This is incorrect.You cant get these tariffs anymore.. At least for the foreseeable or when the energy market settles which could be many months away.
Put your postcode in and check:A little off topic but what is your peak rate and night rate cost per KWh with Octopus?
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Smart meter and giving them 30 minute readings are mandatory to have the tariff.
Even the on-peak is better than their current variable, which is what I was on before as my fixed deal had ended.Peak 15pkw and off peak 5p. Got lucky securing this rate before prices went up.
Usually would charge the Leaf from solar during the day, it only managed 3.3kw as it was originally a PCP and had no upgraded charger so it was not hard to stay within the solar output for the main part of the day (free motoring!).
Its so dark in winter and M3 can charge 30A on our EO charger so went GO, so tip for those with the same tariff. The Tesla has no timed to/from charge like a Leaf, they added off peak stop time but you have to use departure time to set that (can’t seem to use start charging time).
It had me scratching my head for a while so if it helps others:
1. Set departure time for morning e.g. 8am
2. Set off peak end time (4:30am for GO)
3. Quick napkin maths and set charge limit so your not too far outside the window (assuming your not going to 100% for long trip).
4. Plug-in and wait, should not go green and start charging when you plug-in.
The first night we had about 35% battery and 4 hours * 7kW is 28kWh, it’s about 80kwh pack, set charge limit to 70% which seems ”close enough”.
Seemed to have worked:
So say 28kWh at 5p, that’s £1.40? So less than a litre of petrol for about 90 miles range.
Just pretend the car was not £50k and it feels like your saving a fortune!