Octopus Energy and EDF Energy · London · VAT included
Compare EV tariffs using real supplier prices
Dedicated electric-car tariffs measured against the same overnight charging pattern and annual electricity use. This is backward-looking evidence, not a forecast or a whole-market “best tariff” claim.
What this comparison covers
The supported supplier APIs currently give us comparable regional product prices for Octopus Energy and EDF Energy. We include their dedicated EV propositions and exclude general tariffs that merely happen to work with a car. Other UK suppliers are not represented, so the result must not be read as the whole market.
Your postcode is sent once to Octopus Energy’s public region lookup — the same one they bill from. We do not put it in the URL, analytics or database, and do not keep it.
EV tariff comparison for London
Each estimate applies the same derived “electric car charged overnight” shape to 5,000 kWh a year and includes the standing charge. It does not include a charger, installation, finance, exit fees or rewards.
Price window: 2025-08-22 to 2026-08-22. The fixed comparison shape places car charging from 11:30pm to 5:30am; it does not move to fit each supplier’s cheap window.
Octopus Energy
Octopus Go£1,114a year for energy
19.05p per kWh on the shared charging profile, plus 44.12p a day.
A cheap overnight electricity rate for a fixed window, with a higher day rate.
Current products with shorter histories
These product issues have fewer than nine months of complete prices. Their estimates answer a shorter-period question, so we show them without declaring a winner.
EDF Energy
EDF Pod Power£1,037a year for energy
17.48p per kWh on the shared charging profile, plus 44.78p a day.
A twelve-month fixed EV tariff with a seven-hour overnight rate, available to households with a Pod Point Solo 3S home charger.
Based on 31 complete daysof this product issue. It is shown for context, not ranked against a full-year history.
EDF Energy
EDF Go Electric£1,053a year for energy
17.78p per kWh on the shared charging profile, plus 44.78p a day.
Seven hours of very cheap electricity every night from 11pm, fixed for twelve months, for charging an electric car.
Based on 31 complete daysof this product issue. It is shown for context, not ranked against a full-year history.
Octopus Energy
Intelligent Octopus Go£1,065a year for energy
18.07p per kWh on the shared charging profile, plus 44.12p a day.
A cheap overnight window that extends when Octopus schedules your car or charger.
Compatibility matters: the supplier schedules charging, so check the current supported car and charger list.
Based on 70 complete daysof this product issue. It is shown for context, not ranked against a full-year history.
EDF Energy
EDF Pod Point Plug & Power£1,287a year for energy
17.48p per kWh on the shared charging profile, plus 113.28p a day.
A two-year fixed EV tariff combined with a Pod Point Solo 3S home-charger purchase, with seven overnight off-peak hours.
Hardware is separate: this figure does not include the charger purchase, installation or finance commitment.
Based on 31 complete daysof this product issue. It is shown for context, not ranked against a full-year history.
How to choose an EV tariff
Start with when the car is actually at home
A cheap overnight rate only helps electricity that lands in its window. Check arrival time, required departure charge and whether a supplier-controlled schedule is compatible with the car or charger.
Price the whole home, not one charge
The day rate and standing charge apply around the headline cheap hours. A tariff can make the car cheaper and the rest of the home dearer, which is why the comparison uses combined annual use.
Separate energy from hardware
Charger bundles can be useful, but their installation scope, warranty, finance and exit terms are a second decision. Never treat an energy-only annual estimate as the bundle’s total cost.
Use your own half-hourly readings where possible
A named profile is an assumption. If you have smart-meter data, the tariff replay measures your pattern in the browser instead.
Method details and formulae are documented in the tariff cost methodology.
Current supplier checks
Before switching, check the supplier’s current eligibility and hardware terms. EDF says GoElectric needs a connected smart meter and is for EV drivers; its Plug & Power offer combines energy with a Pod charger. Octopus publishes separate smart-tariff terms and live compatibility checks for managed charging.
EV tariff questions
Frequently asked questions
Does this compare every EV tariff in the UK?
No. It compares dedicated EV tariffs from Octopus Energy and EDF Energy because those are the suppliers whose regional product prices the site currently reads from supported supplier APIs. Other suppliers may offer competitive EV tariffs, so this page is a transparent data comparison rather than a whole-market claim.
Why does the comparison use one overnight profile?
Every tariff is scored against exactly the same derived pattern: an ordinary household plus car charging from 11:30pm to 5:30am. Following each tariff’s own cheapest window would flatter every tariff in a different way and make the results impossible to compare.
What annual electricity figure should I enter?
Use the combined electricity your home and car take from the meter in a year. If the car is new, estimate its metered charging separately with the EV charging calculator, including charging losses, and add that to the household figure from a recent bill.
Are charger purchase and installation costs included?
No. The annual figures cover metered electricity and the tariff standing charge only. A charger-and-tariff bundle such as EDF Pod Point Plug & Power must be judged with its hardware price, installation scope, contract term and exit conditions added separately.
Does the cheapest figure predict my next bill?
No. It models what the available history would have cost on the stated profile. New product issues with short histories are kept in a separate group and are not ranked alongside tariffs with enough comparable data.