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Timothy Rose
Aug 28, 2023
In ZOE Z.E.50/E-Tech 2019-Present
Please excuse this long and tedious post, but I can't find an answer to these questions anywhere! We have just bought our first EV (Zoe50), and we need a suitable tariff. We currently use Octopus Flux (great in summer, less so in winter), but will need to change to Octopus Go or Intelligent Octopus. Go is straightforward but only provides four hours of cheap electricity. Intelligent provides six hours (23:30 to 05:30) but Octopus can charge outside of this whenever the car is plugged in and it has some extra cheap electricity available. This may be great for most people, but if you have battery storage at home, the storage will be drained when the car is charged outside of the six hours! Therefore: If Octopus schedules charging outside of the six hours, does it tell you on the App (or does it appear on the Ohme App)? Can you cancel the schedule once it is plugged in without upsetting Octopus? (There is nothing in the Ts&Cs to suggest that you should not.) If you ask for less charge than can be delivered in six hours (in my case, about 42kWh), are there any circumstances in which it will charge after 05:30? If it does charge after 05:30, can you stop it without upsetting Octopus? (Again, nothing in the Ts&Cs.) If anyone can shed some light on this, I would be most grateful. I have spoken to Octopus a couple of times but have been unlucky enough to speak to people who know less than me!
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