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Company type | Public limited company |
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Industry | Electric vehicles |
Founded | 2009 |
Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Key people | Melanie Lane, CEO [1] |
Products | Electric vehicle charging infrastructure |
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Parent | EDF Energy ![]() |
Website | www.pod-point.com |
Pod Point Group Holdings plc, trading as Pod Point, is a British electric vehicle charging stations company. [3] [4] As of 2025, the company operates the third largest public charging network in the UK. [5]
Pod Point was founded in 2009 by Erik Fairbairn and Peter Hiscocks having previously worked together to found and sell the supercar club Ecurie25. [6] [7]
In 2018, the company installed 600 charging stations following joint venture between Tesco and Volkswagen in the UK. [8]
In 2018, Pod Point launched its Electric Schools initiative. [9]
On 9 November 2021, Pod Point floated on the London Stock Exchange at a £352 million valuation. [10]
In 2022, it was announced EDF Energy had bought a 53 percent stake in the company through a joint venture with Legal and General Capital. [11]
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 BMW and Mini retail customers. [12]
In July 2023, Pod Point appointed Andy Palmer as its interim chief executive. [13] It was announced Melanie Lane would take over from Palmer in May 2024. [14]
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 initial public offering in 2021. [15] [16]
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