Electric vehicle things on white: a coiled charging cable with a type 2 connector, a wall charger unit, a car key fob, a scale model electric car and a plug socket
Use case

Marketing automation for electric vehicle companies

People thinking about going electric have dozens of questions about range, charging and running costs, and they ask them online long before they visit you. Maggie, your AI CMO, answers them in posts for your website, Google Business, LinkedIn and more, and you approve every one.

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Sound familiar?

Why EV businesses find it hard to keep their marketing going

Whether you sell electric cars and vans, install chargers or electrify fleets, the day fills up with handovers, site surveys and customer calls before anyone writes a post.

Drivers arrive full of doubts

Will it get through winter? Where do I charge if I don't have a driveway? What about the battery on a used one? If your website doesn't answer, someone else's does, and they get the enquiry.

Big brands and marketplaces own the searches

Search for a used electric car, a home charger installer or an electric van and you see manufacturers, comparison sites and big dealer groups first. An independent specialist is hard to find.

Fleet buyers need a different story

A fleet manager weighing up electric vans cares about duty cycles, depot charging and downtime, not the same things a family driver does. Writing for both, every week, rarely happens.

The busy months come and go

New registration plates in March and September, company car decisions, lease renewals. If your posts stop when the showroom or the installer diary gets busy, the next wave goes elsewhere.

An EV specialist's desk: a phone showing post cards waiting for approval beside a car key fob, a coiled charging cable and a cup of tea
Your week with Maggie

The September plate change is coming, and your posts are already answering drivers' questions.

It's mid August. You run an independent electric car specialist with a small charger installation team. Three handovers are booked this week, two used cars need battery health checks, and your website still has last year's blog post on top.

You paste your website into cmo.so. Maggie reads it and writes your brand profile: your used and nearly new electric cars, battery health reports, home charger installation, the business drivers and families you sell to, the towns you cover and your calm, no-pressure way of explaining things. You correct one thing: you now install chargers for small businesses as well as homes.

By Tuesday the drafts are waiting, each with a picture in your look: a blog post on what a battery health report on a used electric car tells you, a Google Business post about your September stock with a button to book a test drive, a LinkedIn post for small business owners about charging at work, and a short guide to charging without a driveway. You approve three and add a line about your evening viewings to the fourth.

The posts go out at the times you set for each channel and each comes back with its link. While you're handing over the first car of the week, Maggie is already planning winter range and charging posts, and Search Console in cmo.so shows which guides drivers are reading.

What you get with Maggie

A marketing assistant who answers the questions before they're asked

Each of those problems has an answer, and you still approve everything that goes out under your name.

Plain-English guides on your blog

Posts on range in cold weather, home and public charging, battery health, choosing an electric van and what to check on a used car, written for Google and for AI answers. Published to WordPress, Shopify, Wix or Webflow, or any site through the cmo.so API.

Blog on autopilot

Found by local drivers

Regular Google Business posts keep your showroom or installation business visible in local search, with offers, events such as an open day or test drive weekend, and buttons such as Book.

Google Business

LinkedIn for fleets and businesses

Posts for fleet managers, business owners and facilities teams on electric vans, workplace charging and planning a switch, so the people who buy in bulk see you as the specialist.

LinkedIn

Your business, described properly

Enter your website and Maggie builds your brand profile: the vehicles or chargers you offer, who buys them, your area, what sets you apart, competitors and voice. Every post starts from it.

Brand profile

Planned around the buying year

Plate change months, the run-up to winter, company car decisions and lease renewals. Topics are planned and queued ahead, so posts are out when drivers start looking.

Content calendar

Careful with finance wording

If your posts mention finance or leasing, Content Policy Guard can check them against financial rules or your house rules and hold a risky one with a suggested rewrite. These are AI suggestions, not legal or compliance advice.

Content Policy Guard
Inside the app

Your marketing team, in your pocket

Real screens from the cmo.so app on iPhone.

The cmo.so app home screen: monthly posts, website health scores and an AI visibility chartAsk Maggie: a chat where Maggie reviews 30 days of SEO and AI visibilityConnect your social accounts: LinkedIn, Google Business, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTokMaggie prepared your plan: look, voice, writing style and posting frequencyWrite a post once for LinkedIn, Google Business, Facebook and Instagram
How it works

From your website to a steady flow of EV posts in four steps

  1. Enter your website

    Maggie reads it and drafts your brand profile in minutes.

  2. Check your profile

    Correct your vehicles, services and area, add the customers you want more of and choose your channels.

  3. Review the drafts

    Your first week of posts arrives with pictures. Approve, edit or skip each one.

  4. Let them go out

    Approved posts go out at each channel's times and every one comes back with its link.

Your other options

Why not just…

The usual ways EV businesses try to reach drivers, and where each one runs out.

…rely on listing sites and marketplaces?

They show your stock, but next to every competitor's, and buyers compare on price. Guides on your own website show why a driver should buy from you, and keep working after the car is sold.

…lean on the manufacturer's marketing?

It sells the brand, not your business. Drivers still need a local specialist they trust for advice, charging and servicing, and your own posts are how they find you.

…pay a marketing agency?

SEO and content agencies often cost around £1,000 a month. Maggie writes and publishes every week from £15 a month, with every post checked by you.

…write it with ChatGPT?

You still brief it, check it, make the picture and post it yourself, and it doesn't know your stock, your area or your installers. Maggie remembers your business and puts posts out on schedule.

Pricing

Cut the £5,900/mo marketing bill to £15/mo

Everything a marketing team does, done by Maggie.

What needs doingWithout cmo.soWith cmo.so
Full-time marketing hire£3,000/moIncluded
SEO and AI search (GEO) agency£1,000/moIncluded
Content writer, AI-assisted£500/moIncluded
Social media manager, freelance£800/moIncluded
Designed pictures for every post£300/moIncluded
SEO and GEO softwareRank tracking, site audits, AI visibility£250/moIncluded
AI writing and image tools£50/moIncluded
Working hoursOffice hours24/7
Total per month£5,900+From £15/mo

Typical UK costs for a small business in 2026, with AI already cutting freelance rates. Estimates only; your own quotes will vary.

Founding member pricingLock in these prices for good.For the first 500 members, until 1 January 2027.
72days left
FreeTry it out
£0forever
No card needed
  • 5 social posts, 30 once verified
  • 15 Maggie messages a day
  • Upgrade any time
Start free
AirGetting started
£15/mo
Lowest paid plan
  • 2 posts a day
  • 60 Maggie messages a day
  • All channels
Choose Air
MaxSeveral channels
£45/mo
£75Save 40%
  • 24 posts a day
  • 300 Maggie messages a day
  • All channels
Choose Max
UltraBusy teams
£65/mo
£115Save 43%
  • 48 posts a day
  • 600 Maggie messages a day
  • All channels
Choose Ultra
EliteAgencies, many brands
£105/mo
£195Save 46%
  • 96 posts a day
  • 1,000 Maggie messages a day
  • All channels
Choose Elite

Per website, billed monthly. Blog and social posts share one allowance; your best plan sets how much you can talk to Maggie across all your websites.

Questions EV businesses ask

Marketing automation for electric vehicle companies: your questions

Still unsure?

What is marketing automation for electric vehicle companies?

It's software that does the repeating work of marketing an EV business: planning topics, writing blog and social posts that answer drivers' questions, making pictures and publishing them on schedule.

With cmo.so, Maggie does all of it from your website, and nothing goes out until you approve it.

How do electric vehicle companies get more customers online?

Electric vehicle companies get more customers online by answering the questions drivers ask before they switch: range, charging at home and on the road, battery health and what an electric car costs to run. Clear guides on your own website, an active Google Business profile and regular posts do that.

Maggie writes those posts every week from your brand profile, and Search Console in cmo.so shows which guides bring drivers to your site.

How much does marketing automation cost for an EV business?

There's a free plan with no card needed. Paid plans are per website and billed monthly: Air at £15 a month covers two posts a day, and Pro at £45 a month suits a growing business posting on several channels.

Founding members get lower prices for good on every plan until 1 January 2027. You can cancel any time.

Which channels should electric vehicle companies start with?

Dealers and charger installers usually start with Google Business, where local drivers decide, plus their own blog for charging and buying guides. Fleet and business suppliers usually start with LinkedIn.

YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok are in beta and suit walkarounds and short explainers. Each channel has its own posting times and queue.

What kind of posts will Maggie write for an EV business?

She writes practical posts that help drivers decide: range in winter, charging without a driveway, what to check on a used electric car, how home charger installation works and how electric vans suit different jobs.

She also writes about your own business, such as new stock, open days and customer handovers, when you tell her about them.

Can it write for fleet managers as well as private drivers?

It can, and each audience gets posts written for it. Maggie writes LinkedIn posts and guides for fleet and facilities managers on vans, depot and workplace charging and planning a switch, alongside posts for private drivers.

You choose which channels carry which kind of post, and each has its own posting times.

Will the posts get grants, prices and range figures right?

The posts start from your website and what you tell her, and you check every draft before it goes out. Schemes, prices and range figures change, so it's worth checking any number before you approve it.

cmo.so never changes your prices or stock; Maggie only writes and publishes posts.

Does it help with finance and leasing offers?

It can write posts about your offers, and Content Policy Guard can check them against financial rules or your own house rules, holding a risky post as a draft with a suggested rewrite.

These are AI suggestions, not legal or compliance advice; a qualified person should still review, and your business stays responsible for what it publishes.

Is it safe to let AI post for our business?

Yes, because nothing goes out until you approve it. Approvals are on by default, and you can keep them on for every channel or let one you trust run on autopilot.

Social channels connect through each platform's official sign-in, so cmo.so never sees your passwords, and cmo.so never sells or rents your data.

Which websites does it work with?

cmo.so publishes to WordPress (including WooCommerce), Shopify, Wix and Webflow, and to any other website through the cmo.so API.

Each post is reported back with its link once it is live.

We sell cars and install chargers. Can cmo.so handle both?

Yes. If both are on one website, Maggie plans posts for car buyers and charger customers from the same brand profile.

If each has its own website, add both to one account and each gets its own brand profile, channels, schedule and approvals.

Can our sales team approve posts too?

Yes. In Me → Team you can add people and choose what each can see or change, using presets such as editor or manager.

So a salesperson can check stock posts while your installation lead checks the charging guides.

Ready when you are

Answer the next driver's questions before they ask

Enter your website. Your brand profile and first week of posts are ready in minutes, and nothing goes out until you approve it.

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  • You approve every post
  • Cancel any time

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