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February 27, 2023
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Introducing Charge Anytime - next generation EV charging

  • February 27, 2023
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Introducing Charge Anytime - next generation EV charging

Updated on 25/08/25 by Chris_OVO:

Here’s the latest on our new electric vehicle charging type-of-use plan

 

We’ve relaunched Anytime as Charge Anytime. It’s not only a new name, we’ve made some updates to the product and we want to tell you all about it…

 

See our Charge Anytime product page here

 

What are the headline facts about Charge Anytime?

 

  • Smart charge your electric vehicle for 7p per kWh whenever you need to,
  • Now available to be added to any OVO plan, including electric-only households,
  • Intelligently optimises your charge for when the energy is at its greenest.*
     

Am I eligible?

 

You can see all eligibility details in our Charge Anytime page here.

 

  • You must be an OVO Energy customer and have an eligible car or charger. We’re constantly looking to open up the eligibility of this product to more EV models and chargers, so if you don’t see your tech here, keep an eye on our page. 

 

Our customers and trialists have really played a huge role in shaping Charge Anytime, not least the members of this forum. Leave a comment below if you have any questions, feedback and to let us know if you’ll be adding Charge Anytime to your OVO plan.

 

Want to know more about how Charge Anytime works? Check out this really helpful YouTube video from the team!

 

We’ve got a dedicated topic hub to all things Charge Anytime, so if you’re having any issues, take a look through the guides below, and if you’ve got any other questions feel free to ask our community:

 

 

 

*Our smart tech will aim to charge your car at a time when the grid has more renewable energy in it. Meaning it’s less likely your EV will be charged by energy from fossil fuels.

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    Shads_OVO
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    Shads_OVO
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    April 15, 2024

    Hi @TomThumb,

     

    Congratulations on your new electric vehicle. I’ve given you an EV badge to mark the occasion! 

    TomThumb
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    TomThumb
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    April 15, 2024

    Cheers @Shads_OVO  

    Not got either the car or charger installed yet. But soon.

    All being well, we should get the new car by the end of April or very early in May.

    No date on the home charger installation.

     

    I know the ohme charger is compatible with ovo’s charge anytime, once it’s installed, 

    but as we have only just had the initial survey done on the home electrical supply, time is running short to get the charge point installed in time.


    As I’ve no experience as yet to home charging an ev.

     

    A: would there be a preferred smart connection for charge anytime, ie: the vehicle or the charger?

    (I’m guessing both will achieve the same thing, but the functionality will vary)

     

    B: if I initially used the car’s smart charging features (don’t know if it has any such thing yet) via a granny 3pin connection?

    Could I swap to the chargers (ohme) smart controller with ease once the charger is installed?

     

    Tia

    Tom…
     

    3 meters: Smart Gas & Smart Elec / Traditional Gas meter
      Blastoise186
      Super User
      Blastoise186Super User
      Super User
      April 15, 2024

      A: Charger! Always! :)

      B: This is possible, but not recommended. Charge Anytime expects the EV to be able to charge at the maximum possible rate at any given time. Granny Chargers rarely provide this, so you may find yourself unable to get a full charge in some cases. If possible, a dedicated EV Charger is always going to be the best option.

      C: It should be possible to swap the control from EV to Charger if memory serves. But please get the Charge Anytime team to help with that - they’ll need to do some stuff with magic dashboards before you can connect the Charger, after which they’ll advise on the next steps.

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        TomThumb
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        TomThumb
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        April 15, 2024

        Thanks for the info bud @Blastoise186 

        I am hopeful that the charger will be installed before we take delivery of the car, but with my luck of late (all bad🤭) I’m covering all bases

         

        As always: much appreciated of  forum & yourself.

         

        Tom…

         

         

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          Mjf001
          Newcomer
          April 19, 2024

          Hi, first post so be kind 😁.

          Just had ohme Epod installed - charges okay.

          Registered charger fine in ohme app, but it didn't like selecting OVO as supplier, so used manual add tariff ok.

          Set a short charge by okay.

          Ovo app in "my ev" can't connect to charger.

          So I ended up deleting acc on ohme app, and unregister for anytime add on.

          Re did it all, still same and now no cheap rate.

          Ohme said it's because ovo still attached to first attempt account.

           

          How do I make work with OVO properly please?

           

          Cheers 

          M

           

           

          Blastoise186
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          Blastoise186Super User
          Super User
          April 19, 2024

          Howdy @Mjf001 ,

          The Charge Anytime team should be able to help you fix this. If you ping them an email to chargeanytime@ovoenergy.com , they’ll take a look.

          That team works closely with the Forum, so if you give them a link to this thread, they’ll be able to see the discussion here too.

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          Mjf001
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          April 19, 2024

          Thank you, I did that and got an automated response saying 3-5 day response time 😔

          Blastoise186
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          Blastoise186Super User
          Super User
          April 19, 2024

          They’ll be in touch as soon as they can - you might find it’s actually a bit faster though.

          If you don’t get a response by this time next week, let us know here and we’ll try to figure something out.

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          Blastoise186
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          Blastoise186Super User
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          April 19, 2024

          They’ll be in touch as soon as they can - you might find it’s actually a bit faster though.

          If you don’t get a response by this time next week, let us know here and we’ll try to figure something out.

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          Mjf001
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          April 19, 2024

          A week 😱😲😲

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