Electric vehicles

Afternoon,               After a few hrs of light reading, I think I am up to speed on the OVO CA wotsit. I do not want to pay for a package, so it’s my understanding that if I plug the EV in then OVO can see it’s the EV charging and will bill me for that @ 14p . My lad is buying the EV, he’s getting an MG4. Now, these aren’t mentioned anywhere on OVO so I assume MG cannot link with the CA, so I need one of the three chargers listed? Didn’t realise they were so expensive!If I just get an OHME charger which is cheaper through the dealer he’s getting the car from, what exactly do I lose out on? The 14p? I can see why I’ve not made the switch to EVs myself. Blimey. 

Anyone else unable to log in to the Ovo Charge App this morning using either mobile number or email?

Error 220so I had no joy charging our car on the  anytime app so called and was instructed to log out and reconnect with the zappi 2.1 it worked but only for one day . Now when I try the same thing it will not let me into the app saying error 220 . I am not stuck with no communication with Ovo due to being only a weekday support. So I have to go to a supermarket to charge and waste money again after paying for the highest monthly tariff. Any thoughts? I just want to be able to plug iin and charge is this too much to ask?

over the past few days, as the Cap on energy is Dropping in Apr 26, Octopus have announce their overnight rate, is dropping from 7p to as low as 3.5p for some customers, but also 5p for others.do OVO have any plans to drop Anytime from 14p, or are they just going to pocket the extra profit ?

Thinking of getting a KIA EV5. Happy to get a Hypervolt 3 charger but I do not want a monthly plan or smart charging. I just want to be able to plug in and charge overnight on cheap rate. Although I think I can get electricity at 14p KWH? Is that correct.Is this rate limited to normal off peak hours or something else. If my son comes to stay will he be able to charge his KIA EV6.It sounds as if I will have at least 3 apps. KIA, Hypervolt and OVO. Which one would I use to schedule charging. Also factor in my Duracell app although I don’t want to use electric from solar panels. Hope this makes sense all very strange for an EV newbie.thanks

I was having an issue with my evec charger in the App which I've previously resolved by removing and re-adding the charger.Tried that this evening and now evec isn't showing on the charger make list which means I can't add my charger.Anyone else had the same problem?Evec is still showing on the supported chargers list

Just wondering whether there were many from the original trial still going with the charger? And, also thoughts on the ending of the export credit and the new V2G trial?

How about considering “we are all hoping and praying for the long awaited UK rollout of the V2G plus V2H system”, (already working for well for over 12 months in France), using a suitably equipped small BEV like the Renault 5 E-Tech, with an up to date CCS2 Bi directional home charger installed in my garage, since the old Chademo Nissan Leaf system is well on the way out and never worked properly? WHEN IS THE UK ENERGY INDUSTRY GOING TO CATCH UP WITH FRANCE?

I have an Ohme charger - not necessarily my choice but came with the car - and after it was installed and I set up the Ohme app to manage it, I found that it was not supported by Charge Anytime. OK, not a problem, and I have CA configured to talk directly to my car which works fine. However, the Ohme app allowed me to lock the charger so that it cannot be used by anyone else. I had to remove this lock to allow CA to take charge of charging.My question is, therefore - is the charger locked against unauthorised use? After all, I found that when initially set up with CA but with my car location wrong (so not recognised when charging) I could still plug in and charge with no additional action on my part. My charger is pretty well hidden so not likely to be used by the odd passer-by so I’m not very worried about this but I would still like to know! Is there a CA setting that I have missed that allows me to lock the charger except when specifically permitted, or does it recognise o

My EV charger was installed yesterday and after some fiddling about, I seem to have my Charge Anywhere plan and app working and this afternoon put some charge into my car. However, I do have an Ohme charger which was supplied as part of the car package and I realise that this does not work with CA; I have connected my app to my EV and that seems to be working fine - I can see state of charge, etc.My question is whether I should be able to see the record of the charging session - which completed successfully - immediately, or if I need to wait some time for it to appear. I was expecting to see the result of the charging immediately, so that I can track, for example, how much credit is left for the month. My other worry is whether or not the charging was actually done via my CA account or at my usual per-unit cost - how can I tell?Thanks for any assistance to someone completely new to EVs and charging!

Will Ovo Anytime rate be reducing in line with the April price reduction?It went up double, from 7p to 14p?it would be nice if it reduced a little to help OVO 's loyal customers!  

Hi All1st question so please take pity on melooking to get an Kia EV3 on the motabilty scheme ,they will install the charger (OHME HOME PRO)Ovo dont support these? however they say they support the EV3, but it needs to be able to use the internet?Sorry to say im over 60 and have no idea if the EV3 can use the internet any help would be greatfully received,i would rather not move supplier but if that is the only way to make it work i may have to.many thanksColin

I have a shiny new Q4 e-tron with newly installed Zappi 2.1 integrated to Charge anytime. I have oberved an interesting behviour (repeatable). With the car connected and a ‘ready by’ set, if not charging immediately then the Q4 errors after a short while  (infrastructure) and flashes red at the interface. However….and this is the intersting part. If one waits then at some point OVO kicks in an charging starts. So it seems to be a form of timer/ wait condition. Has any one else found this?

After an anxiety-inducing week of trying to use Charge Anytime (pay as you go), I want to cancel it.  My husband does a lot of miles so charges his Skoda Kodiaq PHEV very night.It all worked perfectly the first night and we thought all was well. However since then, it’s been night after night of failed charges, achieving at most a 30% charge after being plugged in all night with a ready time set at 7am. Our charger isn’t compatible so it is the EV itself that’s connected to the app. We have established (by checking the Skoda app) that the reason the last few attempts at charging haven’t worked properly has been due to the 12v battery protection kicking in and disabling remote services to protect the battery. Presumably OVO cannot therefore communicate with the car to re-initiate charging. It seems that the car doesn’t like being woken up multiple times whilst charging repeatedly starts and stops. Anyway, my question is that having checked the T&Cs, I can see

Something I have noticed when charging my Cupra Formentor PHEV (19.7kWh battery version) overnight, is that by the morning it has sometimes (I would even say often) not met the charge target and the car has enabled its 12v battery protection as a result of too many remote wake requests (and thus, comms from Charge Anytime that would result in completing the charge fail to reach the car). This also prevents remotely starting cabin pre-heating etc. until I go outside and turn the car on and off.However this has never, to my recollection, happened when my charging has been during the daytime, even if the potential charging window has been 14h+ to my target time.Is there a difference between how often charging schedules change or how frequently CA attempts to communicate with the car overnight vs during the day?It would be useful to understand if there’s anything I can do/change that will reduce the frequency of these remote wakeups to deliver charge instr

After a successful Anytime charge a few nights ago, the Charge app has stopped talking to my car (last update almost 3 days ago). I’ve now removed my car from the app (under devices) and trying to re-add it. I enter Make / Model / Year of Manufacture but the “Continue >” button does nothing.Any suggestions other than the “switch to Octopus” I’ve had on other forums?

Hello, if I’m on the Premium plus monthly plan with Ovo, how does the Minimum % charge affect charging?  For example, if I set my minimum to 30% and my maximum to 80%.  With a “ready by” time of 7am.  Let’s say my battery is at 15%.  I plug it in at 4pm.  What happens if there’s no cheap electricity available that can come out my monthly allowance? will it charge from 15% to 30% at my standard electricity tariff and then switch to smart charging? or will it still only use my monthly allowance?  Thanks in advance