Electric Vehicle Home Charging

Pod Point is one of UK's leading providers of electric vehicle charging. Since 2009, they have manufactured and sold over 102,000 charging points across the UK and Norway. They've also built a large public network that connects EV drivers to over 5,200 charging stations at places like Tesco, Lidl, and Center Parcs.

Customers of major vehicle brands such as Audi, Nissan, Volkswagen, and Hyundai use Pod Point to install smart home charging points, while Workplace and Fleet customers include Skanska, Mitie, and Pepsico. Pod Point also work with top property developers and managers like Barratt Homes, Savills and Bellway to wire up their developments.

Pod Point’s standard installation package for the Homecharge Pod Point covers the majority of homes in the UK and includes the following:

• Fitting of a Pod Point on a brick or plaster wall, or to another suitable permanent structure.
• Up to 15 metres (50 feet) of cable, run and neatly clipped to the wall between the electricity supply meter / distribution board and the Pod Point.
• Routing of the cable through a drilled hole in a wall up to 500mm (20 inches) thick, if this is needed.
• The fitting and testing of electrical connections and protections required for the Pod Point.
• An additional three way consumer unit, if required.
• Installation of a Type C MCB and a Type A RCD in an RCBO enclosure.
• Up to 3 metres (10 feet) of plastic conduit to conceal interior wiring.
• An earth rod in soft ground, if required.

For the 10% of customers who require a non-standard installation these can still be completed in-house and the average non-standard installation cost is £140.

You can read more in Pod Point’s standard charger installation terms and conditions

Some conditions and limitations that you need to know:

• The Pod Point must be located in your designated off-street parking area and be fixed at a height where it can’t be hit by a vehicle.
• Pod Point can’t fix the cable higher than 1.8 metres (6 feet) above the ground. If fixing higher than this is unavoidable then the installation may need to be paused - in that case Pod Point will quote for any extra work needed.
• Pod Point can’t, as part of the standard package, trench the cable underground or suspend it above ground - if something like this is required please talk to Pod Point so that they can give you a quote in advance. If Pod Point find out on the day that they have to cross a garden or a pathway they may need to pause the job and quote for the extra work needed to trench the cable.
• When you are using your charger the EV charging lead must remain on your property and must not create a trip hazard for you or anyone else.
• Pod Point can’t run cable under floorboards or through ducting / ceiling voids / wall voids without a draw cord (to pull the cable through), or if the floorboards have not been lifted. Pod Point can’t take responsibility for reinstating flooring or other building materials after the cable has been laid.
• Pod Point experts are not able to work in crawl spaces, on roofs or in lofts if it is deemed unsafe by them.
• Pod Point experts are not able to work in extreme weather (i.e. flooding or intense rain). If it is not safe to carry on, Pod Point's expert will do as much as they can and we will return at a later date.
• If you have purchased a freestanding mount for the Pod Point to be fitted on please be aware that there may be an additional cost for installing this.

The Pod Point App is available on both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store to download.

Pod Point can only complete the job if the electrical capacity (i.e. main fuse) can support the additional electrical demands of the Pod Point. If the capacity is not sufficient, they might be able to de-rate the Pod Point or pause the job until your main fuse is upgraded by your electricity supplier.

Pod Point home chargepoints are covered by a comprehensive 36 month warranty. Any hardware failure should be promptly reported to Pod Point Support.  

Please quote the serial number, the date of installation and a brief description of the fault. The Pod Point technical team will carry out an assessment and will contact you to get further details and if necessary arrange a service visit.

The warranty will be void if the Pod Point unit is opened, modified, tampered with or repair is attempted by anyone other than a Pod Point appointed electrician.

A 24 month extended warranty can be purchased in the checkout, all of the same terms & conditions apply.