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Thank you guys, very much. Yes, I'd planned to top up at Medway. One of the things that shocked me, looking at the Electroverse and ZapMap apps, was the cost of public charging! I'm used to charging for 7.5p/kWh at home!

We're going down to the Dover area for a week's break shortly. It seems there's not a lot of Tesla superchargers nearby. Any recommendations for charging in the area? Thanks.

Absolutely. Loved by the likes of the Daily Mail and the desperate right-wing politicians.

For the second night, IO failed to initiate charging. I've noticed also (it may not be related) that the phone app is either extremely slow to connect to the car or simply fails. The car is parked within a few feet of my router when charging. I only have a Pod Point charger so have no choice...

Thank you very much for your replies. I'll plug in again this evening and see what happens.

Apologies for what is probably a very dumb question: When you have an IO charge schedule set up overnight, does the device (mobile phone) running the Octopus app need to be switched on for the duration of the charge? My reason for asking is that IO failed to charge the car last night and it's...

No, I don't think he's from the energy provider police, he's a guy who's trying to use the very generous tariff provided by Octopus fairly. It's people such as you who will f*** things up for all of us by trying to cheat the system. Hopefully, if you carry on, you'll get rumbled and thrown off...

As @Pink Duck says, check if you have some missing data. I've had this happen several times now and it seems to break the automatic billing. An email to Octopus results in it being sorted out

The advantage, for me at least, as I don't do any smart home automation, is that Axle Energy manage the pre-event charging, if there's not enough left in the battery to export. Of course, it remains to be seen if it all works as seamlessly as the blurb suggests....

Has anyone signed up to GivEnergy's GivBack programme? It's another DFS implementation but, as far as I can see, with the advantage that charging the battery prior to the "event" is handled automatically (by Axle Energy). Payment for exported electricity is quoted as "up to £2.10" per kWh...

Indeed. I didn't say I agreed with the sentiments in that piece, in fact I found it quite ridiculous. As I find it ridiculous that a thread on the holiday update has descended into an argument about the safety of driving while wearing gloves.

Fined for driving while wearing gloves?

Northampton isn't too far from you and I used Sheltune there back in August for my first MOT. I was in the same position as you, bothered that the garage would know how to treat a Tesla, so I asked a mobile tech from the Northampton Tesla service centre when he came out for a service visit and...

I'd come back to this discussion when you understand what "full self-driving" means.

Got you. Thanks Jason.

Exactly what I'm getting at Jason. Perhaps I should try it and see!

A question for the more experienced IO Go users: If I plug the car in at, say, 10 am and tell the app that I want 80% charge by, say, 6 pm, does IO: 1) Schedule in time slots to fulfil that, even though they may be at expensive times 2) Assume the 6 pm is the following day and schedule...

Absolutely right. If you can't see and understand that you're either thick, selfish or both.

I thought the idea of Intelligent Octopus Go was that Octopus "rewarded" you with a longer period of cheaper rate in return for allowing them to control your charging to help with grid balancing? Sounds like some want their cake and eat it.

I only joined IO yesterday so not long enough to see a bill yet, but the evidence is there so I'm happy!

Thanks guys. As a newcomer to IO I'm trying to make sure I know how things work.

Yes, I know the 6-hour window is cheap rate for all use, what I'm querying is how they charge for any slots allocated outside that window - for all use or only for EV charging? There seems to be some ambiguity.

But why then are Octopus Customer Support telling people that only the EV charging is at low rate (see my previous post)?

On the subject of how Octopus charge for usage outside the 6 hour window, a contributor on another forum I look at, who has very recently moved to IO asked this very question and received this reply from Octopus: Thank you for reaching out to us. When your smart schedule is active, only the...

You're right, it did! Blimey, it takes its time though.

Yep, can see the Devices tab. When I checked back just now the charging schedule had appeared..... but only some of it! The notification I had earlier said 0000 - 0230 and 0230 -- 0530 but only the first slot shows on the Devices page. Flipping heck, this is hard work!

Well, somehow (no idea how) I've got the Model 3 connected and test charge done, so now on IO Go. Next issue - I've had a notification from the Octopus app that a charging plan has been created but it simply does not show in the app. No amount of swipe-down refreshes, app stops and starts...

So is this the reason that I can't get anywhere in setting up IO? I select the car in the Octopus app, select the charger (Pod Point), have entered the Tesla login credentials and it finds the car VIN OK but then comes back with a message saying that it can't connect. I've tried a dozen times...

I'm thinking of switching from Go to Intelligent Go, mostly to get the 15p export rate but also for the longer low rate hours and lower rate (7.5p against 9p). I've one question though, regarding solar batteries. I have a 4kW PV array and GivEnergy 5.2kWh battery. With IO, if it, for example...

Thank you.

I didn't realise that you got the 15p export rate on the Go tariffs? Sounds a no-brainer!

I've been thinking about the issue of using excess solar to charge the car but at the moment my Octopus Go tariff let's me charge for four hours overnight at 9p/kWh whereas I can get 12p/kWh for exported power, through Scottish Power. So, unless I'm mistaken I'm better off financially to export...

Thanks Andy. I think the lack of other response indicates this was peculiar to my situation rather than a wider issue.

2023.32.4 installed two days ago. Yesterday I noticed Sentry Mode had stopped working - no error messages on setting it when I left the car but no recorded video despite a message saying there were events. It took me a while, but it transpired that dashcam had been turned off. Anyone else...

Yep, all the right-wing, fossil fuel industry-supporting press will dredge it all up again. GB News, the Daily Mail etc must be rubbing their hands in glee.

Just in case anyone's interested, the car was in with Tesla this morning having the leak investigated. The invoice states that a "top of body" seal was replaced. I'm not sure exactly what that is, possibly the seal that the window presses up against when shut? The tech said that he checked...

I've just had my insurance renewal documents from Carole Nash - £328 last year, £1214 this year! A quick visit to the CompareTheMarket comparison site flags up Saga as being the cheapest option for me at £607. That's for an M3 Performance, myself and my partner to drive, both retired and...

I've raised a service request with Tesla this morning. I'll report back the outcome of this for anyone interested. I just hope it's seen as a warranty issue!

I can confirm nothing in the door or boot (trunk)!

Thanks @Jason71 I'll go out and have a good look round before I do anything further.

This is a bit of a strange one. On three occasions now, in the last few days, on opening the near-side rear door there a mini flood of water pours out. I'm puzzled where the water is finding a way in. The interior of the car is quite dry. Do you think this would be a warranty job? Link to a...

Nah, I was always too late!

I think in the case of Rushden Lakes the free charge was "abused" if that's a valid term. I quite often go there early on a Saturday morning (about 7am) to have a walk around the lakes before meeting my sister at 8am for a coffee and, of course, until recently to get some free power. On every...

Just a heads-up for anyone who uses the Rushden Lakes shopping centre in Northants - the Pod-Point chargers are no longer free! As from June 30th they have introduced a 44p/kWh tariff. The shopping centre is local to me (about 4 miles away) and it was a nice feeling while sitting in the cinema...

I stand corrected!

Sorry, I forgot a sense of humour has gone out of fashion.

And this is the UK-specific section of it. You get the idea?

Why do we keep getting all these foreigners on a UK forum? 😉

Thanks chaps. Not very encouraging is it?! Perhaps they don't want any more export-only customers.

As an Octopus Go customer I currently receive just 4.1p per kWh for exported electricity from Octopus. I've recently applied to Scottish Power to put my exported electricity to them, as they are offering 12p per kWh at the moment. I applied several weeks ago and had an automated reply but...