Enable your employee's to drive electric for less
Tax-efficient benefit
Paua contract directly with the salary sacrifice provider so you maintain your relationship with employers
Employer and employee both win
The balance rolls over each month or if completely used the drivers bank card is used to top up that charging session
Supports ESG & green transport goals
Savings on public charging means more drivers adopt EV's decarbonising your fleet faster
Tax compliant solution
Linked to the car to ensure that minimum wage rules are not breached and ensuring tax compliance
With Paua, every driver benefits
One card, one app
Simple access and management for drivers and employers.
UK’s largest public charging network
Big Savings
Fair for everyone
Employers get fairness across their workforce, no matter where employees live.
Admin made simple
Admin is painless: Paua handles onboarding, billing, VAT, and reporting, so you don’t have to.
Everyone wins
Fairer benefits, happier staff, and faster EV adoption.
Integrated with your scheme provider
Integration direct with your scheme provider and linked to the car so that admin is reduced and tax compliance is maintained.
How it works for drivers
Choose your electric vehicle
Pay through your gross salary
Charge it easily with Paua
Save while you drive
Choose your electric vehicle
Select your new EV through your company’s salary sacrifice scheme—no upfront costs, just tax-efficient monthly payments.
Pay through your gross salary
The cost is taken from your gross income, reducing your tax and National Insurance contributions.
Charge it easily with Paua
Save while you drive
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!
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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).