How did you manage to get an ev tariff with octopus? I’ve spoken to them twice now and they refuse to let me have an ev tariff until the car has actually arrived. I presume if I told a white lie they’d eventually know I wasn’t using the smart home car charger.
We didn’t lie, all they asked for was the order confirmation after we told them that the GTE is on order, which we of course had (we also had a receipt of deposit since we ordered quite a few optional extras).
If you look here: https://octopus.energy/go/
They say “If you’re in the process of getting one and have an order number to hand, we can switch you so that you’re ready to charge once your vehicle arrives.”
That’s what applied to us. If someone tells you otherwise, refer them to their own website – i wouldn’t let them discourage you. Just try again if you have a PHEV/EV on order, as long as you have a SMETS2 meter (which was the issue for us in the beginning) they should switch you over.
have you tried the 308 hybrid? there are a few hatches at a few dealers around the uk still, its a cracking car.
Yes, just today, since we got yet another delay (BW48 last week, BW45 this week – like a bloody rollercoaster), we decided to drive to Peugeot and have a sit in one. The exterior isn’t quite to our taste (the front is good, the rear is good, the profile is.. meh), the interior seemed very well put together, materials felt nice too (actual metal, not silver plastic in the console etc) – there’s just one issue.
I’m the designated driver, i’m 6’2″. Most of that is in my legs. I could not, for the life of me, get a seating position that fit. Either the steering wheel was literally between my knees, rubbing when i turned the wheel (and impossible to get in and out comfortable, since i had to get one leg below the steering column), or i was so far away and low in the car that i felt like “drivin my six fo'”. Which isn’t me, i like to sit upright and with my head above the dashboard. Or, worse, with a somewhat decent seating position in which the steering wheel didn’t indecently touched me constantly, the flat top of the steering wheel was directly in front of the instrument cluster (which btw isn’t 3D anymore, apparently), making it impossible to see anything without contorting.
Sucks, but it literally boils down to that the car, for me personally, is undrivable due to that moronic steering wheel/column. If you got shorter legs, it’s probably fine (my wife fits), with longer legs, zero chance. Even the sales guy was like “hm, yeah that’s not gonna work” after faffing with the seat controls. He then suggested to try the estate/SW, which we didn’t because would be the exact same issue.
Quite sad really, it’s genuinely a nice car to be in. As i said, felt quality, doors sounded good (important to me lol), but it’s just not to be.
Waiting for VW ID3 Tour since August 2021.Unable to move to an Octopus EV tariff because I don’t have one and they will find out if you don’t have an EV due to your usage if you are on it .You have to speak to them now to apply so they will find if your trying to circumvent the process.
Same to you, check the link in this posting – they literally state that having it on order is sufficient enough to change you over. That’s literally what they did with us.
We applied in september, by that point we didn’t even have the GTE on order. We sent the paperwork in after the fact, since our leccy meter wasn’t compatible. The second we got an appointment to switch over to a SMETS2 meter, they changed us to Go (and to the tariff we applied for in september, not the current one).
Prior: SEAT Ateca Xcellence Lux 1.5 TSI DSG MY19, VW Golf GTE PHEV DSG MY23
Current: Hyundai Ioniq 6 Ultimate
Next: we'll see what's available in 2028.