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I keep thinking about doing something similar as I have an EV, solar, and batteries and Home Assistant to pull it all together but I just can't seem to make the maths work on sites like Octoprice. No matter how much I tweak things it always comes out more expensive than Intelligent Go.
I do at least have an automation setup to make the most of the 2 hours of free energy tomorrow. Better than nothing!
I'm surprised, to be honest, since I worked out a while ago that if I had an EV - even something like a Zoë doing 20 miles a day - I'd be saving a lot of money, but if you've done the maths then fair enough. Keep in mind, though, that since you're alreay with Octupus you could just switch to Agile for a month and switch back if it doesn't work out.
Maybe evcc is helpful for you. It can control EV charging stations and batteries based on fine granular rules: https://evcc.io/