Introducing Charge Anytime - next generation EV charging

Hi Barry, we have a BMW also but decided to use the ChargeAnytime to control the Hypervolt Home Pro 3 rather than the car. It seems to work well and the car is always 100% charged by 9am (which is what we set). It does stop/start charging at all sorts of weird time intervals, its not just when OVO show excess of green energy. Can’t quite work that out, but seems to be doing its job.

Only had the PHEV 3 weeks, so I am awaiting next months bill to see if OVO apply the discount down to 7p. The app shows a certain amount of cost savings, but I want to see that reflected in the bill to be sure.

I also compared the the daily usage before and after car charging. Seems to be roughly £2.50-£6 difference depending on how much charge we required. But thats at the full rate.

Hi Barry, we have a BMW also but decided to use the ChargeAnytime to control the Hypervolt Home Pro 3 rather than the car. It seems to work well and the car is always 100% charged by 9am (which is what we set). It does stop/start charging at all sorts of weird time intervals, its not just when OVO show excess of green energy. Can’t quite work that out, but seems to be doing its job.

Only had the PHEV 3 weeks, so I am awaiting next months bill to see if OVO apply the discount down to 7p. The app shows a certain amount of cost savings, but I want to see that reflected in the bill to be sure.

I also compared the the daily usage before and after car charging. Seems to be roughly £2.50-£6 difference depending on how much charge we required. But thats at the full rate.

Barry - I agree with Aho’s remarks which reflect my own experience.

Are you looking at your energy hub on the OVO website? It details your home and car usage and the cost of both.

Yes, it’s not particularly helpful to see statements on the charge anytime app telling you how much you have saved. A better approach would be to state what had actually gone in your battery. I have deleted the app. I did not think it was particularly helpful beyond assuring me in the middle  of the night that my vehicle was charging: but I found it to be inconsistent.

The kaluza app gives you the data with a breakdown of the KWh actually charged on a daily basis. I simply multiply the daily figure by 7p and the result seems to tie in with what I see on my account on the OVO web site. I think the data originates from there so not too surprising.

Also, your slow charger delivers at the rate of 1.4 Kw whereas a modern dedicated charger will charge at 7.4 Kw, substantially faster and OK for an overnight charge.

My own view is that I don’t want to leave things to chance and the installation of the home charging point has given me trouble free charging on a daily basis.

Hi oho, it sounds like we’re on a similar journey except I’m holding off on the 7kWh charger for the time being. Your daily costs seem similar to mine and I guess the main difference if OVO ChargeAnytime is controlling the charger instead of the car but I can’t see that having any impact on the amount of charge.

Hi BobTom, I don’t see an Energy Hub on the main OVO website so what menu option is it under? I’ve tried searching for the Kaluza app but can’t find any details of it so what exact name does it go by in the App store? Once we get to the bottom of charging costs we’ll look at a dedicated home charger.

Hey ​@BarryM,

I’m sorry that your thread occasionally diverged down a different path. This happens sometimes, so I've separated the threads to preserve your original intent. If you need anything else please give me a shout and i’ll be happy to help! 

Hi Chris, I think you have ‘lost’ some of the relevant replies in my initial thread - I think there wee maybe 2 posts at the end that diverted the content

Hey ​@BarryM,

I’ll take another look through the thread again and move any that were mistakenly moved!