Electric vehicles

Bit of background - I drive an Audi EV and have an Ohme home charger. Key points are that the charger is not supported by Charge Anytime but the car is, so I have paired my car with CA and use the charger as a dumb device. That all works fine and once I managed to get all the settings correct I have had no problems and CA decides when the car will charge - I just plug it in and let the system sort things out. I also have a solar panel installation supported by a battery; this is configured to feed the house load, then charge the battery, and then feed to the grid. I have an Ovo account which pays me for uploaded energy as well as providing my usual domestic supply. My charger is not solar-aware, unlike one or two more sophisticated chargers.And now the question! In this recent sunny weather my solar panels have been delivering 5-6kW during the day, most of which is exported and earns me 12p/kWh. I plugged my car in a couple of days ago, mid-afternoon after a long journey so low car bat

Hi,      Does anyone know if the mercedes cla EV will work on charge anytime. It doesn’t have the fully electric CLA in the list. It shows the mercedes CLA 2021+ hybrid. My car is a 2025 model year. ThanksPeter  

Hi AllI have a new EV car and signed up for the Charge Anytime Tarriff, I see a credit against the tariff, but I seem to be paying for my full electricity usage (and the tariff on top) it doesn't seem to be reflecting the EV charge out of the total which is double my usage compared to last year?  I’ve seen that at the beginning of each month it should credit this back but for me it’s charging for the tariff, crediting back a small amount, but still charging me for the full consumption.  (This is the 3rd month on the tariff now)Anyone else getting this issue?  Thanks 

I am about to buy a Kia EV6 and I believe it is not compatible with the ‘charge anytime’ offerings, however, if have one of the two OVO recommended charger installed as per the recommendation here https://www.ovoenergy.com/electric-cars/smart-charger? does this allow then Charge Anytime offering/saving to be used? Many thanks in advance.

Hi All1st question so please take pity on melooking to get an Kia EV3 on the motabilty scheme ,they will install the charger (OHME HOME PRO)Ovo dont support these? however they say they support the EV3, but it needs to be able to use the internet?Sorry to say im over 60 and have no idea if the EV3 can use the internet any help would be greatfully received,i would rather not move supplier but if that is the only way to make it work i may have to.many thanksColin

Hey, Its not working for me. In the Volvo app there is an advert to link OVO with Volvo. I noticed today after failing about 20 times to connect over a month, that it says Charge Anytime. and not OVO Charge. maybe this link is out of date for the old system????? Perhaps thats why I cant get it to link up. Ca you investigate please. I am still waiting for you to call me back by the way as you promised after me spending an hour on the line with you a few days ago. XC60 REMEMBER? I did get it to charge a few times last month with the Charge anytime but I cancelled that because it looked like you had moved to this OVO Charge pay as you go. I only charge at home. I only want to charge off peak.. I can only charge through the nexblue point charger app if I plug in after about 11.30pm. Otherwise the car goes to sleep. Then I have to check it at about 3am to see if it has started charging or not. If it has not I have to get up, go outside in the street, unplug the car and plug it back in again

I got a BMW 330e PHEV in February, and have had continuous problems with charging at home from the start.  Charging will get under way OK, but be interrupted at frequent random intervals, so that I have to reset charging at the car, when charging will restart, only to fail after 2-50 minutes.  The problems occur at any time of day or night.  Details:1    BMW checked the car's charging 2 days ago, and found it free of any fault.  The car's charging control system is being triggered to shut off the supply of power by some change in the quality of the power supplied by OVO.2    interruptions occur whether I supply the power via my Indra Smart Pro charger OR via a 3-pin plug from one of our domestic sockets (using in this case the BMW-supplied Flexible Cable Charger.  So apparently the fault is arising upstream of both my domestic outlets and Indra Smart Pro charger and its separate cabling from the meter box.  As far as I can understand, this can only be in the meter box itself, or even i

Had my Indra Charger installed for a week now.Done several charges with no issues, OVO has 'seen' them fine.Until this morning that is.Latest charge has not shown in the OVO app and it's been saying there is an issue try again later.Got home and charger was flashing purple, which I understand is a comms error.Rebooted and now white again, but OVO don't seem to know I charged last night, as I guess there was a comms problem.Will this sort itself out or will I be charged at the full rate for this charge period because of a comms drop?And anyone with an Indra, how common is it for this to happen, bit worrying.

I will charge your BMW, look I have made a schedule.    Oh, I’m sorry, it has been 16 minutes and I have forgotten your charging schedule.  Fear not. Another 34 minutes has elapsed and I am clever enough to generate another smart charging schedule for you. Why don’t you go to sleep, it’s really late. Good morning…. I couldn’t be bothered to charge your car.How about tomorrow instead!? 

How about considering “we are all hoping and praying for the long awaited UK rollout of the V2G plus V2H system”, (already working for well for over 12 months in France), using a suitably equipped small BEV like the Renault 5 E-Tech, with an up to date CCS2 Bi directional home charger installed in my garage, since the old Chademo Nissan Leaf system is well on the way out and never worked properly? WHEN IS THE UK ENERGY INDUSTRY GOING TO CATCH UP WITH FRANCE?

I live in Perthshire and have an Economy 10 tariff and use a Zappi ev charger.My peak rate charge is 23.56p/kWh and 16.56p/kWh for off peak.Right now (in summer) the afternoon off peak rate applies between 14.30 and 17.30.So, if I charge my car before 14.30 when the peak rate applies, I should see a “smart charge saving” off around 10p/kWh based on a 14p/kWh cost.That seems to work out fine according to the app - but only if I’m charging the car before 13.30. After that time my saving seems to drop to around 3p/kWh i.e. it looks as if my saving is relative to the off peak rate after 13.30.So my question is - does the controlling software assume that the off peak rate applies after 13.30? That’s certainly what it looks like.(13.30 to 16.30 is the winter timing for our Economy 10).

Hi,I have just taken delivery of a Skoda Elroq, replacing a Tesla Model 3. The Tesla charged without issues from day one. I recently experienced a problem when I plugged in the car one evening at 40% and set the OVO schedule to 80%. The charge started and got to 55%. It then stopped due to busy period/looking for a cheaper window etc, and the car went to sleep. The OVO app couldn't wake the car up again and abandoned the charge.I contacted OVO anytime support and we went through the car's settings and no issues there. OVO support did mentioned that this is a know issue that when a car goes to sleep, mid-charge schedule, the app cannot wake it up again. I was wondering if there are any Skoda EV owners who have experienced a similar issue and what workarounds/solutions you have used.. 

Can two Indra Smart Pro chargers each be fitted with their own CT clamp on the same incoming meter tail, allowing independent load curtailment on a single-phase installation, or do the chargers require a dedicated multi-charger load-sharing configuration?

I have a Charge Anytime account which gives me a monthly "free" quota for home charging plus an annual allowance for public charging (at selected charging points). The CA app tells me how many kWh of my public charging allowance I have used but I cannot find the value of this, or the money value of my remaining allowance. Knowing how many units I have used is interesting but the pounds-and-pence value is also very relevant! Any way I can get this number? Have I missed something obvious in the app - always a possibility?

Hi All I wonder is someone could help me.  I’ve have been trying to connect the OVO Charge App to my EVEC VEC01 charger for several weeks now but keep getting an error message.  I am not sure if I am missing something really simple or if it is something more than that.  The app is also saying that it is not able to connect direct with our cars (Jag IPACE and Peugeot 2008) for some reason - so that’s not helping. I have completed the update on the EVEC app and have also rebooted my charger several times.  We also have a smart meter at home that gives 30 minute readings. As you can imagine I am getting really frustrated now with the whole situation as it should work.  Any help would be appreciated.Thanks Sarah​​​​​

I have two EV’s both added on OVO Charge. Up till around a week ago all has been well, both cars have smart charged just fine. I am now finding that smart charging does not always work. What seems to happen is I plug in an EV and charging starts but does not then get stopped/started under OVO Charge control. The effect of this is that I get charged full rate (as opposed to the 7p VAG deal rate).

Just wondering whether there were many from the original trial still going with the charger? And, also thoughts on the ending of the export credit and the new V2G trial?

Hello.  I have a Tesla Model 3 2021 (if that’s relevant)  my EV Charger is a myenergi zappi 2.1 solar compatible. Firmware updated etc  I am using the OVO charge anytime add on (not part of any monthly plan).  I have a solar set up. Throughout the house all the CT clamps are in place and facing the correct way.  my question is about the charge (money) when the smart charging session is in use when there is some solar generated power too.  so say for example the car is charging at 7.4kw. I am generating 3kw through solar and all of this goes to the car. I would then get a boost from the grid of 4.4kw to meet the 7.4kw demand.  is OVO able to distinguish how much is from solar and the grid (like the myenergi app shows me) and only charge me that is coming from the grid? Or is the OVO charge app / OVO not able to differentiate this and I get charged the full 7.4kw rate regardless of where this is coming from (during a smart charging schedule).  thanks