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All seems, or seemed, to be working well with my setup with Octopus controlling my Hypervolt. However. Last night around 10pm I asked the octopus app to add 10% to the car because I had a longer journey in it this morning. But they didn’t schedule a charge overnight, which was a bit annoying...

I managed to get this all set up as above today and the Octopus app has created a charge schedule for me overnight. Exciting stuff. Fingers crossed it all goes to plan.

I'm obviously not questioning your knowledge of the Taycan specifically but nor was I referring only to the Taycan. When most of the large OEMs publicly state they are sending GPS data to companies like HERE, I think it's a fairly safe assumption that most, if not all, modern EVs already have...

All modern cars are already logging and sending so much data back to the manufacturers (whether you know it or not), who then anonymise it and sell it on, that it wouldn't be a huge lift to enable some automated mileage reporting, if the govt decided. Bodes well for those of us with relatively...

I don't think it's going to happen. Unlcear logistics around implementation, and it's due to come in right before the next general election, when Labour are likely to be trying to find as many votes as they can. Are they really going to go ahead with it? I don't think so.

Thanks, this is exactly what I am trying to achieve. Hopefully Octopus can be accommodating tomorrow.

I believe you can't do that any more. A friend told me they're trying to crack down on people gaming the tariff so they've changed it to only allow you to configure the app to connect to the car, unless you call them and explain why you can't do it that way so they need to control the charger...

Cheers Morph, I got a Hypervolt 3 put in because I'd read it worked well with IOG! Hopefully they'll be ok with it. As an aside I'm really impressed with the Taycan so far.

Is there some trick to get Octopus to talk to the charger rather than the car? I collected my Taycan yesterday and am trying to set up IOG but when stepping through the setup in the app it seems to only want to connect to the car. I don't want it charging to 100% with the 'timer bug' (or should...

If it adds any balance I always had shocking service from BMW Park Lane, which is the BMW UK owned dealer(!) But seriously, I hope you can get it sorted. Loop in the dealer principal if you're not getting anywhere. https://dealer.porsche.com/gb/porschecentretewkesbury/en-GB/About-us/our-team

Interesting. I’m collecting a car from Tewkesbury soon so will keep your comments in mind. Did you buy the blue 4S they had listed? edit: ignore, read the thread properly!

Bastards. I'm amazed you escaped without further damage looking at the state of that badge! When I lived in central London I parked my 911 and my Boxster on the street for several years, which was a perfectly pleasant street but in a slightly less salubrious part of Kennington, and never had...

Thanks, and that's a good point re: value. I will take out a GAP policy for return to invoice anyway so I guess it can be insured for a bit less

Wow, thanks. Ok maybe I am still getting off lightly here then.

I've just been getting some quotes for a '22 GTS ST and am surprised at how expensive it is! I got some quotes around 650 for a regular 4 CT when I started looking for Taycans and the GTS is coming in about 200 quid more. I guess it's all the carbon bits / cost of repair, but even so... The...

Thanks - exposing my ignorance here but I had assumed it was a lower output for some reason.

Thanks. Without dragging this too far off topic, I was considering starting with using a commando socket and seeing if I can live with it; as there will be days at a time where I don't use the car, or only use it locally, so there'll be plenty of time for it to charge slowly at home.

Thanks for the replies. Am I right in thinking one alternative is to pay for the Connected Services and have Octopus talk directly to the car? And then potentially even use a commando socket instead of a 'proper' charger?

What chargers and/or communication methods are you IOG users using? I'm doing some research before a possible Taycan purchase.