How to Support Your Employees with EV Home Charging: A Smart Employer's Guide
Image Source: Shutterstock
As more businesses embrace electric vehicles through company electric car schemes, supporting employees with home charging has become a critical consideration. While installing workplace charging infrastructure can be complex and costly, there are smarter ways to ensure your team can charge conveniently and affordably.
The Challenge of Employee EV Home Charging
When employees transition to electric vehicles, home charging becomes their primary refuelling method - accounting for approximately 80% of all charging sessions. However, many employees face barriers including high upfront installation costs, complex energy tariff decisions, and uncertainty about which charging solutions work best for their situation.
Traditional approaches often leave employees to navigate these challenges independently, potentially reducing the attractiveness of your electric car salary sacrifice scheme and slowing EV adoption rates.
Professional Home Charger Installation Through Salary Sacrifice
The Electric Car Scheme offers a streamlined solution by including professional home charger installation as an add-on to your salary sacrifice scheme. This approach delivers several key advantages:
Cost Savings: Employees save 20-50% on installation costs by including the charger in their salary sacrifice arrangement, benefiting from the same tax advantages as their vehicle lease.
Professional Installation: All installations are carried out by certified electricians with specific EV charging credentials, ensuring safety and compliance with current regulations.
Simplified Administration: Rather than managing separate charging infrastructure projects, everything is bundled into the existing salary sacrifice scheme, reducing administrative burden.
Employees Keep Their Charger: Since the charger is installed directly at the employees driveway, and connected to their house services - the charger is theirs to keep - even after the initial lease is over. This eliminates a substantial future cost of re-installation, and makes future EV adoption more approachable.
The Financial Benefits of Home Charging
Home charging delivers substantial ongoing savings compared to public charging networks. While public rapid charging typically costs 55-85p per kWh, home charging on an EV-specific tariff can cost as little as 7p per kWh during off-peak hours.
For a typical electric car with a 60kWh battery, this translates to:
Home charging (off-peak): £4.20 per full charge
Public rapid charging: £33-£51 per full charge
These savings compound quickly, with employees potentially saving £600-£1,500 annually on charging costs alone.
The Charge Scheme: Comprehensive Charging Support
Beyond home installation, The Charge Scheme represents a breakthrough in employee charging support. This innovative add-on allows employees to salary sacrifice all their charging costs—whether charging at home, in the workplace, or at public networks.
Universal Savings: Employees save 20-50% on all charging through salary sacrifice, not just their vehicle lease.
Simplified Payment: A single card works across multiple charging networks, eliminating the need for numerous apps and payment methods.
Complete Coverage: Whether employees charge at home, work, or on the road, all costs are covered through the same tax-efficient arrangement.
Why Company-Wide Charging Infrastructure Can Be Challenging
While some employers consider installing workplace charging infrastructure, this approach often faces significant hurdles:
High Capital Costs: Installing multiple charging points requires substantial upfront investment, often £1,000-£3,000 per charging point including electrical upgrades.
Ongoing Management: Workplace chargers require maintenance, billing management, and usage monitoring - adding administrative complexity.
Limited Scalability: Fixed infrastructure may not accommodate changing employee needs or office relocations.
Utilisation Concerns: Workplace chargers may sit unused during holidays, remote working periods, or shift changes.
A Smarter Alternative: Supporting Individual Solutions
Rather than managing company-wide charging infrastructure, supporting employees' individual home charging solutions through salary sacrifice offers superior flexibility and value:
Personalised Solutions: Each employee gets a charging setup tailored to their specific home and vehicle requirements.
24/7 Availability: Home charging works regardless of office hours, remote working arrangements, or business travel.
Future-Proof: Solutions move with employees and adapt to changing circumstances.
Immediate Implementation: No lengthy infrastructure projects or planning permissions required.
Implementation Best Practices
To maximise the effectiveness of your employee EV charging support:
Promote Home Charging Benefits: Ensure employees understand the significant cost savings available through home charging compared to public networks.
Highlight Energy Tariff Options: Direct employees to EV-specific energy tariffs that can reduce charging costs by up to 70%.
Provide Comprehensive Support: Include both vehicle and charging solutions in your salary sacrifice offering for maximum employee value.
Consider The Charge Scheme: For comprehensive coverage, The Charge Scheme ensures employees save on all charging scenarios, not just home charging.
Conclusion
Supporting your employees with EV home charging doesn't require complex infrastructure projects or substantial capital investment. Through The Electric Car Scheme's integrated approach, you can provide professional home charger installation and comprehensive charging support while maintaining the tax efficiency and administrative simplicity that makes electric car salary sacrifice so attractive.
By combining vehicle leasing, professional charging installation, and The Charge Scheme's universal charging support, you create a complete EV solution that removes barriers to adoption and maximises employee satisfaction with their transition to electric driving.
Ready to support your employees' EV charging needs? Contact The Electric Car Scheme today to discover how our comprehensive approach can simplify employee EV adoption while delivering substantial cost savings through salary sacrifice.
Are you an employer?
BOOK A DEMOAre you an employee?
SEE AVAILABLE CARSECS GUIDES AND ADVICE
Ready to Go Electric? Your Guides and Tools to a Smooth Switch
-
How the Scheme WorksFind out how salary sacrifice can work for you or your business.
-
The Charge SchemeSave 20-50% on all charging costs through salary sacrifice - at home, the office, or in public..
-
Complete Employer ProtectionAll employers and drivers are protected from day 1.
-
Used Electric CarsDiscover the most affordable way to drive electric. Cars delivered in 14 days.
You Might Also Like…
Last updated: 03/09/2025
Our pricing is based on data collected from The Electric Car Scheme quote tool. All final pricing is inclusive of VAT. All prices above are based on the following lease terms; 10,000 miles pa, 36 months, and are inclusive of Maintenance and Breakdown Cover. The Electric Car Scheme’s terms and conditions apply. All deals are subject to credit approval and availability. All deals are subject to excess mileage and damage charges. Prices are calculated based on the following tax saving assumptions; England & Wales, 40% tax rate. The above prices were calculated using a flat payment profile. The Electric Car Scheme Limited provides services for the administration of your salary sacrifice employee benefits. The Electric Car Scheme Holdings Limited is a member of the BVRLA (10608), is authorised and regulated by the FCA under FRN 968270, is an Appointed Representative of Marshall Management Services Ltd under FRN 667174, and is a credit broker and not a lender or insurance provider.
Copyright and Image Usage: All images used on this website are either licensed for commercial use or used with express permission from the copyright holders, in compliance with UK and EU copyright law. We are committed to respecting intellectual property rights and maintaining full compliance with applicable regulations. If you have any questions or concerns regarding image usage or copyright matters, please contact us at marketing@electriccarscheme.com and we will address them promptly.
