.
- Elijah Proudfoot is a self-employed plumber in London with a work van. Elijah has no driveway and is not able to install a charge point at home and wishes to charge when travelling around London. Elijah chooses to use public charge points whilst travelling around. They can be found at some petrol stations, along streets and in car parks.
- Single charger at business premise
- Sophia Patel runs a catering business from an office with a small car park and owns just one van. Sophia would like to charge at the office whilst not visiting customers, so has installed one charge point in the small car park.
- Sophia Patel runs a catering business from an office with a small car park and owns just one van. Sophia would like to charge at the office whilst not visiting customers, so has installed one charge point in the small car park.
- Multiple chargers at business premise
- Noah Ali runs a refrigeration company from his depot which has a car park and loading station. His company has three fleet vehicles, which are collected each morning and dropped off at the end of the day. Noah has installed three charge points and the electric vans will charge overnight at the office.
- Noah Ali runs a refrigeration company from his depot which has a car park and loading station. His company has three fleet vehicles, which are collected each morning and dropped off at the end of the day. Noah has installed three charge points and the electric vans will charge overnight at the office.