How much does the Octopus Charge cost?

The Octopus Charge costs £1,029 as an installed package. The estimated installed total is £1,029. Untethered package with standard installation included. It is eligible for the £500 OZEV government grant.

Is the Octopus Charge compatible with Tesla?

Yes. The Octopus Charge uses the Type 2 connection used by UK Tesla models. Actual AC charging speed is limited by the lower of the vehicle's onboard-charger limit, the property's supply and the charger's 7.4kW single-phase capability.

What warranty does the Octopus Charge come with?

The Octopus Charge comes with a 3 years (5 years for £79) warranty. It is currently recorded as OZEV-approved; the property, vehicle and installer must also meet the grant rules.

What is the power output of the Octopus Charge?

The Octopus Charge supports 7.4kW on single phase. A 20–80% time depends on the Tesla model's usable battery capacity and AC limit as well as the available supply.

Can the Octopus Charge charge from solar panels?

Yes. The Octopus Charge has native solar support and can prioritise measured surplus generation for the car when the required metering is installed.

Does the Octopus Charge work with smart energy tariffs?

The Octopus Charge can integrate directly with supported supplier tariffs. Compatibility, eligibility and rates vary by provider, so confirm the specific tariff before switching.

№ 28 · Fitted by Octopus's own engineers · 2026 review

Octopus Energy

Octopus Charge

Name: Octopus Charge
Brand: Octopus Energy
SKU: octopus-charge

Price checked 14 Jul 2026

Updated 14 Jul 2026By Joe McGrath

Review verdict

Octopus Charge. What stands out: Fitted by Octopus's own engineers. The current installed package price is £1,029. The main limitation: Smart charging requires an Octopus domestic electricity tariff; on any other supplier it falls back to timed schedules and plug-and-charge.

Installed package: £1,029; VAT included
Installed estimate: £1,029; included
Warranty: 3 years (5 years for £79)
Grant position: Approved unit; Customer and property eligibility is separate

What stands out

Fitted by Octopus's own engineers

Main limitation

Smart charging requires an Octopus domestic electricity tariff; on any other supplier it falls back to timed schedules and plug-and-charge

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The installed range is an estimate. The source date above is separate from the editorial review date.

Octopus sells this charger one way only: fitted. £1,029 buys the untethered unit and a standard installation by Octopus's own engineers, £1,129 the same thing with a 5-metre cable attached. There is no hardware-only price, no retailer, and no putting your own electrician on the job. Lead time is around four weeks.

The caveat to take in before the price. "Works with any energy supplier" appears on the product page, and it is true of the app only: smart charging — the automatic cheapest-slot charging the whole product is built around — requires an Octopus domestic electricity tariff, which Octopus states plainly in its own how-to guide. On another supplier you keep the app, timed schedules and plug-and-charge, which is everything except the part that saves the money. There is no OCPP either, so no rival smart tariff can drive it: not OVO Charge Anytime, not ev.energy.

Best for: Octopus customers who want the charger, the fit, the app and the tariff to come from one company, and would rather not think about any of it again.

Installation

Fitting the Octopus Charge.

Octopus fits it, or nobody does. The price covers the unit, the labour and a standard installation, and the engineers who turn up are trained by the team that designed the unit — no contractor network in between, and none of the who-turns-up uncertainty that comes with one. What Octopus does not publish is what falls outside "standard", so the one figure you cannot see before booking is the one that varies most with the property. It publishes no dimensions, no weight and no IP rating either; for a £1,029 purchase there is very little to read before you commit. Background reading in our install guide.

Specification

Max Power Output: 7.4kW (DfT eligible chargepoint list)
Cable Length: 5 metres (tethered); untethered takes your own Type 2 cable
Connector: Type 2 (tethered or untethered)
Smart Charging: Requires an Octopus domestic electricity tariff; no OCPP
Solar Charging: Eco mode — charges from household export when more than 6 amps is spare
Cable Lock: App-controlled, on the untethered version
Installation: Included in both prices; fitted by Octopus, around four weeks' lead time
Warranty: 3 years; 5 years for £79
Certification: OZEV approved — DfT eligible chargepoint list (EVCP01 / EVCP02)

Tariff compatibility

What it costs to run.

One tariff family, and it is the one on the box. On Intelligent Octopus Go you set a ready-by time and how much charge to add, Octopus picks the slots, and the thing is genuinely hands-off. That is the reason to buy it.

It is also the reason a Tesla owner may not need to. Octopus publishes a walkthrough for adding a Tesla to Intelligent Octopus Go as an "Electric vehicle" device, and it ends with Octopus controlling the car through Tesla's own API — at which point the tariff is doing the scheduling and whatever is bolted to the wall is just a socket. A Tesla Wall Connector, which has no smart charging of its own, earns exactly the same overnight rate. The intelligence being sold here runs on the tariff rather than on the charger, and a Tesla is the one car that already has it. Our smart-tariff chargers guide covers how the rest of the market handles this.

Best pairing

Octopus Intelligent Go

Direct integration

Off-peak rate: 8p
Saving / year: £517

Estimated at 10,000 miles a year against the 26.11p/kWh standard rate.

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Price

What you actually pay.

Octopus Charge is currently sold as a £1,029 installed package. Untethered package with standard installation included.

Five-year total

£2,172

Charger, installation, and five years of electricity on Octopus Intelligent Go, at 10,000 miles a year.

Less £500 if you qualify for the OZEV grant.

Against the field

How it compares.

Judged as an installation package it is a good one: fairly priced, designed, fitted and supported in-house, with a single company to call when it stops working. Judged as a smart charger it asks for something the others do not — that you remain an Octopus customer — and offers no hardware-only price to fall back on if you stop being one. The Ohme Home Pro and Hypervolt Home 3 Pro sit in Octopus's own shop, do the same job on Intelligent Octopus Go, and go on working on OVO Charge Anytime or ev.energy afterwards. The Ohme is £999 installed, £30 less than this, and it is the one to buy if the automation needs to survive a change of supplier.

What we loved

Plus£1,029 is the whole price: unit, labour and a standard installation, with no hardware-only price to be talked up from
PlusDesigned, installed and warranted by Octopus itself — the engineers who fit it are trained by the team that built it
PlusOn Intelligent Octopus Go it runs itself: set a ready-by time and a top-up amount, and Octopus books the cheapest slots
PlusEco mode charges the car from solar surplus once more than 6 amps is spare
PlusOn the official DfT chargepoint list (EVCP01 / EVCP02) — the £500 grant is available to renters, flat owners and landlords

What we didn't

MinusSmart charging requires an Octopus domestic electricity tariff; on any other supplier it falls back to timed schedules and plug-and-charge
MinusNo OCPP and no rival smart-tariff support — the Ohme Home Pro and Hypervolt Home 3 Pro, both sold in Octopus's own shop, work with OVO Charge Anytime and ev.energy
MinusNo hardware-only price and no other installer: the fit cannot be shopped around, and the grant can only be claimed through Octopus
MinusFor a Tesla on Intelligent Octopus Go the smart charging is redundant — Octopus already schedules the car through Tesla's API
MinusThree years' warranty, with the extension to five charged at £79; the Pod Point Solo 3S includes five, also at £999 installed
MinusOctopus publishes no dimensions, no weight and no IP rating for the unit
MinusThe £1,029 version has no cable — bring your own Type 2 lead, or £100 for the tethered version

After the evidence

Ask installers to price this exact charger.

The installation brief carries Octopus Charge as your preference, together with the property and parking details needed for a useful response.

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