@Wonky I pointed that out in my first post 🤣
Both the Hypervolt 3 and Zappi are both compatable with Intelligent tariffs from Octopus.
The rebranded Nexblue Edge is not compatable with intelligent tariffs, but is well built and has many features and won Charger awards in 2024 and likely be the one you get, showcasing the Bumble Bee brand Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
waEV-charge, is the lesser known brand and kind of resembles BG Sync chargers in my book however, I don’t know much of this company.
These chargers are ccntred around OCPP 1.6 compatibility, which is based on the Open Charge Point Protocol, one of the most widely used communication protocols in the electric vehicle charging industry. It was developed by the Open Charge Alliance, and enables charging stations (EVSEs) to communicate with central management systems in a standardised way. Often based on RFID functionality to allow authorised users or payment via an app and adverisement led apps with in the prepay structure, the list is long . Its more what I deal with in the non domestic market and are more than suitable as an home charger, not requiring intelligent integration.
You can read more here on the protocol:
https://www.plugflare.com/article/ocpp-1-6
What is worth pointing out in the domestic energy market, is intelligent tariffs have not took off out of the big 6 energy providers, only 2 offer such tariffs and its virtually unheard of outside the big 6!
Whilst many domestic energy providers use Octopus Kraken in their backend systems, its there maninly to determine a users use of peak/off peak and generating the next customer bill. Tariffs like Eon Next Drive and Orange energy provide some of the cheapest and longest EV charging tariffs available today with “fixed” peak rates, often beating these intelligent tariffs, do you really need to worry!