Zappi 2 smart charger compatibility with OVO Charge Anytime?

Hi @Jimbooo presumably your EV isn’t compatible as this works with either a compatible charger or a compatible EV ?

Thanks for the quick reply @Blastoise186 

Unfortunately we use the Zappi for the 2x PHEVs in the household which aren’t supported - a Golf GTE and Skoda Superb iV. Looking to move to a full EV at some point in the future but as we do a lot of miles in a 20 mile range the PHEVs are all we need for the time being. Any chance of adding support for these vehicles? 😊

It looks like Octopus are planning to add Zappi support to Intelligent Octopus next month… which presumably uses the same or a very similar API/interface.

There are others on the forum who have got a Golf hybrid to work with a granny charger, although OVO have said they can't guarantee it will work so you won't find anyone from ovo recommend trying

The Skoda is on the Anytime App, so you can use your Zappi charger with this car. 

Thanks @Jeffus 
You’re right the Superb does seem to be supported, although the Golf option is there in the list on the app it says “Your vehicle is not compatible” on the next page. Shame as we do most of our driving in the GTE - the Skoda hardly any.

Please can the OVO/Kaluza team keep pushing MyEnergi on a Zappi integration. We'll be moving to whichever provider offers the integration!

I've just raised a similar question on the MyEnergi forum asking for OVO Charge Anytime / Kaluza support, I'll post any updates here.

Options are limited. For example the Intelligent Octopus tariff says it is currently only for 1 vehicle unfortunately. So doesn't help, even though both your vehicles are compatible with that tariff. So with Octopus it would be the Go tariff for example. 

That’s the case if you’re connecting via the car - you can switch between compatible cars at any time, but not have both configured simultaneously.

But I don’t think that’s the case if Intelligent Octopus is connected to a smart charger rather than an EV? For example the Ohme Pro can be connected to some cars’ APIs but there aren’t many car manufacturers that support that; the Intelligent Octopus details say if you have an Ohme Pro then you can use that tariff (regardless of the EV model). So based on that the tariff must assume no API connectivity between the smart charger and the EV - the charger just sees an electrical load and doesn’t know what the vehicle is - so you could use any number of vehicles. That’s my reading anyway.

Hello, first post from me!

I'm charging my vehicle (Nissan Leaf) with the Zappi v2.1 charger. I've been a longstanding OVO customer and id like to use the Charge Anytime tariff - but OVO say that my charger isn't yet compatible. The Zappi is a brilliant bit of kit.

MyEnergi say that they have an API for the Zappi for OVO to use - any idea if OVO will add the Zappi anytime soon, as I don't really want to leave if I don't have to? 

Yes, I've seen this - MyEnergi tell a different story in that they have an API ready. Not my place to understand why two businesses aren't apparently communicating 😕

The answer in my post over there was the latest information available at the time from Kaluza. It's not just about having the API available to use, it's about being allowed to use it.

(this comment was edited on 2nd July 2023 to fix a spelling mistake)

Having just moved to OVO for a trial, I really don't want to change either of my two Zappi as my Leafs aren’t compatible. I would love some sort of integration - there must be an amount of Zappi owners who might join OVO with charger compatibility, as the Zappi doesn't work with  cephalopod competitor either atm. It’s not like changing either the charger or car is exactly cheap.

Hiya!

Just a reminder, I don’t work for OVO.

As it so happens, one of my friends recently got the attention of a staff member from Zappi and mentioned to them that Kaluza seemed interested in getting it to work. It’s possible that it might happen at some point. I’d say watch this space.

Just to give a minor update on this, the Zappi 2 integration is now fully supported on Intelligent Octopus Go for off-rate smart charging.

We’ve now moved to Octopus and it’s working seamlessly.

Hope Team Ovo get it working for Charge Anytime customers soon, it makes so much more sense to integrate with the charger than with the EV.

Hi, newbie here!

Sorry to raise this issue again, but is there any hope that Zappi chargers will be integrated with Charge Anytime at some point? One of our EVs cannot be connected via the CA app so we are having to charge that one at full rate.

Thanks in advance,

Jeremy

Hi ​@ATG ,

Sorry, but there’s no update right now.

Howdy!

Sorry for the sudden ping, but Zappi support has been added to the system!

Please see https://www.ovoenergy.com/electric-cars/charge-anytime-cars-and-chargers for details on which models are supported. You MUST be on the latest firmware for this to work - so please update first!

Just tagging ​@ATG in this, thanks Blastoise 😊

Thank you for this Emmanuelle, I will wait until the current charging session is over and check the firmware of the Zappi.

Fingers crossed!

No worries!

Once you’re on the latest Zappi firmware, grab the Charge Anytime app and set things up - you’ll want to use the CA app to control schedules from there once you’re up and running.

Bit of a tip from the team though. Please disable ALL existing schedules from both Charger and EV before setting up CA. You can do so before or after the firmware update as long as you’re able to clear them out so that it avoids conflicts.