InstaVolt
UK · Retail and hospitality sites across the UK
Published prices
See these published rapid rates in the true-cost comparison (arithmetic on the figures above, not advice).
Payment methods
Contactless payment is stated. Tap a contactless debit or credit card on the screen. The app is optional. App or account named on the page: InstaVolt. The page says the app is not required.
Membership or app deals. No monthly membership required.
Pre-authorisation. A £5 recharge reserved fee is pre-authorised against the payment card and may be taken more than once during a session.
Speed. Drivers page: high-power DC charging from 50kW to 160kW.
Caveat. Off-peak rates apply only when the session is started in those hours. Opening hours may vary by host site. Site-specific and promotional rates are mentioned in the same terms.
The same terms list a £20 card validation amount when registering a card, a £1 card verification amount, and InstaVolt Miles (1 Volt = 1p of charging credit).
Idle and overstay fees
No idle or overstay fee, rate, grace period or cap was stated on the page checked. Source: InstaVolt pricing terms and conditions (checked 2026-11-10).
Roaming versus paying the operator
The operator published a roaming rate of 92p/kWh (Contactless, roaming partners and fleet accounts). Source: InstaVolt pricing terms and conditions (checked 2026-11-10).
InstaVolt publishes a single rate of 92p/kWh at all times for contactless, roaming partners and fleet accounts. App and RFID users pay 92p from 07:00 to 20:00 and 55p from 20:00 to 07:00. The “InstaVolt Roaming Percentage” of 3% on the same page is described as a currency-conversion fee when the currency differs from the home region, not as a UK roaming-app markup, so it is not copied as a p/kWh figure.
- Zap-Pay: not published — Zapmap’s public help page (modified 23 March 2026) says the price shown when you pay with Zapmap is, wherever possible, the same or similar to the operator’s standard PAYG rate, but that some networks apply higher prices via third-party services such as Zapmap. The public Zap-Pay page does not list a per-network p/kWh table. In-app prices are not copied here.
- Octopus Electroverse: not published — Electroverse says the latest pricing for every network and charging point is displayed in the Electroverse app, and that rates might differ when charging with operators directly. No public per-network p/kWh table was published.
- OVO Charge: not published — OVO says PAYG rates are set by the charging networks and are shown for each charger on Charge Anywhere. No public per-network p/kWh table was published. Light Boost is described as 10% off the PAYG rate set by the networks; that percentage is not turned into a p/kWh figure here.
- Paua: not published — Paua says network prices are live in the Paua app and web map, and that customers pay each network’s standard PAYG or “pump” price. Its help page says it aims for a cost equivalent to or less than the network PAYG price where possible, but that some networks charge a premium and drivers should check the app. No public per-network p/kWh table was published.
Source
Source: InstaVolt pricing terms and conditions · Checked 2026-11-10