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Plan your journey with Charge Anywhere

  • September 13, 2024
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Plan your journey with Charge Anywhere
Chris_OVO
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Updated on 08/05/25 by Ben_OVO

 

Find a charger, plan your route, and pay - all in one app. With Charge Anywhere you can:

  • Choose from 50,000+ UK chargers when you’re on the move
  • See live charger availability and status
  • Choose to charge via the app or an RFID charging card
  • Access the UK's biggest public charging networks – like Instavolt, Osprey, MFG, Ubitricity, TotalEnergies, Allego, FastNed, and Ionity

 

Choose from three different plans to suit your needs:

 

Pay as you go - Free

 

  • Our PAYG rates are set by the charging networks – they’re shown for each charger on Charge Anywhere. 
  • PAYG customers can access 400,000+ chargers across the UK and EU, but won’t get Boost benefits and features

 

Light Boost - £2 per month


Get 10% off the PAYG rate set by the charging networks for every charge, plus: 

  • Exclusive Boost charging rewards
  • Live charging status updates

 

Turbo Boost - £8 per month

 

Get 15% off the PAYG rate set for every charge, plus: 

  • Exclusive Boost charging rewards
  • Live charging status updates
  • Access to a customisable route planner

 

The new Charge Anywhere Card

 

Have more choices on how you charge your car. Choose to charge via the OVO Charge app or with our new charging card – whichever suits you best.

 

Card holders get 1 month free Light Boost membership - that’s 10% off all your public charging, exclusive rewards and live charging updates, at no extra cost.*

 

*available once per customer to both new and existing Charge Anywhere customers.

** You will be charged £2 a month from month 2 onwards unless cancelled.

10 replies

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  • Carbon Cutter*
  • October 24, 2025

Can the OVO team take down the website https://www.joinbonnet.com/

This is really confusing offering i have communication from joinbonnet, bonnet ltd, charge anywhere, OVO charge etc…? really confusing offering!


Abby_OVO
Community Manager
  • Community Manager
  • October 27, 2025

Hey ​@yeshyo 

 

Blastoise186 has already left a response on this other thread where you’ve left the same comment so I’ve linked below to the reply if you’ve not already seen it, check it out on the thread below:

 

 

I hope this helps.


Gingernut49
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  • Carbon Cutter*****
  • November 9, 2025

Will the Charge app be having a route planner in future?

I’m trying to plan a route which will involve having to charge but Google Maps isn’t up to date with chargers and show many that I can’t use (with my free credits on my plan) as they’re not compatible, like BP Pulse and Gridserve.


Peter E
Plan Zero Hero
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  • Plan Zero Hero
  • November 9, 2025

If you get the ZapMap app you can set a filter for selected charge points. I use it myself for AC charging but you can set it up as you want. For a route planner I use Maps from the ZapMap location that I've chosen. 


Ben_OVO
Community Manager
  • Community Manager
  • November 10, 2025

Morning ​@Gingernut49,

 

Currently there is the option of a route planner if you were to sign up to Turbo Boost:

 

Exact appearance may vary

 


Gingernut49
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  • Carbon Cutter*****
  • November 10, 2025

I go on one long journey a year and get my rare public charge for free as part of my plan.

So no thanks. 


Gingernut49
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  • Carbon Cutter*****
  • November 10, 2025

Another question: why is a prepayment £30 charge taken? (I know it disappears after a few days.)

That doesn't happen with Electroverse and Ovo has the same card details on my account as Electroverse. 


Blastoise186
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  • Plan Zero Hero
  • November 10, 2025

Same reason petrol pumps siphon £100 at once - banks require it


Gingernut49
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  • Carbon Cutter*****
  • November 10, 2025

But Electroverse doesn't!


Blastoise186
Plan Zero Hero
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  • Plan Zero Hero
  • November 10, 2025

That may change at some point as banks are starting to get strict about this - it’s also an anti-fraud/theft feature so Octopus really should be doing it already. If they don’t now, they’ll be forced to eventually.

The idea is to increase the chances of completing a transaction first time and ensure the customer actually has the funds to pay for what they use. The taxi company I use does the same thing with their app these days - whatever is left after the fare is paid gets returned to me by way of reducing the collected amount during settlement.