EDF EV tariff: rates, times and is it worth it?

How GoElectric works

GoElectric is a fixed-window tariff. From 23:00 to 06:00 every night, everything in the house is billed at 6.66p/kWh. At other times you pay a higher day rate. It is electricity-only, for EV drivers who charge at home, and it works with any EV and any charger, so you set the timer on the car or charger yourself.

EDF says its prices are fixed for the length of the tariff, and the price in your quote is calculated at 0% VAT. Domestic electricity in Great Britain is zero-rated for VAT until 31 March 2027. If the same pre-VAT price carries on after that and VAT returns at 5%, 6.66p would become 6.99p (our derivation).

EDF suggests at least 6% of your electricity should fall in the off-peak window for the tariff to be worthwhile. It says its EV customers average 43%.

What EDF does not publish

EDF does not publish the day rate or the standing charge for GoElectric. Both depend on your postcode and appear only in a quote. The same is true of Pod Power. That matters, because the night rate is only part of the bill: a home with 2,500 kWh of daytime use pays the day rate on all of it. We therefore cannot put GoElectric in our whole-home cost comparison, and we have not guessed.

EDF’s own worked example shows the scale: a home using 4,450 kWh a year, 2,500 kWh of it at the day rate, costs £1,229 on GoElectric, which EDF says is up to £64 less than its standard variable tariff at October 2026 cap rates. The saving depends on how much you move to the night.

Rates in October 2026

What you need

• A smart meter that is fully connected to EDF’s systems. EDF installs one, usually within two to four weeks of you joining.
• An EV you charge at home. Any make, any charger.
• To start on EDF’s standard variable tariff. If you have a working smart meter, EDF says the move to GoElectric usually takes two to three days once your supply is live; contact EDF if it has not happened within seven days.

If EDF cannot connect to your smart meter, you can stay on its GoElectric single-rate tariff or change tariff, and EDF says it will not charge an exit fee.

Smart Charging bolt-on and Pod Power

EDF’s Smart Charging bolt-on pays £5 a month, £60 a year, while you stay opted in and use the schedule. It works with GoElectric or an EDF single-rate tariff: EDF signals a compatible car or charger to charge when electricity is cheapest, with defaults of 80% by 8am, and on GoElectric the whole home gets the cheap rate while it does. It supports one EV per account, only at home. Connected through a charger, EDF cannot see the battery level, so you set the charge each time.

Pod Power by EDF is for Pod charger owners. It is 6.18p from 23:00 to 06:00 on a fixed 12 or 18 months, and Pod adds Pod Rewards of up to £100 a year for smart charging. Pod Point Plug and Power bundles the tariff with a Solo 3S on a two-year fix, with the charger from £499 upfront against a £999 price. EDF says exit fees apply if you cancel within two years but does not state the amount. Octopus lists Pod’s Solo as not available on Intelligent Octopus Go, which makes the EDF pairing the natural one. See our Pod Solo 3S review.

Who it suits

Any driver who wants the lowest published night rate with no compatible-device requirement. Seven hours is also the right window for a slow charger: at 7.4kW it holds about 52 kWh, roughly 172 miles; at about 2.3kW on a 3-pin socket it holds about 16 kWh, roughly 53 miles.

Pod charger owners, who can drop to 6.18p.

Homes that can move other use to the night. Everything in the window costs 6.66p.

It suits less well anyone who might move or switch inside a year, because of the £75 exit fee, and anyone for whom the unknown day rate is a risk.

GoElectric against the alternatives

On car charging alone, GoElectric costs about £188 a year at 9,400 miles against about £215 on Intelligent Octopus Go, a £27 difference. Intelligent Octopus Go adds smart slots at any time of day and a £50 exit fee against £75, but needs a compatible car or charger and publishes its day rate, which averages 36.70p. E.ON Next Drive is 9.53p for six hours with no exit fee. Octopus Go is 9.5p for five hours.

Compare the full list on our EV tariff comparison, and ask EDF for the day rate and standing charge in your area before you compare annual costs.