Do you need to have a proper car charger for this? 11:30-05:30 is ample to get me what I need over a 3pin plug but the website bins me off due to "incompatibility"?
When are you going fully electric?
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Yes, specific cars or chargers only currently. They need to connect to either to turn the charging on or off remotely.
Soldato
What's wrong with your charger? I have a dumb charger. The car is more important.
I've only had a quick glance but the Octopus website just tells me either my car charger or meter is incompatible with their tariff. It doesn't mention the car AFAIK?
Either can work with octopus intelligent. I’d argue the compatible charger is better, cars tend to get changed more often.
Ask your supplier for a smart meter if you don’t have one.
You need both a smart meter and a compatible car or charger.
I have one, but it must be an older one. It is an economy 7 meter too (which seems odd as to why the meter would be different). Possibly a SMETS1?
I don't have a compatible car
Yes, probably. You may need to switch to the octopus, they can the change it so you can get on the go tariff
Soldato
I just mean for right now, 1 charger is compatible but something like 6 car brands are.
Ah I get you now.
In reality this needs to be an open standard that all smart chargers must support to be sold in the UK, its a shame the industry can't get organised or the regulator hasn't pulled their finger out to implement something. I'm sure someone somewhere is working on it but as always it will come too late and after millions of chargers have already been installed.
Soldato
Yeah although as I said I've got a dumb charger because I always expected the app/backend to do any clever work. It's far easier to update an app than firmware (and far more importantly, force regular updates).
Soldato
Managed to get to an InstaVolt today with 0miles and 0% with car threatening to shutdown. 
Just bash some number in a spreadsheet to suit your assumptions and it'd be easy enough to work out what it cost to run, a new fix would be approx 40/7.5 at Octupus, after October who knows but it will likely be higher.
check fuel cost for 7.5p vs 18/40/55 etc. to see what it will set you back.
As an example my sheet for mpg cost for elec vs petrol/diesel is here, take a copy and adjust to suit you, this will no doubt open me up to scrutiny from the forum, just enter numbers in yellow boxes for vehicles your are considering, this was just to calculate commute costs hence only 11 months etc, so you might want to edit that, things I do personally can cost what they like, I am happy to burn up a number of tanks in a day for fun, the commute to work to me is nothing but a burden.
You can just tweak the numbers for days/wk and miles such that the Mileage for year comes out at what you would do, that would be sufficient.
Things like tyres and servicing costs are basically an average I have historically spent over a few years reduced to an approx cost per year.
This one drive link may or may not work.
1drv.ms
To this add your electric usage for day multiplied by the different tariff amounts then you'll have ballpark numbers. for what you may or may not save.
check fuel cost for 7.5p vs 18/40/55 etc. to see what it will set you back.
As an example my sheet for mpg cost for elec vs petrol/diesel is here, take a copy and adjust to suit you, this will no doubt open me up to scrutiny from the forum, just enter numbers in yellow boxes for vehicles your are considering, this was just to calculate commute costs hence only 11 months etc, so you might want to edit that, things I do personally can cost what they like, I am happy to burn up a number of tanks in a day for fun, the commute to work to me is nothing but a burden.
You can just tweak the numbers for days/wk and miles such that the Mileage for year comes out at what you would do, that would be sufficient.
Things like tyres and servicing costs are basically an average I have historically spent over a few years reduced to an approx cost per year.
This one drive link may or may not work.
mpg_forum.xlsx
1drv.ms
To this add your electric usage for day multiplied by the different tariff amounts then you'll have ballpark numbers. for what you may or may not save.
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Managed to get to an InstaVolt today with 0miles and 0% with car threatening to shutdown.
Heh, have you(anyone) ever actually had a shutdown?
Starting to wonder if I should share my EV out. £300/month lease and I've done 14 miles so far this month
Do you have another car?
My partner has an aging Micra that she uses for a work commute every day. I get the train for the 2-3 days a week I'm in the office.