Thanks Rene. I presume the 5p rate is from Octopus Go which is for 4 hours only so a full charge in the example would cost more. In our experience, most days don’t need a full charge though. And the amount of charge achieved within the 4 hours would need you to use a wall box charger, the cost of which is a factor, unless you have one of course.
I’ve been keeping records over the nearly three months we’ve had our XC40 PHEV, charging from a 13A socket at standard rate electricity, and I will be crunching the numbers to see if Octopus Go is really a good option. At the moment my instinct is that for us it isn’t.
The standard tariff on Octopus Go is currently 24.45p per kW which is what all electricity used outside the 4 hour window will cost, compared with about 20p on other tariffs, and unlike an EV, I don’t believe a PHEV is likely to use so much electricity that it makes it cheaper to use Octopus Go, but we will see.