• Volkswagen Group UK partners with energy experts OVO to support customers’ switch to electric vehicles

• Volkswagen Group UK electric vehicle customers to benefit from OVO’s market leading Charge

• Anytime add-on, providing discounted rate at any time of day or night

• OVO’s intelligent grid technology, powered by Kaluza, unlocks a charging rate nearly

four times cheaper than the national average

• OVO customers have already saved over £10 million by smart charging with Charge Anytime

1st July 2024: Volkswagen Group UK has partnered with one of the UK’s leading green energy suppliers, OVO, to offer 10,000 free miles and anniversary bonuses to Volkswagen Group customers, supporting the switch to electric vehicles and providing greener rewards.

Customers purchasing vehicles from 1 July 2024 from any of the Volkswagen Group brands - Audi, CUPRA, SEAT, Škoda, Volkswagen Passenger Cars and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles – can take advantage of OVO’s market leading ‘Charge Anytime’ add-on, as well up to 10,000 free miles, anniversary bonuses and additional free EV miles through OVO Beyond.

Under the partnership with OVO, Volkswagen Group customers can charge their vehicle for just 7p/kWh at home at any time of the day or night. The Charge Anytime add-on powered by Kaluza’s smart software, has enabled customers to save over £10 million since its launch in 2022. The add-on works by automatically optimising cars to charge when carbon emissions and prices are lower. EV drivers can access the discounted charging rate at any time of day or night, and drive for just **£190 per year, making it one of the UKs most competitive charging rates.

In addition, when Volkswagen Group customers sign up to OVO, they will receive 10,000 free miles*, followed by 1,000 free miles on their contract anniversary for three further years. Diesel and petrol car drivers could also bank thousands of EV miles to power their future electric car through OVO Beyond - the UK’s first ‘Energy Savings Account’ helping to reward customers planning to make the switch. They can ‘bank’ an extra 50 miles on top of the 100 EV miles per month for up to 24 months if they then go on to buy a new Volkswagen Group EV.

Commenting on the partnership, Electric Vehicle Lead for Volkswagen Group UK, Kate Jeffreys, said: “Following a thorough tender process, we were delighted to join forces with OVO to offer Volkswagen Group customers a solution for clean, affordable and simple energy. On top of our Ohme partnership for home charging, we believe the agreement with OVO breaks down more barriers for customers who are looking to make the switch to an electric vehicle. Buying, owning and driving an electric vehicle is simple and easy – and fun! We hope this latest addition to our holistic offering will be another attractive piece of the jigsaw for consumers.”

OVO’s Chief Commercial Officer, Mat Moakes said: ‘'OVO is committed to helping customers transition to an electric vehicle. Together with Volkswagen Group we are rewarding customers for making the switch to an EV. We look forward to extending our market leading Charge Anytime to more customers than ever before and helping consumers on their EV journey, all while cutting costs and carbon.”

Globally in 2023, the Volkswagen Group sold more than 771,000 electric vehicles, over a third more than in 2022. In the UK, it was responsible for one in every five battery electric passenger cars sold.

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Notes to Editors

For more information, please visit the relevant vehicle brand or OVO website.

Kate Thompson

Volkswagen Group UK

Head of Group Corporate and Public Relations

+44 (0) 7713 265562

kate.thompson@vwg.co.uk | www.volkswagengroup.co.uk

For more information please contact: OVO - media@ovoenergy.com

Volkswagen Group United Kingdom Ltd

Volkswagen Group United Kingdom Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Volkswagen Group (see below), and is the importer of Audi, SEAT, CUPRA, Škoda cars as well as Volkswagen Passenger Cars and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. The company directly employs over 900 people in the UK, while a further 25,000 work indirectly for the group, employed by its associated businesses which include retail networks, logistics, customer services and financial services.

In 2023 the Group registered 427,431 passenger cars, achieving a market share of 22.46 per cent, plus a further 34,760 vans and pick-ups, through our network of over 600 retailers. It is the leading automotive Group in the UK.

Volkswagen Group

The Volkswagen Group is one of the world's leading car makers, headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany. It operates globally, with 114 production facilities in 19 European countries and 10 countries in the Americas, Asia and Africa. With around 684,000 employees worldwide. The Group’s vehicles are sold in over 150 countries.

With an unrivalled portfolio of strong global brands, leading technologies at scale, innovative ideas to tap into future profit pools and an entrepreneurial leadership team, the Volkswagen Group is committed to shaping the future of mobility through investments in electric and autonomous driving vehicles, digitalisation and sustainability.

In 2023, the total number of vehicles delivered to customers by the Group globally was 9.2 million (2022: 8.3 million). Group sales revenue in 2023 totalled EUR 322.3 billion (2022: EUR 279.1 billion). The operating result before special items in 2023 amounted to EUR 22.6 billion (2022: EUR 22.5 billion).

About OVO

In 2009, OVO was born to make energy better for people and the planet. Today, OVO is trusted by around four million customers with their home energy, EV charging, green tech upgrades, and more.

OVO is getting the UK ready for a greener, fairer future – planting one million trees a year and supporting new renewable power projects in communities across the country. Not only is OVO bringing low carbon tech into homes, it’s finding smart ways to cut costs for customers – making heat pumps, solar panels, and electric cars more accessible. Behind all this work is Plan Zero: the bold, science-backed sustainability strategy, which sets out how OVO will become a true net zero business by 2035.

This progress can only happen with a culture fit for the future. OVO’s multiple awards include the Best Place to Work for Women in The Sunday Times’ Best Places to Work 2023, which also saw the company coming in the Top 10 for Very Big Organisation.

OVO also won Company of the Decade at the BusinessGreen Leaders’ Awards 2020.

OVO key facts

• UK Customers: four million.

• People: 5,000 colleagues with sites in London, Bristol and Glasgow.

• Customer service.

• Over 100,000 5* reviews on Trustpilot.

• £90m support offered to customers in need since 2022.

• Rewarding customers.

• Charge Anytime: £6.2 million saved to date by customers.

• Solar and heat pumps: Over 1,000 heat pumps installed and over 450 solar systems installed in UK homes.

• Supporting low-income homes: Over 10,000 homes made more efficient through OVO Energy.

• Solutions retrofit schemes, with £2.70m in annual bill savings across them all, and £70.30m in lifetime bill savings.

• World leading trials: 320+ OVO customer trialists on the world’s first and largest domestic vehicle-to-grid trial, run by us.

• Rewarding trials: Over £1 million in credit through Power Move, for using energy at greener times – saving 56.2 tonnes of carbon.

• Expert advice: Over 4,000 home visits completed by OVO’s Energy Experts, giving customers one-to-one guidance on making their home more efficient.

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