When are you going fully electric?

I somehow missed this nugget of information so I will post it here to hopefully help at least one other person as simple as me!

Octopus Intelligent Go gives the cheaper rate of 7p (I believe it is different per region?) on ALL dynamic/scheduled charging, not just dynamic/scheduled charging between 23:30 and 05:30. For some reason I thought that only charging in the off peak hours gave the cheaper rate.
 
Well between 23:30 - 5:30 static hours cant be dynamic pricing can they - its a fixed time? The hours outside of that is the exactly USP of Intelligent Go over the Go tarriff.

Its deffo part of tweaking how a house can optimise energy use with car charging.
 
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You can download detailed smartmeter readings from Octopus so if you think there is something up might be worth doing that and having a trawl through.
One thing to check is missing readings.

I checked for another reason but when my bill failed to generate I sent them a message and said I think there are missing readings which has caused my bill to fail.
They replied with your your right we have now requested them and bingo next day correct bill was generated.

Part of the issue I think is that with Bulb they had to take on more staff and some are just not as good as others as they have less experience.
 
thought this video was interesting for the VAG phev bik cost of the newer bigger/19Kw batteried 60mile ones versus their predecessor 5% vs 12%bik, offset by luxury car tax, for new gen, in this case.
 
jpaul said:
thought this video was interesting for the VAG phev bik cost of the newer bigger/19Kw batteried 60mile ones versus their predecessor 5% vs 12%bik, offset by luxury car tax, for new gen, in this case.
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TBH the main takeaway for PHEV is that in 2028 it makes jack all difference anyway as they are 18% across the board. Or in other words, RIP PHEV.

Next up for the BIK jump... BEV.

Hopefully I'll have a proper job by then as touring the countries mid priced hotels is wearing thin enough as it is without having to factor in the needs of the car that I'm driving.
 
lordrobs said:
TBH the main takeaway for PHEV is that in 2028 it makes jack all difference anyway as they are 18% across the board. Or in other words, RIP PHEV.
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One last hurrah for anyone wanting a company car that isn't a full EV now really, even better if you can get shot of it after 3 years so you don't have to keep it into the 28/29 tax year.
 
Jonnycoupe said:
Well between 23:30 - 5:30 static hours cant be dynamic pricing can they - its a fixed time? The hours outside of that is the exactly USP of Intelligent Go over the Go tarriff.

Its deffo part of tweaking how a house can optimise energy use with car charging.
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Which of course makes perfect sense. I somehow got it into my head that you were getting 1 hour extra over the regular Go tarrif so that you could allow it to pick and chose in those 6 hours when you were getting a charge.

I get around 10% per hour of charging, I am going to have to play around with it and see if I can force "scheduled" charging of 10% in a 1 hour window to force the cheaper rate and make use of it in the house too. I assume if I tried that in peak hours it would just say no slots available or something similar?
 
Tinders said:
Im glad i switched to EV, so far 4k miles in, and its been a pain free transition. Glad theres a few years left to ride the gravy train! but joking aside, for day to day driving, its such a better way of getting around, effortless.
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While I do have a few personal concerns about impacting my time I have genuinely tried to push the EV agenda at our place. A meeting I was in with the decision makers yesterday (not company vehicle related) indicated I may as well have been suggesting that the urinals are swapped out for ones made of 18ct gold.

I hate the term 'FUD' but it's probably the most accurate way of describing the general statements being rolled out.
 
It’s really strange because you’d think they would be looking to lower their operating cost as much as possible and an EV will do that.

You can’t not be impressed with how the well the MG5’s that Cleevely thrash around the country doing mobile car servicing are holding up and how little they cost to run.
 
since jonny had had a taycan ... review by a professional journalist/driver of A290 (would have liked a real differential not artificial braking of inner wheel & less non-defeatable electronic intervention),
accompanying video of him in gt taycan on nurburgrung in the wet speaks for itself on his competence to critique the a290 handling.
 
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