I know some people on this tariff. It is quite complex and hasn't been plain sailing for them.
First you need to have a compatible car or charger (iD4 isn't compatible 'cos software...). Next you tell the app how much charge you want and by what time (eg I want 80% by 7am) and it allocates the cheapest 30min segments (for Octopus) that achieve the charge you want by the time you want.
However it hasn't been reliable for the people I know. Ie the car didn't charge and they woke up with 20% on a day they were intending to do a long journey.
I'm an Octopus fan though. Go faster 5p 2030-0030 for me. I have 12kWh of batteries in my house that are charged on the cheap rate and tend to run the dishwasher at that time anyway, I also have a storage heater in the garden office that is "charged" on the cheap rate in winter. I used to charge the XC90 PHEV too (that went to WeBuyAnyCar cos it went up £5k since I bought it!), looking forward to charging the iD4 on the 5p rate when it comes...
I'm all up for an "intelligent" tariff where I get more 5p slots in exchange for their timing being varied if I could integrate all my smart plugs to work automatically (not implemented to-date with this tariff). Even then the inverter/charger for my batteries isn't going to be as easy to work with a tariff where the time of the cheap slots changes.
First you need to have a compatible car or charger (iD4 isn't compatible 'cos software...). Next you tell the app how much charge you want and by what time (eg I want 80% by 7am) and it allocates the cheapest 30min segments (for Octopus) that achieve the charge you want by the time you want.
However it hasn't been reliable for the people I know. Ie the car didn't charge and they woke up with 20% on a day they were intending to do a long journey.
I'm an Octopus fan though. Go faster 5p 2030-0030 for me. I have 12kWh of batteries in my house that are charged on the cheap rate and tend to run the dishwasher at that time anyway, I also have a storage heater in the garden office that is "charged" on the cheap rate in winter. I used to charge the XC90 PHEV too (that went to WeBuyAnyCar cos it went up £5k since I bought it!), looking forward to charging the iD4 on the 5p rate when it comes...
I'm all up for an "intelligent" tariff where I get more 5p slots in exchange for their timing being varied if I could integrate all my smart plugs to work automatically (not implemented to-date with this tariff). Even then the inverter/charger for my batteries isn't going to be as easy to work with a tariff where the time of the cheap slots changes.
