Octopus Intelligent Go 6 hour changes being rolled out.

born_again

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82018140#Comment_82018140

Android 2.21.1 (2020674) here & nothing on 6 our limit.

Although not liking the new having to enter car SOC rather than just Add X% of charge.

QrizB

Well, despite the initial announcements in February and the email to everyone at the start of May stating "these changes are rolling out now", it's the middle of July and still no sign of the charge cap here. Currently on Ohme app 2.22.0 (2020718).

Has anyone else had the charge cap implemented yet? Or are Octopus still working on it?

Octopus don't have a reputation for vapourware, but the reality doesn't seem to match their announcements.

MeteredOut

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82067637#Comment_82067637

A number of people have had the charging cap turned on (its not related to updating the Octopus App - its account based, probably determined by the type of charger you use) in the past week or so. And quite a few of those have highlighted teething problems where they're not getting the full 6 hours and being left short of charge.

There's a few Facebook IOG groups where its around 90% of the discussions.

It's not been turned on on my account yet.

MWT

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82067644#Comment_82067644

I suspect the roll-out is by the specific version of tariff you are on as the change requires an update to the tariff name so it would make sense to do them in batches based on that.

MeteredOut

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82067665#Comment_82067665

No indication its based on tariff, based on the facebook groups I'm following. Much more likely to be by charger, especially since some (Ohme?) have specific issues re. discrepancies over "phantom" reduced charging rates.

QrizB

Thanks @MeteredOut I'm slightly reassured to hear that some people have had this enabled, and am not surprised to hear of teething trouble!

MWT

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82067674#Comment_82067674

Also no consistency by charger, so perhaps just a few of each while they iron out the bugs…

noitsnotme

I wonder if they are starting with the people who abused the system. Mine still says "coming soon" but I've always played fair with it.

MeteredOut

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82067835#Comment_82067835

I've seen posts of people who have admitted to reducing their charge rate but not been moved over.

I personally think the levels of abuse were probably insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but people do like to have someone they can blame.

pete-20-11

Some people say it might be rolling out to those that go massively over 6 hours a day first, then everyone else after, but all I know... I've not had it appear on my account.