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  • October 7, 2024
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It’s 6:45am, and my EV is not charged and has not started charging. I plugged it in yesterday at about 5:30pm.

The Charge Anytime app said it was planning my charge to start after 8pm. Then this message changed to ‘planning your next charge’ (ready by 07:00 tomorrow) up until midnight then changed to ‘ready by 07:00 today’

It worked fine the two other times I’ve used overnight charging. The Volvo car app shows the cable has connected but is not charging. 

The Hypervolt app shows no charging taking place, and that it’s under the control of ‘OVO mode’.

Not sure what to do next as all the apps seem to be working and charger is locked into car - help!

Any advice appreciated 

 

Best answer by Blastoise186

Hi @RobBreeds ,

To unlock the charger, unlock your EV using the keyfob, enter the vehicle and use the method described in the user manual - please DO NOT just try to yank the cable out as you’ll cause serious injury or damage if you try! Once you stop the charge correctly, the cable will be unlocked and you can unplug it safely.

Please ask the Charge Anytime team to look into this issue - 0330 175 9678 Option 2.

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  • Carbon Cutter*
  • October 7, 2024

At about 7:30am I requested an ‘Urgent charge’ which changed the message to ‘trying to start charge’, and then a few minutes later, car is now charging. So all the connectivity is there between EV and apps.

Seems the scheduling didn’t work from Charge Anytime app. 

Now is it safe for me to stop the charging at highest tariff? The app says ‘To stop Urgent Charge, unplug your car and wait for the app to show that it’s unplugged’ - the charger is locked to the vehicle - I can’t just yank it out can I?

All seems a bit hit and miss!

 

 


Blastoise186
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  • October 7, 2024

Hi @RobBreeds ,

To unlock the charger, unlock your EV using the keyfob, enter the vehicle and use the method described in the user manual - please DO NOT just try to yank the cable out as you’ll cause serious injury or damage if you try! Once you stop the charge correctly, the cable will be unlocked and you can unplug it safely.

Please ask the Charge Anytime team to look into this issue - 0330 175 9678 Option 2.


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  • Carbon Cutter*
  • October 7, 2024

Thanks. I don’t think the messaging in the app is particularly clear or reassuring for new users.

I’ll be on to the Charge Anytime support about the scheduling.


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  • Carbon Cutter**
  • October 24, 2025

@RobBreeds I seem to be having exactly the same problem. It’s been working fine for almost a year but now this is the third time my car didn’t charge. I have a Volvo and a Hypervolt charger. Did you ever get it sorted? Thanks


Blastoise186
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  • October 25, 2025

@sanjoo please ask the team to look into this - 0330 175 9678.

This kind of issue requires them to dig the logs in 99.999999% of cases.


Abby_OVO
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  • October 27, 2025

Hey ​@sanjoo 

 

Sorry to hear you’re having some issues with charging, though I’m glad to see Blastoise186 has already stopped by with some helpful adivce.

 

If you’ve not already done so, please do reach out to the Charge Anytime team for support with this. For all contact methods for the team, check out the topic below:

 

 

Let us know how you get on.


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  • Carbon Cutter*****
  • October 28, 2025

i am having a similar issue this week

yesterday I had an Electrician convert my Indra from WIFI to Hardwired.  I was thrilled, no MORE connection issued.  

 

However, last night, my car charged a BIT then stopped.  It says charge complete, when its is not.  Tried unplugging for an hour and restarting it.  OVO app just sat and said awating to charge


Blastoise186
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  • October 28, 2025

Always worth talking to the team about these! Please contact them directly.

0330 175 9678


Abby_OVO
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  • October 29, 2025

Hey ​@Bobbych 

 

Sorry to hear this.

 

Blastoise186 has left some helpful advice here, it might be worth having the team take a look into this, they may be able to see in the data the cause and provide a solution.

 

 

Let us know how you get on.


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  • Carbon Cutter**
  • November 12, 2025

@sanjoo please ask the team to look into this - 0330 175 9678.

This kind of issue requires them to dig the logs in 99.999999% of cases.

Hi, I contacted the charge anytime team and they were very useful. It appears that I was also using the OVO charge app and both by Volvo and the Hypervolt was setup which was possibly creating a conflict. They have suggested to unlink everything and only connect in the Volvo app. I’ll monitor over the next few days.

thanks for your advice.


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  • November 12, 2025

Hey ​@sanjoo 

 

Sorry to hear you’re having some issues with charging, though I’m glad to see Blastoise186 has already stopped by with some helpful adivce.

 

If you’ve not already done so, please do reach out to the Charge Anytime team for support with this. For all contact methods for the team, check out the topic below:

 

 

Let us know how you get on.

Hi, I contacted the charge anytime team and they were very useful. It appears that I was also using the OVO charge app and both my Volvo and the Hypervolt was setup which was possibly creating a conflict. They have suggested to unlink everything and only connect in the Volvo app. I’ll monitor over the next few days.

thanks for your advice.


Ben_OVO
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  • November 13, 2025

Thanks very much for letting us know ​@sanjoo - keep us updated!