Ohme rewards EV drivers with over £100,000 during winter energy flexibility trials
Ohme, the UK’s leading dynamic home EV charging company, rewarded EV drivers with more than £100,000 during winter energy flexibility trials in 2024.
As part of the ongoing Ofgem Winter CrowdFlex trial, Ohme has been encouraging participating EV drivers to plug in their EVs whenever they were parked at home enabling them to earn rewards. That has resulted in Ohme having already rewarded drivers with more than £100,000 - despite only being halfway through the winter trial which continues until April.
The CrowdFlex trial is an Ofgem project involving Ohme, led by the Electricity System Operator for Great Britain (ESO) and is the UK’s largest domestic energy flexibility study. The Winter trial started in September 2024 and runs until April 2025.
“Crowdflex is Ohme’s biggest ever flex trial to date, showing discernable progress and strengthening our belief in the material impact that domestic customers can have in providing grid flexibility services,” said David Watson, Ohme CEO.
“With grid flexibility services estimated to save consumers £10bn per year in energy costs by 2050 and with Ohme looking to help even more customers in 2025 with our ongoing trials, we are looking forward to further demonstrating the important role domestic customers can play in the drive towards Net Zero.” Crowdflex was awarded funding through Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund, which is managed in partnership with Innovate UK.
The project is being delivered by a consortium of partners: OVO, Ohme, Centre for Net Zero, ERM, AWS, National Grid Electricity Distribution and Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks. Ohme is the official charger provider for Mercedes-Benz, Volvo Cars and the Volkswagen Group in the UK and Ireland as well as Smart and Hyundai in the UK, it is also the official exclusive charger provider for customers on the Motability scheme, the largest fleet operator in the UK.
Ohme has also just won two awards for the ePod and for best tariff integration in the 2024 What Wallcharger? Awards.