Hypervolt announced on 30 September 2024 that its integration with Octopus Energy's Intelligent Go tariff has entered Open Beta, and that all Hypervolt Home 3 and Home 3 Pro customers can now enable it directly from their Octopus Energy app1. The announcement covers the company's v3 charger range, the Hypervolt Home 3 Pro and the standard Home 31.
The integration is designed to let the charger follow Octopus Energy's smart tariff rather than a fixed schedule. Hypervolt states that the system is "Powered by the Kraken platform", and that users can benefit from a tariff which "automatically adjusts charging to the cheapest, greenest times"1. The company describes the tariff as dynamically scheduling charging during off-peak hours, with the stated aims of cutting cost, supporting grid efficiency and increasing the use of renewable energy sources1.
"All Hypervolt Home 3 and Hypervolt Home 3 Pro customers can now seamlessly enable the Octopus Intelligent Go integration directly from their Octopus Energy app."
One condition is attached to switching on the integration. Hypervolt says enabling it through the Octopus Energy app "required removing any pre-existing Intelligent integration through the vehicle"1. In other words, where a car itself was previously paired with Intelligent charging, that vehicle-side link has to be removed before the charger-side integration is used1.
On cost, Hypervolt cites a figure of "saving on average over £1700 a year versus a conventional vehicle"1. The announcement does not set out how that figure was calculated, over what mileage or period, or which vehicles and tariffs it assumes; those details have not been reported1. The company also does not state a date on which the Open Beta will end or the integration will move to general release1.
| Item | Detail as announced |
|---|---|
| Status | Open Beta1 |
| Eligible hardware | Hypervolt Home 3 and Home 3 Pro1 |
| Where it is enabled | Octopus Energy app1 |
| Condition | Remove any pre-existing Intelligent integration through the vehicle1 |
| Stated saving | Over £1700 a year versus a conventional vehicle1 |
Why it matters for households
For a home with an electric vehicle, the charger is the point at which grid electricity becomes motoring fuel, so which tariff the charger can talk to shapes both running cost and how much of the charging load can be shifted away from peak hours. An integration that lets the charger, rather than the car, respond to a smart tariff widens the number of households able to use time-of-use pricing, because it no longer depends on the vehicle supporting that link itself1. That matters for energy independence in the everyday sense: more of a home's vehicle charging can be moved to the times when electricity is cheapest and, per Hypervolt, greenest, rather than drawn at peak1.
The condition attached to the Open Beta is a practical one for anyone already using vehicle-based smart charging, since the existing setup has to be removed before the charger-side integration is enabled1. The £1700 figure is a company claim about running an EV against a conventional vehicle, not a guaranteed saving on a household bill, and the basis for it has not been published1. Households on the Hypervolt range who want the detail of how charger-side scheduling works can find it under EV charging.
What happens next
No end date for the Open Beta, and no date for general release, has been reported1.
Sources1 cited
- Octopus Intelligent Go Tariffs now available for all v3 customers | Hypervolt, blog.hypervolt.co.uk