The current FAQ says it's not compatible with existing solar or battery exporting:

https://octopusev.com/power-pack-bundle/terms

At the moment this product will only be available for people who do not already export to the grid (e.g. from solar or battery)

but you've already identified that. How will you prevent any excess solar from being exported?

I remember reading about this at the time it was announced. Some members on another forum compared the deal to other comparable leasing deals for the same vehicle, which were coming in at around £280/month, so the £20 saving can buy you ~160kWh of electricity per month at Cosy cheap rates.

How much solar export are you giving up? Add that into the mix (at 15p SEG), and where does that leave you in cost terms?

I love the idea of V2G and I love the fact Octopus are pioneering the technology, but this particular package just looks far to limiting for someone like yourself with existing solar and BESS.

Following your journey with interest 😀 

I look forward to reading how these issues are resolved. We’ve never bought a new car, nor leased one so it’ll not be a good fit for us.

But it’ll be a good fit for many. Shame it’s only available on BYD! 

Posted by: @judith

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We’ve never bought a new car, nor leased one so it’ll not be a good fit for us.

Agree.

To me it misses the obvious fit namely 'second' cars, more likely to be secondhand.  Still it's a start!

Posted by: @old_scientist

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The current FAQ says it's not compatible with existing solar or battery exporting:

 

OCTOPUSEV.COM "https://octopusev.com/power-pack-bundle/terms"

Power Pack Bundle Eligibility

Octopus Electric Vehicles - home of electric vehicle leasing for personal or business, and the electric car bundle, including charging and cheap renewable electricity to help you on your journey to electric.

 

At the moment this product will only be available for people who do not already export to the grid (e.g. from solar or battery)

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I've certainly seen that on their Ts & Cs page but in their FAQs they specifically state that you CAN export, but have to have a fixed-rate export tariff with Octopus (i.e. no competitors and no Octopus Outgoing Agile).

Intelligent Drive Pack FAQs | Octopus Energy

I did look further into the Intelligent Drive pack when @agentgeorge posted a similar topic, and I found there are a few more strings attached to the scheme than were ideal for my wife and me ( https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/postid/47476/).

It certainly could be a good scheme for some but it's not as clear cut as some other Octopus initiatives I've seen tackling different needs.

@old_scientist me too. Just installed my new heat pump and I am on cosy but I am not making the most of my solar panels and my Growatt batteries don't seem to be compatible with Octopus intelligent tariffs. As my partner just bought a second hand EV I am considering installing a charger. This seems to be an incentive for Octopus to make my batteries compatible with intelligent Go... 🧐

Well, it sounded all too good to be true. And it was.

After several months hanging on the waiting list, I finally poked Octopus into giving me an update. Turns out the Power Pack Bundle eligibility criteria have changed, contradicting what Octopus EV had earlier stated in writing to me.

Fail #1: We cannot have existing solar + battery and an Export tariff, but we would need a G99 (go figure than one!).

Fail #2: We must have a 100A main fuse, well ours is 80A. so that's that.

And it's being slowly-oh-so-slowly rolled out, and not for now in our DNO area. So we're off the waiting list.

I think this was a case of Greg Jackson standing on stage rolling out a product that was literally years away from launch and for which Octopus had barely started work on. We'll buy or lease an EV next Spring, probably not from Octopus EV, I've been less than whelmed with them from the get go, they right hand didn't know what the left was doing. 

Thanks for sharing this, it is clearly disappointing, BYD is exactly what I thought would be ideal...

But better for Octopus to pull out than to sell you something that you would be unknowingly beta-testing. 

Reading the thread, I was wondering how the DNO would be notified and how was this v2g short-circuiting the process. 

My electrician plugged a couple of RCDs on the car charger circuit, so another thing to consider. He also did not notify the DNO. 

I wonder if everybody getting on this trial will need to get an MCS installer?