Ohme has added PayPal’s Pay in 3 service as a payment option for UK customers buying its home electric vehicle chargers directly, splitting the cost into three interest-free instalments paid over two months. The UK home EV charging firm — which sells its ePod and Home Pro chargers — said the integration is aimed at lowering the upfront cost barrier for new EV drivers. Customers can also accrue points on the purchase by enrolling in PayPal+, the company’s rewards programme, and redeem them at other PayPal checkouts. Further detail on the chargers is available at ohme-ev.com.
Highlights
- Pay in 3 splits the charger cost into three interest-free payments over two months, available on direct purchases from Ohme of the ePod or Home Pro charger.
- Pay in 3 is an unregulated credit agreement, with availability and approval subject to status; the agreement may, per PayPal’s disclosures, make credit less accessible or more expensive for the consumer.
- Ohme is the UK’s largest home EV charging company by its own description, and the official charger provider for Mercedes-Benz, Volvo Cars, the Volkswagen Group, Genesis, Hyundai, Kia PBV, Smart, Suzuki and XPeng in the UK.
- Charging at home on a smart tariff such as Intelligent Octopus Go at 8p/kWh can reduce running costs to under £12 per month for 6,800 annual miles, the company said, versus more than £90 per month for a comparable petrol car.
A buy-now-pay-later route into home charging
The integration applies to direct purchases of Ohme’s ePod and Home Pro chargers, both 7.4kW units aimed at residential off-street installations. Retail listings through third-party sellers price the ePod around £949 and the Home Pro around £999 with standard installation included, giving an indicative scale for the sums being broken into Pay in 3 instalments — though direct-from-Ohme pricing may differ.
David Watson, CEO of Ohme, said in the announcement: “It’s great to be able to offer buyers an additional route to buying an Ohme charger, by spreading the cost with PayPal. With petrol prices being so high, there’s never been a better time to drive an EV and PayPal’s Pay in 3 option will help more drivers to get faster access to cheaper and cleaner home charging.”
Tamer El-Emary, General Manager for PayPal UK, framed the partnership as a friction-removal step. “Many drivers are choosing to switch to an electric vehicle, but for some the upfront cost of getting set up at home can feel like a sticking point,” he said. “That’s exactly where flexible payment options can make a difference.”
EV charger financing follows a broader pattern
The Ohme–PayPal arrangement mirrors a wider industry move to embed point-of-sale financing into home charger purchases. In the United States, Qmerit partnered with embedded-financing platform Wisetack in January 2025 to offer monthly plans, including 0% financing for qualifying buyers, on Level 2 home charger installations. Utility-led financing models — including Dominion Energy Virginia’s residential charger programme run with Qmerit, which lets customers spread the cost across their monthly utility bill — have followed similar logic.
The UK demand backdrop is consistent with that direction of travel. Battery electric vehicles accounted for 23.4% of UK new car registrations in 2025 per SMMT data, and year-to-date 2026 figures sit at roughly 22%, keeping home charging hardware a near-term purchase decision for a growing share of buyers. Ohme markets the ePod and Home Pro for compatibility with smart energy tariffs that can shift charging to off-peak overnight windows.
Ohme is also the exclusive home-charger provider to UK Motability Operations, the largest fleet operator in the country, and the official charger partner for Ford in Ireland and Hyundai in France.
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