Paua provides a platform that enables businesses to manage electric vehicle charging payments across public, home, and workplace locations, utilizing a network of over 55,000 connectors nationwide. The solution addresses the complexities of charging cost management, ensuring fair reimbursement for home charging while streamlining administrative processes for fleet managers.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Businesses transitioning to electric vehicles face challenges in managing charging costs across public, home, and workplace locations. These challenges include complexities with multiple charging networks and payment methods, difficulties in collecting charging receipts, and ensuring fair reimbursement for home charging, leading to time-consuming administration and potential undercompensation for drivers.
Solution
Paua provides a unified platform designed to simplify EV charging and payment management for businesses. The platform offers a driver app and charge card that enables access to a network of over 55,000 connectors nationwide. Paua streamlines the reimbursement process for home charging, ensuring drivers are fairly compensated, while also providing fleet managers with a single dashboard to view and report on all charging activities. Through automated systems and real-time data connectivity, Paua reduces administrative overhead, promotes driver satisfaction, and facilitates a smoother transition to electric fleets.
Target Audience
Paua primarily targets businesses with electric vehicle fleets, including those with liveried fleets and company cars, as well as companies offering EV-related services such as insurance, leasing, or rentals.
Features
- Driver app for locating chargers, navigating, and monitoring real-time charging status.
- EV charge card providing access to over 55,000 connectors across the UK.
- Fleet dashboard for centralized management and reporting of all charging activities.
- Automated reimbursement system for fair compensation of home charging costs.
- API connectivity for real-time data integration and automated reporting.
- White-label solution for businesses to launch their own branded EV charging service.
- Salary sacrifice options for employees to access public charging at a reduced cost.
- Controls add-on for managing and controlling charging access and costs.