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Electric car salary sacrifice for employers

Show your team you care about them and the planet. Our salary sacrifice scheme is free to join and simple to run.

Meet some of our clients

Together, we’re driving the electric revolution forward. Join these forward-thinking organisations and experience it first hand.

What's different about our salary sacrifice scheme?

The whole package from Octopus

We offer everything for you to hit the road: car, charger, energy, insurance, servicing, maintenance, breakdown and tyres. The lot.

4.8 stars on Trustpilot

Our customers rate us as excellent for always giving impartial EV advice and our dedication to customer care.

Free home charger

If your team have off-street parking we throw in a free home charger with standard installation. If they don't, they'll get free public charging credit with Electroverse.

First 4,000 miles free

With Intelligent Octopus Go if you choose the home charger, through Electroverse credit if you don't.

Events for your team

We'll organise bespoke events to help your team experience the world of EVs and give you everything you need to promote the scheme.

Simple public charging

Octopus Electroverse offers a super-slick, super-easy charging experience. One card and app, thousands of chargers, all in one place.

Here's what our customers say

How can salary sacrifice benefit my company?

Your team choose a brand-new EV

It's like cycle-to-work, but with no upfront cost for you or your team.

Attract and keep the best talent

75% of employees say they're more likely stay because of their employee benefits package.

They automatically pay for the car through their gross salary each month.

Pay less on Tax

Your team save on Income Tax and National Insurance, and pay a little company car tax.

Hit your sustainability goals

Helps your business become more sustainable and rewards your team.

Free to set up and easy to run

Free and easy to manage with our HR portal. Minimal admin. Maximum team happiness.

How does my business join?

  • Sign up

    Give us a few details about your business, and we'll be in touch to get you all set up.

  • Go live!

    We'll organise test drive days for your team and give you everything you need to promote the scheme.

  • Your team choose their cars

    With impartial expert advice from our team, we'll guide you to the perfect electric vehicle for you.

  • Ongoing support

    Our HR portal makes it super easy to manage your scheme, with support from your dedicated account manager too.

We make it easy for you to manage the scheme.

Everything’s available online, including documents you and your team can sign over email, and our HR dashboard where you can find all your team’s orders, how many cars you have on the road, and even how much carbon your team has saved by making the switch.

What our customers say

It was the sales approach and how the team managed the relationships that swung it for us. It was unlike anything else I’d experienced when looking into salary sacrifice car schemes.

Ben Stevenson

Chief of Staff at Bloom Procurement Services

When I realised it was possible for us to give our employees the opportunity to lease an electric vehicle and save money, it was simply too good to ignore.

Wightlink
Keith Greenfield

CEO at Wightlink

How do I implement a salary sacrifice scheme?

To join our electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme, we first need to sign up your company and you will then be contacted by our awesome team to help you join. If you need more information on all the in and outs of a salary sacrifice scheme the details from HMRC are found here.

Do employers have to offer salary sacrifice?

No. No employer has to offer a salary sacrifice scheme, but let us tell you why you should. Joining a salary sacrifice scheme is a great incentive to attract and retain great talent with great benefits. And you also pay less National Insurance. Win-win!

What are the salary sacrifice costs to the employer?

We love answering this. It costs you nothing. Our salary sacrifice scheme is totally free for employers to set up.

It’s a win-win. You get to supercharge your employee benefits package and your team can save up to 40% when they switch to an electric vehicle.

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