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Ovo Charge Anytime & My Porsche app Direct Charging question

  • September 20, 2025
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Hi all,

 

Quick question -

 

My charger is linked to Ovo Charge Anytime, not my car. So CA manages everything which is fine as it works as it should.

 

I have a charging profile set up in the My Porsche app for my Taycan that I named '80' as its the one I use most of the time to charge the car to 80%.

 

If I want to charge the car to 100% however, do I need to set up another charge profile in the Porsche app and set the minimum charge to 100%? Because as far as I know, if activate 'Direct Charging' within the Porsche app charging section, the charger (Zappi 2.1) will ignore any charging profiles that are active (for example my '80' profile) and charge the car to full 100% capacity.

 

But here is my question - If I activate Direct Charging in order to get the car to 100%, will that mean the car is still charging on the cheap Ovo 7p per kWh or will Direct Charging mean its essentially like pressing 'Charge Now/Urgent Charge' in the Ovo app which means it charges at the higher rate of whatever domestic tariff you are on?

 

Hope that makes sense?

Best answer by Tango 22

Thanks, for the info - very informative!!

 

I've confirmed the answer to the question I posed. Yesterday I was out driving all day and when I got home I plugged in and set the charging profiles to 80% in the Porsche app. Ready by time was set to 0700 the next morning. 

But I had a phone call at 8:00pm which resulted in my plans for today being changed and I wanted a 100% charge as I was going to be leaving early and driving a good distance, so I decided to tap the 'Direct Charging' button and see what happened. 

Worked perfectly, on the 80% charging profile the car was using, it simply ignored that and charged to 100%. Was ready by 0430. I then checked my Ovo Charge app and the charge had indeed recorded as a 'Smart Charge' at the 7p per kWh rate. 

Job done!

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  • September 21, 2025

Hey ​@Tango 22 ,

I’d say stick with the Charger integration - it’s WAY more reliable!!!

If you tell the EV to charge via Direct Charging while set up in the way you have it, you’ll still get CA rates because the Charger is controlling CA and the EV won’t override that. Likewise, feel free to set up as many profiles as you want in the vehicle - just make sure they’re not schedules and it won’t conflict.

Also, make sure NOT to bash the Urgent Charge/Charge Now button in the OVO Charge app and you’ll be fine!

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  • September 22, 2025

Thanks, for the info - very informative!!

 

I've confirmed the answer to the question I posed. Yesterday I was out driving all day and when I got home I plugged in and set the charging profiles to 80% in the Porsche app. Ready by time was set to 0700 the next morning. 

But I had a phone call at 8:00pm which resulted in my plans for today being changed and I wanted a 100% charge as I was going to be leaving early and driving a good distance, so I decided to tap the 'Direct Charging' button and see what happened. 

Worked perfectly, on the 80% charging profile the car was using, it simply ignored that and charged to 100%. Was ready by 0430. I then checked my Ovo Charge app and the charge had indeed recorded as a 'Smart Charge' at the 7p per kWh rate. 

Job done!

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