Volvo offers one year's free electricity with PHEV models

Volvo is offering British car buyers one year’s free electricity to charge their new plug-in hybrid car, to encourage drivers to keep their vehicles charged-up rather than using the petrol engine.

Its Take Charge campaign is available across Volvo’s range of plug-in hybrid models.

The offer is automatically available to any customer purchasing a new Volvo plug-in hybrid, from now until 30 June 2020. The electricity costs for charging their car will be calculated from May 2020 and repaid to them at the end of the 12-month period, based on a third-party-provided average cost of electricity in the UK.

Just how much energy each customer uses will be monitored via the Volvo On Call app. This logs how much power the car consumes, and also allows the owner to monitor the charge status of their car’s battery via their mobile device.

The offer is open to both private and business customers. Because Volvo’s intention is to encourage drivers to get into the habit of keeping their car’s hybrid battery charged, it’s the company car driver who will receive the refund at the end of the year rather than their employer.