OVO Charge Anytime Review 2026: EV-Only Add-On Explained

OVO Charge Anytime occupies an unusual position in the UK EV tariff market. Rather than asking you to switch to a whole-home EV tariff to access a cheaper rate, it works as an add-on to your OVO account. For drivers who are happy with OVO’s home tariff and do not want to change it, that is genuinely convenient.

But convenience comes at a cost. The effective charging rate of around 13.33p/kWh is the highest in our comparison, and for most regular EV drivers the maths will favour switching to a whole-home tariff instead.

How Charge Anytime works

Charge Anytime uses the Kaluza smart dispatch platform, developed by OVO, to schedule your EV charging at the cheapest and greenest available times, day or night. You set a ready-by time in the OVO Charge app and the system handles when your car charges.

Because it is an EV-only product, the cheaper rate applies only to your car charging. Your household electricity stays on your OVO home tariff at its normal rate; OVO’s standard variable tariff follows the price cap, which averages 26.32p/kWh from 1 October 2026.

The Charge Anytime options

OVO offers Charge Anytime as four monthly plans or pay as you go, with no long-term contract:

Standard (£26.50/month): For drivers covering around 8,000 miles a year. Includes 700 miles a month of home smart charging, a £120 public charging voucher and EV Charger Cover.

Premium (£36/month): For around 12,000 miles a year. Includes 1,000 miles a month of home smart charging, a £120 public charging voucher, EV Charger Cover and a battery health test with EV insights.

Standard Plus (£57.50/month) and Premium Plus (£76.50/month): For households with more than one EV, covering 1,400 and 2,000 miles a month respectively, with a £240 public charging voucher.

Pay as you go: No monthly subscription. Your home electricity rate is discounted to 13.33p/kWh for smart charging, which OVO puts at around 4p a mile.

VAT on household electricity is 0% from 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027. OVO has not yet said whether that changes Charge Anytime prices, so check the current figures with OVO.

The rate reality

The effective charging rate of around 13.33p/kWh is significantly higher than the mainstream alternatives. Intelligent Octopus Go charges 6.5p/kWh on its variable tariff (7.9p/kWh on the 12-month fix) with smart dispatch, E.ON Next Drive Smart 6.5p/kWh, and EDF GoElectric 6.66p/kWh on a fixed seven-hour window.

On a 60kWh battery charged from empty, the difference between 13.33p and 6.5p is £4.10 per charge. A driver charging 200 times per year would pay about £820 more annually on Charge Anytime than on the variable Intelligent Octopus Go, before accounting for any benefit from keeping their existing OVO home tariff.

Who Charge Anytime actually suits

Charge Anytime makes sense if:

• You are on a competitive OVO home tariff you would lose by switching to a whole-home EV tariff
• You drive fewer than 6,000 miles per year from home charging, making the absolute cost difference smaller
• You regularly use public charge points and value the public charging voucher in the monthly plans
• You specifically do not want to change tariff and are comfortable paying a higher rate for that convenience

Charge Anytime is not the best choice if:

• You drive 8,000 miles or more per year from home charging
• You are not already an OVO customer
• Your priority is the lowest possible charging cost

Use our EV tariffs comparison to model whether a whole-home EV tariff would save you money before committing to Charge Anytime.

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