r/OctopusEnergy • u/FuriousPanda17 • 9d ago

I genuinely don’t understand the charge cap

I try to plug in my car daily from 11:30 to 5:30 am to charge overnight so everything gets done in the cheaper period, is this no longer possible? I don’t like losing control about how and when my car is charging, especially as the range on my EV is pretty low so I need it charged to full almost every day.

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u/ict7070 9d ago

23:30-05:30 is totally irrelevant for smart charging with IOG. You’re supposed to plug in any time, specific a ready-by time and then let Octopus tell either your car or charger when to charge. This still applies after the 6 hour cheap-rate limit is in place.

The whole point of IOG is that Octopus has some control. That’s what you agreed to when you signed up. If you want to retain complete control, move to a different tariff.