Electric Vehicle Tariffs

maxlifeuk

With the exception of the Ecotricity model, anyone know of a sensible Company offering a reduction for EV's at home? Yorkshire based.

System

maxlifeuk wrote: »

With the exception of the expensive Ecotricity model, anyone know of a sensible Company offering a reduction for EV's at home? Yorkshire based.

Hi - welcome to the form. OVO Energy; Scottish Power; E.ON; Green Energy and Good Energy come to mind. That said, you need to work out when you intend to charge your car. For example, if it is overnight charging - and your EV has delayed start - then you might be better off on a simple E7 tariff. If you have some flexibility about when to charge, then Octopus Agile might give you free EV charging.

This forum is a good source of information about EVs and related matters:

https://speakev.com/threads/best-energy-tariffs-uk.54273/page-2

maxlifeuk

YES: Pure & Simple, no gimmicks SMART monitered

Thanks for your contribution; information is just one year old and no longer current, but its a welcome heads-up.
Thanks

System

maxlifeuk wrote: »

Thanks for your contribution; information is just one year old and no longer current, but its a welcome heads-up.
Thanks

Just register and post your question on SpeakEv. It is a friendly forum and posters are happy to provide advice given that EV ownership is new for most people.

Andy_WSM

NO: Not required for me as yet

I just use E7. A combination of solar panels taking up daytime usage and charging the car a couple of times a week on E7 (as well as running the washer/dryer and the dishwasher overnight) tips the scales well in favour of E7 for me.

System

Just been announced:

https://www.zap-map.com/octopus-energy-launches-ev-driver-tailored-tariff/

maxlifeuk

YES: Pure & Simple, no gimmicks SMART monitered

Yes I signed up to that last Saturday at the Fully Charged Live event in Silverstone. Exceptionally well attended.

NigeWick

YES: Pure & Simple with Mobile charging discounts

I swapped from Ecotricity to Ovo for the two years subscription to the Polar charging network. I've got a 40kWh Nissan Leaf and can now reach both daughters without stopping en route and there's a Polar charger within a mile of both places.

At home I've got 4.6kW of solar panels, a Tesla Powerwall 2 and a Zappi smart charger. I'm also on Economy 7 for the cases where I need the full 6.6kW of charging on the rare occasions when I have returned from one trip and am going on another the following day and solar is not enough.