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Charge Anytime with Kia

  • April 24, 2025
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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.

Best answer by Blastoise186

Sure thing.

The beta trial is open to everyone as it’s a public beta. However, the Kia integration has proven to be extremely unreliable for reasons beyond OVO’s control and neither myself nor the Charge Anytime team can recommend it - blame Hyundai/Kia for being terrible with their software!

You can use any Charger listed at https://www.ovoenergy.com/electric-cars/charge-anytime-cars-and-chargers though - and the list of Kia vehicles is there too. Since you’ve got the right Charger anyway, I’d go down that route.

You only need one or the other to be compatible - not both. Please don’t try to pair both at once as you will have a bad experience if you try. The Charger route is almost always the preferred option where supported.

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Blastoise186
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Blastoise186Super User
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April 24, 2025

Hey ​@NI68L !

Want some good news? If you’ve got a compatible Charger, you can hook up ANY vehicle you want and get the same benefits - even if the EV itself isn’t compatible.

Some Kia vehicles are compatible as part of Beta trials. However, using the Charger method is STRONGLY recommended instead as it’ll give you a far more reliable experience.

Hope that helps!

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    NI68LAuthor
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    April 24, 2025

    ​@Blastoise186  that’s what I had hoped for, thank you. A further couple of questions if I may-

    1. you mention ‘some Kia vehicles are compatible as part of Beta trials’ is the Beta trial open to everyone and are there a list of Kia vehicles? 
    2. so the ‘charge anytime’ is not limited to the OVO recommended chargers, is there a list of chargers.

    If possible I would like to ensure both car & charger are compatible if possible!

    Many thanks in advance

    Blastoise186
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    Blastoise186Super UserSolved
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    April 24, 2025

    Sure thing.

    The beta trial is open to everyone as it’s a public beta. However, the Kia integration has proven to be extremely unreliable for reasons beyond OVO’s control and neither myself nor the Charge Anytime team can recommend it - blame Hyundai/Kia for being terrible with their software!

    You can use any Charger listed at https://www.ovoenergy.com/electric-cars/charge-anytime-cars-and-chargers though - and the list of Kia vehicles is there too. Since you’ve got the right Charger anyway, I’d go down that route.

    You only need one or the other to be compatible - not both. Please don’t try to pair both at once as you will have a bad experience if you try. The Charger route is almost always the preferred option where supported.

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      April 24, 2025

      Lucky man. Terrific car, the Kia EV6 and with a compatible charger available expect a full charge from nearly depleted for under £4. Don’t forget that the credit is made in arrears on your electricity account. Check your energy hub on the OVO app to track your usage.

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        NI68LAuthor
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        April 24, 2025

        ​@BobTom & ​@Blastoise186 thank you both a truly useful forum for a change, I really appreciate your thoughts and help.

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          Chris_OVO
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          April 25, 2025

          Hey ​@NI68L,

           

          Welcome to the community 🎉

           

          A very exciting time for you and you’ve already had some great advice from ​@Blastoise186 and ​@BobTom. I’ve shared a couple of links below that might be helpful with more information on Charge Anytime. 

           

          Once you get your shiny new EV let us know and we can add an EV badge to show off on your profile. This helps others know you’re part of our growing EV community! 

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          Stryke78
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          May 19, 2025

          Interesting read. I’ve been waiting over a year for kia and ovo to get this running :(

           

          Whats the downsides to joining the beta ?

          Anything as bad as car not starting, charging etc.

          Blastoise186
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          May 19, 2025

          Well… Erm…

          There’s a lot… Mostly because Hyundai/Kia has terrible software - BlueLink is one of the most broken platforms possible and we cannot make ANY promises that it’ll work with Charge Anytime at all because BL is so unreliable.

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          NI68LAuthor
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          May 20, 2025

          Interesting read. I’ve been waiting over a year for kia and ovo to get this running :(

          Whats the downsides to joining the beta ?

          Anything as bad as car not starting, charging etc.

          Well… Erm…

          There’s a lot… Mostly because Hyundai/Kia has terrible software - BlueLink is one of the most broken platforms possible and we cannot make ANY promises that it’ll work with Charge Anytime at all because BL is so unreliable.

          in the answer to  ​@Stryke78  mail are you ​@Blastoise186  suggesting Kia’s on board software is no good? Or just the software link between a Kia Car and Charge Anytime is no good? 

          I have now invested in a OVO recommended ‘Charge Anytime’ charger and as previously mentioned hope that once fitted and then I have the car that the charger does the intelligence back to OVO and ‘Charge Anytime’ which in an earlier post was the recommended route?!?

          I trust I understood this correctly.

            Blastoise186
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            May 20, 2025

            It’s BlueLink as a whole, so partially the car software and partially the cloud/software platform on the Hyundai/Kia side. Charge Anytime runs most integrations through a platform called Enode which acts as a gateway to all the manufacturers.

            I can tell you that BlueLink is broken for literally every Smart Charging setup across Europe, not just Charge Anytime…

            You can probably figure out where this is going...

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