- Octopus Charge aims to make driving electric simpler, smarter and greener
- For solar panel customers, Octopus Charge can power their EVs with any surplus solar electricity
- Customers can get unlimited charging for £30 a month
Octopus Charge is the first home electric vehicle (EV) charger created by Octopus Energy to “shake up” the market, with the aim of making driving electric simpler and smarter than ever.
The EV charger will be plugged into Octopus’ Intelligent Octopus Go tariff. Octopus Charge can power EVs for as little as 2p per mile. What’s more, it will be combined with Octopus’ innovative Drive Pack tariff, meaning customers can get unlimited charging for £30 a month.
For solar panel customers, Octopus Charge can power their EVs with any surplus solar electricity, turning free, home-grown electricity into miles on the road.
As part of the launch, the first customers can get 5,000 miles of free driving, enough to get from Land’s End to John o’ Groats and back again, with miles to spare.
Octopus Charge links up with the Octopus Energy app and its tech platform Kraken, charging automatically when electricity is at its cheapest and greenest. All customers have to do is set a charging time and amount, and the tech does the rest.
The EV charger has built-in 4G and a uniquely designed charging cable holster to “fit snugly” in tight spaces, whether on the driveway, in the garage or on the street, Rebecca Dibb-Simkin, chief product officer, Octopus Energy said.
It will also launch with smart integration with Intelligent Octopus Go, with other smart tariff integration to follow.
“Charging at home is already better than queuing up at the petrol station, and now we’ve made it even simpler,” Dibb-Simkin said.
“Octopus Energy was the first energy company to launch a smart tariff, an EV tariff, an export tariff and our very own heat pump. We’re delighted to add our own EV charger to our stable, initially designed to work seamlessly with Intelligent Octopus Go, and with other features to follow shortly.”
Octopus Charge will initially be exclusively available for customers of Octopus’ EV leasing business, Octopus Electric Vehicles, before being launched to all Octopus Energy customers in August.
Drivers can register their interest in Octopus Charge using this link.
