An electric car being charged by a Pod Point Solo 3S

Pod Point Group Holdings plc, trading as Pod Point, is a British

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stations company.As of 2025, the company operates the third largest public charging network in the UK.

History

Pod Point was founded in 2009 by Erik Fairbairn and Peter Hiscocks having previously worked together to found and sell the supercar club Ecurie25. In 2018, the company installed 600 charging stations following joint venture between

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and

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in the UK. In 2018, Pod Point launched its Electric Schools initiative. On 9 November 2021, Pod Point floated on the

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at a £352 million valuation. In 2022, it was announced

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had bought a 53 percent stake in the company through a joint venture with Legal and General Capital. In June 2022, Pod Point and BMW Group UK signed a three-year deal, which added Pod Point as a preferred EV home charge point supplier for

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and

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retail customers. In July 2023, Pod Point appointed Andy Palmer as its interim chief executive. It was announced Melanie Lane would take over from Palmer in May 2024. On 12 June 2025, Pod Point announced they had accepted an offer to sell the company to majority shareholder EDF Energy at a £10.6 million valuation, £341.4 million less than its

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in 2021.

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://pod-point.com/
EV Chargers
Charging stations British companies established in 2009 Companies based in the London Borough of Islington Electric vehicles in the United Kingdom

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