Cheaper Public EV Charging
Cheaper charging
More charging for less! £100 of public charging may cost you as little as £38 (depending on salary). No bank card pre-authorisation fees (these can be as high as £50 each time).
Value for everyone
Whether you’ll charge on the go every day or you’re planning one big road trip every year, we’ve got a package for you. Simply choose from £25, £50, £75 or £100 per month to save on public charging.
Paua simplifies charging
You’ll receive a Paua charge card and access to the Paua Solo mobile app. Find chargers on the app and tap your card to start a charge. A Paua charger every five miles!
Nationwide high power charging
Access thousands of chargers nationwide. Charge up to twenty times faster than at home. Use filters in the app to find the highest powered chargers enabing access to 80% of the UK's rapid chargers.
Choose your ideal monthly top-up amount
Not sure how much you’ll spend on public charging? Our handy calculator helps you see how much you might need and how much you could save on public charging by including Paua in your salary sacrifice.
Try our calculator
How it works
Choose Paua with your new EV
Order your Paua card
Monthly top-ups
Get charging!
Choose your electric vehicle
Opt into Paua Solo and specify your monthly amount to your scheme provider when you choose your EV.
Pay through your gross salary
You’ll receive a personalised invitation to set up your Paua account and order your RFID card.
Charge it easily with Paua
Each month your Paua account will be topped up by your chosen monthly amount. This will be deducted from your gross salary as per your EV costs.
Save while you drive
Power up instantly with Paua Solo
Every driver gets access to the Paua Solo mobile app and receives a Paua Solo charge card. Your monthly balance is added right from the start so you can find, charge and pay without delay.
How Paua connects drivers, employers & providers
EV Driver (employee)
Receives a brand new EV with no upfront cost. Pays for EV, maintenance, insurance and Paua public charging from gross salary for an agreed term (before tax & NI).
Employer
Offers EV benefits to employees while reducing NI costs and meeting ESG goals. Manages salary deductions per employee through payroll.
Sal Sac Provider
Manages the EV salary sacrifice scheme overall for employers and employees. Integrates with Paua to offer public EV charging within salary sacrifice plans.
Paua
Partners with public charging networks to offer easy access and payment for charging throughout the UK. Integrates with Scheme Providers to offer tax free charging to employees!
Frequently asked questions
Paua Solo is a public EV charge card. It is the name of the Paua service for employees with Salary Sacrifice EVs to charge out on the road.
Paua Solo enables you to save on the cost of public charging on the UK's largest aggregated network of chargepoints.
Paua's other products are generally targeted at business vehicles and charging.
We offer £25 / £50 / £75 / £100 per month options to suit a wide range of driver types.
The right amount for you will depend mainly on your annual mileage and how much public charging you expect to do.
An average driver doing 7,000 miles a year and charging 20% in public will use around £25/month on Paua. This is our recommendation for those with home chargers.
The £100/month option is for high mileage drivers or those who rely on public charging for most of their charging.
Try out our salary sacrifice calculator to find the best amount for you.
Yes! Paua Solo is for anyone who expects to charge in public and wants to make savings.
This depends mainly which monthly amount you choose and which income tax / National Insurance (NI)band you are in. Please see our salary sacrifice calculator to get a rough estimate.
Your scheme provider will provide a detailed saving calculation that takes into account your whole EV salary sacrifice plan.
We have over 45 public network partners in the UK, covering over 65,000 charging connectors.
Take a look at our network map for full details.
Paua enables you to pay the additional cost with your attached bank card (debit or credit).
If you use all of your Paua account balance you can continue to charge and we will take payment from your backup bank card.
You won't benefit from any tax savings for charging you do with your bank card.
Any unused balance will roll over for use in future months.
The exception to this is the very end of your salary sacrifice plan when any unused account balance will be lost. Paua will remind you to spend your balance as you get closer to the end of your scheme period.
The Paua Solo mobile app is packed full of features to make your public charging experience very easy.
Features include; filters for charging speed (in kW), connector types to suit your car, locations with more than one connector, and tracking of your balance and charging sessions.
Simply find, charge and pay.
Paua asks for you to add a bank card to ensure that your charging session does not stop part way through if your balance were to drop below zero.
All users must register a bank card (debit or credit card) when they sign up to Paua Solo so we can take payment for any charging that exceeds your Salary Sacrifice balance. Driver accounts are automatically blocked if we can't take payment in full for any charges. Unblocking occurs once any negative balance is cleared.
This depends on your scheme provider.
Changing your monthly amount is not reccomended. But, yes, if absolutely necessary or you’ve had a significant lifestyle event (e.g. move home, family changes etc.).
This must be done via your scheme provider.
Any unused balance at the end of your EV salary sacrifice plan will be lost. It is not possible to convert this to cash or extend your account due to strict tax regulations around salary sacrifice.
We will do our best to inform you of excess account balance as you approach the end of your plan to help you make the most of it.
Employees don't usually have to pay any fees to include Paua in their salary sacrifice plan.
These changes usually have to be made via your EV scheme provider. Please contact support@pauatech.com if you need any help with this.
No - Paua Solo with Salary Sacrifice is for personal use only so only 1 card is allowed per account. If you lose your card you can order another via the app.
If you cancel your salary sacrifice EV your scheme provider will notify us and we will close your account down on the agreed date. We usually need at least 6 weeks notice, which will also give you time to spend any account balance you have accrued (which will be lost if not used during your contract term).
Meet Paua
Paua is a tech company that provides access to the UK’s largest EV roaming network.
We are electric first, and live and breathe charging technology.