Model Y UK Delivery

[ME_UK]

Just phoned Octopus and within a few minutes, I'm starting the process to switch to Octopus Go. Locked in 40p day, 7.5p night. No questions about EV order numbers, etc.

I'm paying 29.7p with BG right now and that's only going to increase so happy (as one can be!) with that.

We were on Go - now on intelligent octopus once our rate ran out last month. You might want to consider it - extra 2 hours of off-peak charging time, and about 10% of the time there's some extra off-peak thrown in for good measure. They connect to the Tesla and work out what's best for them to get the car charged at the right time for me - but we also plug in the electric Fiat 500 and benefit from that too.

 

[MattM76]

AFAIK non of the Octopus EV tariffs are fixed,

Octopus Go is fixed for 12 months. I asked to be sure, and she confirmed it.

 

[ME_UK]

I went through insurance quotes last night and it was ... an experience.

Admiral was cheapest at £1200, Hastings quoted £6k!! Direct Line said "we can't quote you"!

For reference, insurance for 2 drivers on our family Ford S-Max is about £300/year.

We're with LV, and they were by far the cheapest for us.....have been for 3 years

 

[MattM76]

We were on Go - now on intelligent octopus once our rate ran out last month. You might want to consider it - extra 2 hours of off-peak charging time, and about 10% of the time there's some extra off-peak thrown in for good measure. They connect to the Tesla and work out what's best for them to get the car charged at the right time for me - but we also plug in the electric Fiat 500 and benefit from that too.

Thanks for the tip. I did look at that but felt Go was a "beginner" plan for a new EV owner. We're going to have to make some adjustments to our lifestyle (using washer/drier at night, etc) so Go felt like a safer bet but as there are no exit fees, I'll definitely look at that once I'm more comfortable.

 

[Alset21]

Just booked my collection for the 28th. Rang up to try and get an earlier pick up slot at least a few days earlier even if it meant changing to a different location to no avail, the advisor told me the car gets in on the 27th September to Southampton so changing pickup locations would make no difference. This doesn't seem to much make sense and the advisor was probably just fobbing me off

 

[CAMYBL]

Octopus Go is fixed for 12 months. I asked to be sure, and she confirmed it.

I was just told the same thing, fixed for 12 months

 

[CAMYBL]

We were on Go - now on intelligent octopus once our rate ran out last month. You might want to consider it - extra 2 hours of off-peak charging time, and about 10% of the time there's some extra off-peak thrown in for good measure. They connect to the Tesla and work out what's best for them to get the car charged at the right time for me - but we also plug in the electric Fiat 500 and benefit from that too.

What’s the difference between go and intelligent other than 2 hours extra off peak rate

 

[QuanTim]

Re: Insurance

Like many, especially those in London, I was expecting to be quoted £1.5K plus for my insurance. Although I've held my licence for a while, I've only owned a car in London since 2020 so have only 1 years NCB.

I called Admiral (who I'm currently with now) and they quoted me only £850 p/a! I know that's not super cheap, but I'm super stoked because I was actually anticipating that my £1.5K prediction would still be too low. Better yet, my current insurance is till April 2023 and so the up front cost to cover from Sept-April (i.e. simply swapping the vehicle) is only £150 quid to pay now. So, I'm quite happy to stick by Admiral though may ask for a cheeky quote from Churchil. I did a Direct Line quote online yesterday and got £1.2K. I asked Admiral like 3 times if that was correct and then asked them as many times if they "saved" the quote in their system haha.

I'm surprised because my post code in SE London, although a funky/cool/crazy place to live (that will give y'all a clue), I thought would've shot up the premiums like no other!

For reference, my wee 2021 VW Golf was £450 to insure p/a.

 

[Fezza]

Octopus Go is fixed for 12 months. I asked to be sure, and she confirmed it.

You switched your gas too to octopus?

 

[MB11]

I was just told the same thing, fixed for 12 months

I stand corrected! They are likely to get killed in the rush, the cap is going to rise significantly higher than even the Go peak rate, expected to be around (50p+), there’s likely to be no better value tariff out there EV or not!

 

[Darreno]

On the phone to them now but saying I need to wait till I get my car!

For Intelligent Octopus you need the car, not for Go is 4 hours and Go Faster is 4 or 5 hours.

 

[MattM76]

You switched your gas too to octopus?

Yes, I went on the flexible for gas.

 

[MattM76]

I stand corrected! They are likely to get killed in the rush, the cap is going to rise significantly higher than even the Go peak rate, expected to be around (50p+), there’s likely to be no better value tariff out there EV or not!

One thing to keep in mind is that Octopus use mostly renewables which haven't increased in cost to produce and they are limiting supply to EV owners right now. I expect they're still making a bumper profit, especially if you choose to sell excess solar at 4p/kWh back to them which they can resell back to you for 40p later, or to your neighbour at 60p, etc.

 

[Darreno]

You switched your gas too to octopus?

Yes, I went on the flexible for gas.

Hope you all used referrals codes from friends/TMC members to get your £50 credit if you're switching to them.

 

[Fezza]

Hope you all used referrals codes from friends/TMC members to get your £50 credit if you're switching to them.

Mr M is getting a thank you for his hard work as we speak You were also on my list if he didn't reply for your contributions mate

 

[Darreno]

Mr M is getting a thank you for his hard work as we speak You were also on my list if he didn't reply for your contributions mate

Give to Mr M before anyone else, he very much deserves it! I used him when I switched!

Thanks

 

[MattM76]

Hope you all used referrals codes from friends/TMC members to get your £50 credit if you're switching to them.

I used Mr M's code.

 

[Markee68]

Morning all,

Slightly off topic I know, but as others have been discussing insurance…

Had a bit of a nightmare with Direct Line, who are supposedly recommended by Tesla. So got a quote from them a couple of weeks ago, so the quote was still valid. Now I have the reg no I updated the quote and it went up £80

Anyway, had to phone them and get them to enter the reg manually.

Also, Direct Line have the MYLR rated as 507bhp

Tesco Insurance - go through entering all details, click for quote “We are having technical difficulties”.

Co-op Insurance - go through entering all details, click for quote “Oops, something went wrong@.

Lloyds - go through entering all details, click for quote, given a ref but no quote. Phoned up and underwriters rejected insuring MYLR.

So there is still some prejudice against insuring MYLR from some insurance companies.

 

[MattM76]

Yep, I'm seeing the same. The few that will do it charge a massive premium and most won't even touch it or spew out ridiculous quotes.

 

[ME_UK]

What’s the difference between go and intelligent other than 2 hours extra off peak rate

The rates are slightly different - I use the Octopus Compare app to check, and it's consistently cheaper for us to use 'Intelligent' - The main difference is that Octopus control the charging hours for the car, rather than the car itself. I was apprehensive, but it's worked really well for us. For example on Wednesday the car charged from 00:30-12:30, then 01:00-4:00. The day before there was an 'extra' slot put in from 6:30-7:30 which was great as my morning toast and kettle boil went in on the cheap rate!

Here's the compare from yesterday.....