I’m currently benefitting from Charge Anytime tarrifs on my Renault Zoe natively supported by the Renault-provided BP charger.
I’m thinking of changing my car soon to one not listed as compatible by Ovo. Will I have to replace the charger with a ‘smart’ one, to continue using Charge Anytime?
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New car not compatible with Charge Anytime do I need a new charger?
+1Best answer by BPLightlog
Updated on 22/09/25 by Abby_OVO
Yes, if you change from a compatible, to non-compatible EV, you’d need to make sure you have a compatible charger instead if you wanted to continue benefiting from Charge Anytime.
Thank you, but I said “to one not listed as compatible by Ovo”
CA is either compatible EV or compatible charger
https://www.ovoenergy.com/electric-cars/charge-anytime
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+1Thank you, but I said “to one not listed as compatible by Ovo”
+9- Super User
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Updated on 22/09/25 by Abby_OVO
Yes, if you change from a compatible, to non-compatible EV, you’d need to make sure you have a compatible charger instead if you wanted to continue benefiting from Charge Anytime.
Thank you, but I said “to one not listed as compatible by Ovo”
CA is either compatible EV or compatible charger
https://www.ovoenergy.com/electric-cars/charge-anytime
How do OVO know what my EV Charge is? I have a plug in to the domestic supply not a dedicated charger.
+9- Super User
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Charge Anytime only works if you have a compatible vehicle or Charger.
What vehicle do you have?
Hi Thanks for your reply
I have a Renault Captur Engineered Hybrid. I have software that tells me exactly what I use in minutes. At 2.3 Kw per hour
+9- Super User
It appears your specific vehicle is not compatible with Charge Anytime because it’s the E-TECH version. You’ll need a dedicated Charger if you want to get the Charge Anytime rates.
https://www.ovoenergy.com/electric-cars/smart-charger has a couple of options, but you can also look at the Andersen A2, Andersen A3, EVEC VEC01/VEC02/VEC03 or Nexblue Edge/Nexblue Point.
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