Recent content by EVsince2016

I contacted Octopus regarding the solar conflict with charging time and got thei respose "Hi there, I would advise to manually set the charging on the solar to the guaranteed off peak time of 11:30pm-5:30am. If you have any other questions or concerns, please feel free to get in touch with...

quoted as midday to midday by Phil Steele on X, not been on that for months! Just chatting with Phil Steele now and solar / battery set ups are an issue. Maybe allowing an add 0% by time would work instead of switching off smart charging. Quote: - "Obviously don't want to bill the car...

my latest ready by time remains at 11am

If you plug in at 7am and requested 4 hours you can get the 4 hours then, applied to the previous night slot, usually on a windy / sunny Sunday morning. Usually though, you get the following night. I know because I do plugin early for solar, and turn smart off when it allocates an early slot.

Except that is a breach of the terms & conditions!

But back to my issue, charging off solar when slots allocated.

I'm on deemed 50% export but use nearly all of it, so profit

My problem with this, is not the 6 hours of time limit but how it works with solar. Currently when charging on solar, Octopus often choose to allocate charging slots when I'm on solar. The indication is that if I charge on solar all day, I will no longer get the cheap rate at night on Go. Any...

I just received an email stating Octopus Go Intelligent will now be limited to 6 hours a day at cheap rates " Thanks for choosing Intelligent Octopus Go to power your home and charge your car. Since we launched Octopus Go over 7 years ago, we’ve invested millions in unlocking the power of...

That does depend very much on how many tipping points are triggered. Climate change (as in weakened Atlantic currents) has just triggered an unprecedented polar vortex collapse & extreme SSW (sudden stratospheric warming) event, on 26/11/2025 to be precise. North America will experience the...

It takes more energy to manufacture synthetic snake oil or H2 than it does to power an EV. Cars have a shelf life of 10-15 years and we are going slower than that.

Oil lobby wins again, climate & kids lose out.

Still no answer on driving abroad, is that exempt? It should be! Double taxation otherwise.

Many of the new 20mph limits in Oxfordshire make no sense at all, some are on former 60 mph 10m wide trunk roads with no housing.

The French are going for bonnet height instead :rolleyes: