vecFLEX Rewards

Electricity demand is on the up
Put simply, electricity demand is rising fast. Most of the things we use every day are switching from gas or petrol to electricity like ovens, cars, boilers and even data centres.
If loads of people plug in and charge up at the same time, it creates big peaks that our grid wasn’t originally designed to handle.

Renewable energy is naturally changeable
2025 was a record year for renewable energy in the UK, with wind alone generating more than 30% of UK’s electricity. But:

• The wind doesn’t always blow
• The sun doesn’t always shine
• The output can change very quickly

Our grid must adapt alongside the fluxes in renewable energy generation to ensure that our electricity supply is reliable. If demand can’t adapt when renewables dip, operators are forced to:

• Use fossil fuel plans

The flexibility you provide through your plugged in EV acts as virtual power station. Allowing vecFLEX to pause your charge during peaks, eases pressure on the grid without the need to dig up roads or build new substations.

Every charger we can onboard to vecFLEX gives our grid a little more breathing space and opportunity for real stability as well an opportunity to build reliance on renewable energy sources without huge infrastructure costs.

This is one of the biggest myths about EVs. Yes, EVs use energy to charge but they’re one of our biggest weapons to combat increased demand.

Your smart charger plus vecFLEX means a more reliable, stable grid for everyone.

Simple! Fill out the vecFLEX onboarding form, we’ll check your eligibility and, if you’re successful, we’ll give you access to vecFLEX.

You’ll receive confirmation via email and SMS. Once you’ve received communications from us, just use your usual charging schedule and we’ll do the rest.

Yes! VecFLEX integrates with all major energy providers including:

• E-on
• Scottish power
• OVO energy
• Octopus energy
• British Gas
• Good Energy
• SO Energy
• EDF

IMPORTANT: vecFLEX doesn’t integrate with intelligent energy tariffs that also control devices like Octopus Intelligent GO.

You’ll receive a stripe link via email every 30 days* from flex@axle.energy with the sender name “vecFLEX payments via Axle Energy"

Just note that your funds will only remain in your account for 1 year. You must withdraw them within a year.

For more details see our terms and conditions page.

*from when you’re onboarded

Axle Energy are evec’s technology partner for vecFLEX. They work behind the scenes to help us decide the best times to charge based on grid conditions. This allows us to support the grid while rewarding you and, of course, making sure your car is always ready when you need it. If you’d like to find out more about axle energy and the incredible work they’re doing to decarbonise the grid click here.

vecFLEX opts you into the UK’s grid services scheme (run by the electricity system operator, formerly National Grid ESO) which rewards you for using electricity more flexibly and balancing the grid. It really is that simple.