Introducing Charge Anytime - next generation EV charging

No, theirs is set overnight hours

I have charge anytime in ix3. It’s not exactly anytime. Because what happens is you say when you want the car. Charged and it does the rest but it stops and starts throughout the day and night.  If you want immediate you press emergency charge but it’s at your full rate. 
 

octopus is only at night but I believe they give you something during the day too. 

Possible but not guaranteed 

Had my car delivered on Wednesday set up myrenault, in the car too, and ovo charge anytime. 
Set time to be ready by, set % charge, plugged in and left the car. I get an orange flashing light on my car charge port which goes off if charge doesn’t start straight away. 
Charge Anytime app says that next charge will be after 22:00, nothing starts and then it says planning next charge and again nothing happens. 2 nights no charge. 
if I start it manually at night it then syncs with charge anytime and charges at the lower rate but I thought the idea was to set it in the app, plug in and leave it to be charged in the morning. Not sure if I’m doing something wrong or settings in the car are wrong?

There is currently a fault with the Renault integration. It’s being looked into iirc.

Ahh handy to know! Thank you!

Hi all,

We have had Charge anytime for a couple of months now, and have received the monthly rebates for the charge anytime tariff. However i am finding it hard to work out how much we spent each month on charging the car. Am i missing something or is there no easy way?

Many thanks in advance

James

Hi @jameshammond472 ,

That should either be in MyOVO, the Charge Anytime app or potentially the charger app depending on your setup.

Hey @jameshammond472 

Welcome to the Forum.

Like Blastoise186 mentions, this can depend on your set up. Do you connect to Charge Anytime via a compatible EV or is it the charger that’s compatible? This will determine how you’d view that information. Let us know and we can try to help further.

We’ve got lots of topics on Charge Anytime that may be helpful too, I’ve linked to a few of these below;

• You don’t need a smart charger to get Charge Anytime if you have a compatible electric vehicle Tutorial

• How to set up your smart charger to use it with Charge Anytime Tutorial

• How to set up a compatible electric vehicle with Charge Anytime Tutorial

This Charge Anytime FAQ may also be helpful for you, and you can contact the team via email if needed at chargeanytime@ovo.com.

@jameshammond472  if your car options let you add unit price of electricity that's the easiest way. 

If not. You need to do the math. 

Unit price - £0.07 = saving KW price

Total save this month / saving KW price = KW charged. 

KW charged x 0.07 = total cost to charge in the month. 

E.g. unit rate is £0.275 - £0.07 = £0.205

Total saved this month £58.20 / £0.205 = 283.9 KW 

283.9KW x £0.07 = £19.87 to charge your car this month. 

Why is Ovo not interested in improving their Ev charging scheme. I have been asking them for a year. Both my car and home charge point are not on their very limited options. I have a Kia Ev6 car, the most popular in UK. And a Rolec Smart charger.  Also I have solar panels. They say I cannot have a reduced tariff rate like all their competitors.  Why. 

It’s not just OVO that has to approve those EV’s and Chargers. The respective manufacturers also have to play ball too. If any manufacturer refuses to collaborate, it’s game over instantly.

Additionally, only the Indra chargers currently support the Solar Matching required to make OVO Charge Anytime compatible with Solar Panels. If you have one, it can be configured the right way fairly easily, especially if the Solar compatibility features have already been set up during the charger install.

Alas, Rolec hasn’t - at this time - got any agreements with OVO that I know about and it’s ultimately down to them to be open to working with OVO. Only then can Charge Anytime support be expanded to Rolec.

As for Kia? Errmm… Let’s just say that the suppliers that did get to collaborate with Kia are having nightmares with the API being unreliable, or at least that’s what I’ve heard.

Hi,

I have an Aclara SGC1311 smart meter. We moved in and went with our original electricity provider from the old house. Our smart meter won’t talk to the provider and has never sent them a reading in the year we have lived here. We are paying estimate bills most of the time.

I am looking to get an electric car with an Economy7 or EV tariff. My father is ill and can’t regulate his temperature so uses air conditioning even in the winter overnight so our usage is different compared to most and we would likely suit an economy7 tariff. 
 

That being said, after some digging it seems our meter may be too old. I’ve heard it can be converted to S1+ with the DCC, however is this good enough to get cheaper overnight electricity? 
 

Any idea roughly how much it would cost to upgrade our meter to a SMETS2 with overnight tariff? If we switched to OVO so they need a SMETS2 meter for EV charging tariff?

Thanks 

Hi @fluffy1234 , there are a few things to consider:

1. If your current meter can’t be upgraded any meter swap would be free
2. Depending on your current tariff, you might not be able to get economy 7
3. There are several options if you nail down your ideal needs

There is a check that you can use for your meter https://smartmetercheck.citizensadvice.org.uk/

but any updates from S1 models should have already happened 

Hi,

The link says we have SMETS1 and can’t get smart meter readings. The energy provider we rang them this morning and they have basically said tough luck, it’s quite a common issue and we will have to give manual meter readings for the foreseeable future. When we switch to this provider they told us the meter was compatible, it looks like maybe somebody lied.
 

any ideas what to do?

thanks 

Perhaps this might help

https://www.ovoenergy.com/guides/energy-guides/smets-1-and-2-new-smart-meter-generation

Heres what the DCC says

https://www.smartdcc.co.uk/our-smart-network/current-programmes/smets1-enrolment-and-adoption/

Can’t remember who you’re with but it might be worth a try to switch and upgrade

Interesting that the results say that you can switch to a supplier who can support your meter in smart mode, so it may be worth making enquiries with other suppliers to see if they will be able to get the readings. I assume no data is getting as far as the DCC system? (check using n3rgy.com)

Does BPLightogs advice help @fluffy1234?

I've recently purchased a Mazda MX30 EV, but can't see it on the list of approved EV for OVO's EV tariff. Does anyone know if the lost of approved EV's gets updated periodically, or if Mazda's EV is excluded for a particular reason? Thanks! 

Howdy @AdamJS ,

The list gets updated whenever new EVs are added to the supported list.

What Charger do you have? That might work instead.

I have had ,still have, 2 EV’s that when I bought them were not on the list but I have a charger approved by OVO it is an Indra smart pro and works with OVO charge anytime.

it is not the only one that OVO recommend, new EV’s are coming on to the market in huge quantities with makes nobody has heard of, mostly from China but the technology is much the same on everyone.

Your Mazda should not have a problem, subject to the charger.

Thanks Blastoise, I don't have a charger yet, as its my first EV, so I'm yet to get one. Are there any which are recommended for compatability with OVO etc? 

Hi Nick, thanks for the response! When I was trying to view EV tariffs earlier it wouldn't let me get past the 'Select vehicle' stage, so I never got as far as a charger. As I said in my reply to Blastoise, I haven't got a charger yet as its my first EV, so I'd love to know any recommendations which work best with energy providers. Thanks again!

Yup! You’ll want Ohme or Indra, the full list is here. If you have Solar Panels, you must go Indra. Otherwise, it’s up to you.

Hey @AdamJS 

Welcome to the Forum

Congrats on your new EV!🔌

Some of our community members have left some really helpful advice here already for you but I just wanted to add a few things that may also be useful to you.

You can view our full list of compatible EVs and smart chargers here, and as mentioned already, we’re always looking to grow our compatibility and add new EVs and chargers so always keep an eye on the list for new additions.

• How to set up your smart charger to use it with Charge Anytime Tutorial

• Introducing Charge Anytime - next generation EV charging News

I hope this has been helpful, if you opt to go for a compatible charger, feel free to share your experience with us and for others who may be in a similar situation as yourself.🙂