--- title: "Octopus Electric Vehicles vs ZenAuto: Which is searched more in the United Kingdom?" description: "Is Octopus Electric Vehicles or ZenAuto more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Electric car salary sacrifice schemes set in the United Kingdom. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/uk/compare/octopus-electric-vehicles-vs-zenauto" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Octopus Electric Vehicles vs ZenAuto: Which is searched more in the United Kingdom? Is Octopus Electric Vehicles or ZenAuto more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Electric car salary sacrifice schemes set in the United Kingdom. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time. ## Key facts - **Compared**: Octopus Electric Vehicles and ZenAuto - **Competitive set**: Electric car salary sacrifice schemes - **Market**: United Kingdom - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Octopus Electric Vehicles Share of Search**: 57.9% - **ZenAuto Share of Search**: 1.3% ## Is Octopus Electric Vehicles or ZenAuto more popular in search? - In September 2026, Octopus Electric Vehicles had more branded searches than ZenAuto among electric car salary sacrifice schemes in the United Kingdom. Octopus Electric Vehicles had about 40,500 branded searches, while ZenAuto had 880. Octopus Electric Vehicles made up 57.9% of all electric car salary sacrifice scheme searches we track, and ZenAuto accounted for 1.3%. - Octopus Electric Vehicles was ahead of ZenAuto in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Octopus Electric Vehicles’ share of searches among electric car salary sacrifice schemes in the United Kingdom moved from 35.4% to 57.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 12.1K to 40.5K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, ZenAuto’s share of searches among electric car salary sacrifice schemes in the United Kingdom moved from 7% to 1.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.4K to 880. ## Top electric car salary sacrifice schemes in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Octopus Electric Vehicles appeared in all five answers. ZenAuto did not appear in any of the five answers. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Octopus Electric Vehicles | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | The Electric Car Scheme | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Loveelectric | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Tusker | 4th | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | ZenAuto | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about electric car salary sacrifice schemes - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best electric car salary sacrifice scheme in the UK?": 1. Octopus Electric Vehicles, 2. The Electric Car Scheme, 3. Tusker, 4. Loveelectric - Asked ChatGPT "Which EV salary sacrifice provider should my company use?": 1. Loveelectric, 2. Octopus Electric Vehicles, 3. Tusker, 4. The Electric Car Scheme - Asked ChatGPT "How do electric car salary sacrifice schemes compare in the UK?": 1. The Electric Car Scheme, 2. Octopus Electric Vehicles, 3. Tusker, 4. Loveelectric - Searched Google, AI Overview "salary sacrifice electric car": 1. Octopus Electric Vehicles, 2. The Electric Car Scheme - Searched Google, AI Overview "ev salary sacrifice": 1. Loveelectric, 2. Octopus Electric Vehicles Not named in any answer: ZenAuto. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in United Kingdom on October 23, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for United Kingdom electric car salary sacrifice schemes in September 2026? - In September 2026, Octopus Electric Vehicles gained share of searches among electric car salary sacrifice schemes in the United Kingdom, from 48.9% to 57.9%. - ZenAuto’s share of searches among electric car salary sacrifice schemes in the United Kingdom has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 2.8% to 1.3% in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Octopus Electric Vehicles estimated searches | Octopus Electric Vehicles Share of Search | Octopus Electric Vehicles rank | ZenAuto estimated searches | ZenAuto Share of Search | ZenAuto rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 12.1K | 35.4% | 1 | 2.4K | 7% | 5 | | Nov 2025 | 9.9K | 32.7% | 1 | 1.9K | 6.3% | 5 | | Dec 2025 | 9.9K | 37.4% | 1 | 1.6K | 6% | 5 | | Jan 2026 | 12.1K | 32.2% | 1 | 2.9K | 7.7% | 5 | | Feb 2026 | 12.1K | 35.9% | 1 | 1.6K | 4.7% | 5 | | Mar 2026 | 14.8K | 33.9% | 1 | 1.3K | 3% | 5 | | Apr 2026 | 14.8K | 32.5% | 1 | 1.3K | 2.9% | 5 | | May 2026 | 14.8K | 33.9% | 1 | 1.3K | 3% | 5 | | Jun 2026 | 18.1K | 38.7% | 1 | 1.3K | 2.8% | 5 | | Jul 2026 | 18.1K | 36.3% | 1 | 1K | 2% | 5 | | Aug 2026 | 27.1K | 48.9% | 1 | 880 | 1.6% | 5 | | Sep 2026 | 40.5K | 57.9% | 1 | 880 | 1.3% | 5 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Octopus Electric Vehicles’ and ZenAuto’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading. - **Octopus Electric Vehicles**: Measured on the search term “octopus ev”. - **ZenAuto**: Measured on the search term “zenauto”. - [Octopus Electric Vehicles profile](/demand/uk/brands/octopus-electric-vehicles) - [ZenAuto profile](/demand/uk/brands/zenauto) - [All electric car salary sacrifice schemes in the United Kingdom](/demand/uk/categories/uk-ev-salary-sacrifice-schemes): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Octopus Electric Vehicles or ZenAuto more popular in search? In September 2026, Octopus Electric Vehicles had more branded searches than ZenAuto among electric car salary sacrifice schemes in the United Kingdom. Octopus Electric Vehicles had about 40,500 branded searches, while ZenAuto had 880. Octopus Electric Vehicles made up 57.9% of all electric car salary sacrifice scheme searches we track, and ZenAuto accounted for 1.3%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Octopus Electric Vehicles vs ZenAuto: Which is searched more in the United Kingdom?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/uk/compare/octopus-electric-vehicles-vs-zenauto This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/uk/compare/octopus-electric-vehicles-vs-zenauto. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.