Charge Anytime
The UK's cheapest home EV charging
Add Charge Anytime to any OVO energy tariff for free – and smart charge your EV for just 7p per kWh including VAT1 – any time, day or night. Saving you up to £542 a year.2
Not with OVO? You can still check your compatibility before you switch.
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Next generation EV charging
Cheaper EV charging
- Smart charge at home for a lower rate of 7p per kWh, any time
- That’s under 2p a mile – around 80% less than the price of petrol3
- In a rush? Override your smart charging schedule with the ‘Charge Now’ function. It’ll charge your EV at your home’s standard electricity rate.
You’re in the driving seat
- You set the time you need your car charged – our smart tech does the rest
- Add Charge Anytime to your energy plan, plug in, and start saving
- Manage everything in your app
Go greener with smarter tech
- Your EV is always charged when the grid is greenest – within the time you’ve set4
- You’ll get insights on your charging habits and savings in the app
- All at your fingertips, whenever you want it
Who can get Charge Anytime?
To start saving with Charge Anytime you need to have:
A compatible EV or charger5, a smart meter, and an OVO account.
If you're an OVO customer, simply log in to your account to check if your set-up is compatible.
And if you're not with OVO, you can still find out if your set-up is compatible – before you switch.
Either way, you'll get an answer straight away!
Who can get Charge Anytime?
To start saving with Charge Anytime you need to have:
A compatible EV or charger5, a smart meter, and an OVO account.
If you're an OVO customer, simply log in to your account to check if your set-up is compatible.
And if you're not with OVO, you can still find out if your set-up is compatible – before you switch.
Either way, you'll get an answer straight away!
How Charge Anytime works
The clever tech behind our app means you always charge your car at the greenest times when you smart charge. You also get personalised insights into your charging habits, and see how much money you're saving with Charge Anytime credits. All managed through our handy app. Here's how:
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Opt in to smart charging
Just connect your EV or charger with your OVO account and opt in for EV smart charging.
Set your EV to charge
Choose when you want your EV charged, and we'll work out the greenest time to charge.
See credit in your account
We add Charge Anytime credit to your bill each month, so your bill always reflects our smart charging rate of 7p per kWh.
Working towards a greener, smarter future
We’re really excited about Charge Anytime. It's all part of our wider plan to put less pressure on the planet, and on your wallet.
But it’s still super fresh out of the box. So if you spot any potential improvements, or any glitches, let us know. We’ll do our best to sort them for you as quickly as we can. And we're always happy to listen to your questions and ideas too.
Why not check to see if your set-up is compatible – whether you're an OVO customer or not.
Working towards a greener, smarter future
We’re really excited about Charge Anytime. It's all part of our wider plan to put less pressure on the planet, and on your wallet.
But it’s still super fresh out of the box. So if you spot any potential improvements, or any glitches, let us know. We’ll do our best to sort them for you as quickly as we can. And we're always happy to listen to your questions and ideas too.
Why not check to see if your set-up is compatible – whether you're an OVO customer or not.
Up to 30,000 free miles over 3 years for Volkswagen Group UK EV drivers
Get up to 30,000 free miles over 3 years when you buy or lease a fully-electric vehicle from a registered dealership and add Charge Anytime to your OVO energy tariff.
Find out if you are eligible by selecting your car model from: Audi, CUPRA, Skoda, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.
Offer terms and eligibility apply. Compatible EV or charger, and smart meter required for Charge Anytime.6
Up to 30,000 free miles over 3 years for Volkswagen Group UK EV drivers
Get up to 30,000 free miles over 3 years when you buy or lease a fully-electric vehicle from a registered dealership and add Charge Anytime to your OVO energy tariff.
Find out if you are eligible by selecting your car model from: Audi, CUPRA, Skoda, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.
Offer terms and eligibility apply. Compatible EV or charger, and smart meter required for Charge Anytime.6
Drive a Volvo? You could get up to 2,700 miles for free
Thanks to our partnership with Volvo Cars, you can smart charge your eligible Volvo vehicle at 7p per kWh. Plus, enjoy £50 charging credit- enough for around 2,700 miles of driving free.7
Available to new Charge Anytime customers with an eligible Volvo and compatible set up, offer terms apply.
Drive a Volvo? You could get up to 2,700 miles for free
Thanks to our partnership with Volvo Cars, you can smart charge your eligible Volvo vehicle at 7p per kWh. Plus, enjoy £50 charging credit- enough for around 2,700 miles of driving free.7
Available to new Charge Anytime customers with an eligible Volvo and compatible set up, offer terms apply.
Save today to help save tomorrow.
OVO Beyond rewards your greener choices with long-term savings. Earn free low-carbon tech for the future and lower your bills right now.
Save today to help save tomorrow.
OVO Beyond rewards your greener choices with long-term savings. Earn free low-carbon tech for the future and lower your bills right now.
Charge Anytime: questions and answers
Smart charging is when you charge your EV at home. The smart bit comes from our intelligent tech making sure your vehicle is charged when the grid is greenest, within the time you need it charged by. You set this time through the app.
Smart charging with Charge Anytime unlocks the cheaper charging rate of 7p per kWh. It helps move the UK energy system towards a smarter, greener way of using energy. If more people use energy when the grid is greener, together we can rely less on fossil fuels to keep power flowing at peak times.
If you’re switching to OVO and would like to add Charge Anytime to your plan, you’ll need to wait until your energy supply and online account is fully set up. This could take up to 4 to 6 weeks.
Once you’re all set up, head over to the Offers section in your online account and select Charge Anytime.
At the end of the month, we work out how much energy you've used to smart charge your EV. We'll use this info to credit your account in the first week of the following month. So that your smart charging rate reflects our 7p per kWh rate.
For example:
The Charge Anytime rate is 7p a kWh. And let's say your standard electricity rate is 26p a kWh.
We’ll credit you 19p for each kWh you’ve used to smart charge your EV. To make your smart charging rate 7p.
This means if you use 100 kWh of energy smart charging your EV, you’ll get £19 in credit back on your bill.
It’ll appear on your monthly OVO energy bill under the heading ‘Charge Anytime Credit’. We apply this credit to your account in the first week of every month.
The credit shown on your bill will be for the electricity you’ve used for smart charging your EV the previous month. So, in the first week of September, we’ll apply your credit for August, and so on.
You can override your smart charging schedule at any time. This will let you top-up quickly when you need to, at your standard home electricity rate.
The next time you charge, you’ll automatically go back to your smart charging schedule.
At the moment, the only way we can work out charging with solar panels is if you have an Indra Smart Pro Charger4 or Hypervolt Home 3 Pro charger.
We install these chargers, so they come compatible with Charge Anytime. Charge Anytime only tells us how much electricity you’ve used from the grid. So if your home has solar panels it’s harder to work this out – because some of the electricity may come from your solar panels, and some from the grid.
We’ve introduced a fair usage policy meaning the maximum Charge Anytime credit you can receive on your bill is £100 per month. This works out as about 571 kWh of smart charging per month1 and will vary slightly depending on home tariff rate and the current Charge Anytime rate.
It’s very unlikely you’ll smart charge above this amount of energy per month. 571 kWh is roughly the equivalent of driving 2,284 miles a month.2 There are no restrictions on the total charging consumption however if you exceed the maximum Charge Anytime Credit of £100 any consumption above the cap will be billed at your home tariff rate.
1 Assuming an SVT rate of 24.51p per kWh and a Charge Anytime rate of 7p per kWh the Charge Anytime credit would equate to 17.51p per kWh. A maximum Charge Anytime credit of £100 equates to 571.1 kWh.
2 This is based on an EV customer driving at an average of 4 miles per kWh.
Can't find what you need?
We've gathered together some other commonly asked questions on our Q&A page, so you can quickly get the answers you need.
Important to know
For full details about Charge Anytime, read through our full terms and conditions.
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The 7p per kWh rate is effective whenever you smart charge your EV. If you'd like to override your smart charging schedule to top up quickly, you'll be charged at your standard home energy electricity rate. The next time you charge, you’ll automatically go back to your smart charging schedule. A maximum monthly Charge Anytime Credit of £100 per month per account applies. Any smart charging consumption that exceeds the maximum Charge Anytime Credit will be charged at your tariff’s usual rate.
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Actual sum is £542.81. When you add Charge Anytime to your plan, your home energy rate will stay the same, but the energy consumed by your EV will be charged at an effective rate of 7p per kWh when EV smart charging (thanks to payment of your Charge Anytime charging credit).
The £542 saving is based on an average Charge Anytime customer using 3100kWh a year to charge their EV using the Charge Anytime add on. The Charge Anytime rate on 01/07/2025 is 7p per kWh for Charge Anytime charging compared to the OVO’s UK average SVT rate of 24.51p per kWh. Actual savings will vary depending on vehicle efficiency, driving style, EV charging usage and the cost per kWh of your standard home energy tariff.
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This saving claim has been calculated by comparing the 'Tesla Model 3 Standard Range RWD: 210 miles' doing the UK average of 7,000 miles with Charge Anytime with a smart charging rate of 7p per kWh & 3.65m/kWh versus the 'BMW 3 Series with a 820 Mile Range and 13 Gallon Tank' doing 7,000 miles using petrol where the price per litre is £1.32. The 'Tesla Model 3 Standard Range RWD: 210 miles ' equates to 1.92p per mile. Whilst the 'BMW 3 Series 820 Mile Range, 13 Gallon Tank' equates to 9.51p per mile. Resulting in driving petrol being over 4 times more expensive.
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Our smart tech aims to charge your car when the grid has more renewable energy in it, within the time you’ve set. Meaning it’s less likely your EV will be charged by energy from fossil fuels.
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Please note, if you have a BMW or MINI, in some cases you may lose your preconditioning schedule when you add Charge Anytime. We’re working with BMW and MINI to find a way to fix this.
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Offer open to new or existing customers of OVO Energy who: (1) are UK residents excluding Northern Ireland, 18+, (2) have purchased/purchase a brand new fully electric vehicle from any Volkswagen dealership through Retail, Contract Hire for Motability between 1st July 2024 and 30th September 2025 (3) activate OVO Energy's 'Charge Anytime' and (4) have not claimed 'free miles' under a previous Volkswagen Group or OVO promotion. To activate 'Charge Anytime', the customer will need a compatible EV charger or electric vehicle (for a list of compatible chargers and vehicles please see here). T&Cs apply to OVO Energy's 'Charge Anytime', see here. Offer valid on new Retail, Contract Hire and Motability sales only, where order was placed from 1st July 2024 to 30th September 2025. Offer subject to availability. Domestic charging only. To receive miles, the customer must claim by signing up to Charge Anytime and submitting their vehicle order number within 3 months of vehicle handover. Customer will receive the first 10,000 free miles as a credit on their OVO Energy account within 60 days of Charge Anytime sign up. Customer will receive an additional credit worth up to 10,000 free miles on the next two anniversaries of joining 'Charge Anytime' so long as they remain an OVO customer with 'Charge Anytime' activated. In addition to the up to 30,000 mile offer: for each year the customer remains on 'Charge Anytime', they will also receive a credit on each anniversary of joining 'Charge Anytime' worth up to approximately 1,000 free miles. This will be paid for a maximum of 3 years. Mileage calculations based on average efficiency, weighted in line with brand electric vehicle volumes, of 3.3kWh/mile across the Volkswagen Group model range (for all brands). Since this is an average, the efficiency of individual models may be less, which would mean the customer receives fewer than the maximum stated free miles. The efficiency figure is also based on standardised test data after the battery had been fully charged (to 100%) and may not reflect real world driving. Actual efficiency differs depending on multiple variables, including selected vehicle and configuration, accessories fitted (post-registration), variations in weather, driving styles, route conditions, speed, vehicle age, battery age and temperature and vehicle load. The actual number of free miles the customer receives may be less than the maximum stated miles and will depend on the actual efficiency of the selected vehicle in the real world. Offer is for an estimated number of free miles calculated on the basis of the costs to the customer when they 'smart charge' using 'Charge Anytime'. Electric vehicles require mains electricity for charging. For the latest information, including official WLTP range and power consumption data for the selected vehicle, please visit Volkswagen. We reserve the right to make changes to the Offer and these Terms at any time. For full Offer terms and conditions, see here.
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OVO is offering up to 2,700 free Charge Anytime miles through £50 credit for Volvo customers who add Charge Anytime to their plan. This offer is available to new and existing OVO customers who don't already have Charge Anytime. 2,700 free miles is based on a Volvo EC40 Single Motor Extended Range driving 3.8 miles per kWh, which equates to 714 free kWhs (actual sum: 2,714 miles based on WLTP). Our Charge Anytime rate is 7p per kWh when smart charging, which works out at £50 free credit. Actual mileage received will vary depending on your EV model, your driving style, and other external factors. We'll give you these free miles by adding £50 credit to your OVO account after you have successfully added Charge Anytime to your plan. View full offer terms and conditions here.