Can non-Tesla cars use Superchargers in the UK? How to use them, prices and open sites

Yes. Any electric car with a CCS connector can charge at the Tesla Superchargers open to all drivers, which Zapmap says is now more than half of the UK network, and those drivers paid an average of 69p/kWh in October 2026, against 82p/kWh for UK rapid charging as a whole (Zapmap).

Prices on this page were checked on 10 November 2026 against Zapmap’s October figures. Each site sets its own rate, and the Tesla app shows each site’s prices, Carwow explains.

Can non-Tesla cars use Tesla Superchargers in the UK?

They can, at sites Tesla has opened to all EVs, and those sites now make up more than half of the network. Tesla built, runs and prices the Superchargers, first for its own cars only. It opened 15 UK sites with 158 Superchargers to other cars in a September 2022 pilot, including Folkestone Eurotunnel, Wokingham, Uxbridge, Banbury, Flint Mountain, Manchester Trafford, Dundee and Aviemore, Electrifying.com reported. By April 2024 the count across the UK and Ireland was 42 sites and 477 chargers.

At the end of October 2026 Zapmap counted 2,790 Tesla chargers at 446 UK locations, and said the network had passed 50% public accessibility (Zapmap Tesla network). The counts are measured differently, so they show the direction rather than an exact growth rate. For the network as Tesla owners see it, our Tesla Supercharger UK guide covers the whole picture.

Which non-Tesla cars can use a Supercharger?

Any car with a CCS rapid charging socket can. The exceptions Electrifying.com names are the original Nissan Leaf, some Lexus models and early Renault Zoes. If you are unsure which plug your car has, our explainer on which cars use CCS lists the common ones. No adaptor is needed: the Supercharger’s own cable has the CCS plug, and where a post has two cables, non-Tesla cars use the CCS one.

Owners of an older Leaf or another car with a CHAdeMO socket cannot use Superchargers at all; our guide to CHAdeMO and where to find it covers the networks that still serve them.

Two practical limits apply to everyone else. Stalls are designed for a Tesla’s port at the back on the passenger side, so a car with its socket at the front or on the driver’s side may need careful parking; Auto Express suggests reversing into the bay. And Electrifying.com reported that some Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 owners had problems on 250 kW V3 stalls, while 150 kW V2 stalls worked.

Your car charges at its own peak rate. Zapmap lists the open network at 150 to 400 kW, but a car rated at 82 kW gets no more than 82 kW wherever it plugs in.

How much does a Supercharger cost for a non-Tesla car?

Non-Tesla drivers paid an average of 69p/kWh at open sites in October 2026, 21p more than Tesla drivers but 13p less than the UK rapid average. Zapmap also named Tesla’s open network the cheapest of the UK’s top 10 rapid networks that month, with prices from 51p/kWh, against 92p/kWh at InstaVolt (Zapmap rapid charging prices).

Who pays	Charger speed	Price	Period
Non-Tesla EVs, open sites	150 to 400 kW	69p/kWh average	October 2026
Non-Tesla EVs, open sites, lowest price	150 to 400 kW	from 51p/kWh	October 2026
Tesla drivers, whole network	All stalls	48p/kWh average	October 2026
UK rapid and ultra-rapid, all networks	50 kW and above	82p/kWh average	October 2026

Source: Zapmap, checked 10 November 2026.

Some sites charge more at busy times. At Wokingham in April 2025, Electrifying.com found 41p/kWh outside 4pm to 8pm and 52p/kWh within it. Our monthly report on what Tesla and non-Tesla drivers pay tracks the averages as they move.

What does a 10 to 80% charge cost at a Supercharger?

A 10 to 80% stop costs £18.24 to £36.13 for the three cars below, between the 51p lowest open-site price and the 69p average. We costed each from EV Compared’s spec data.

Method: usable battery × 70% = kWh added; kWh added × price per kWh = cost of the stop. Inputs and rounding are in our methodology.

Car	Usable battery	kWh added (10 to 80%)	At 51p	At 69p	At 82p (UK rapid average)	Peak DC, 10 to 80% time
BYD Atto 2 Boost	51.1 kWh	35.77 kWh	£18.24	£24.68	£29.33	82 kW, 38 min
MG4 Premium Long Range	61.7 kWh	43.19 kWh	£22.03	£29.80	£35.42	154 kW, 25 min
BYD Atto 3 EVO Design RWD	74.8 kWh	52.36 kWh	£26.70	£36.13	£42.94	220 kW, 25 min

At the 69p average, an open Supercharger saves £5.62 on the MG4’s stop against the 82p UK rapid average, and £6.81 on the Atto 3’s. The Atto 2 shows where the saving stops: with an 82 kW peak, its stop takes 38 minutes on any network, so a Supercharger gains it money but not time.

How do you pay at a Supercharger without a Tesla?

Most non-Tesla drivers pay through the Tesla app, because older V2 and V3 stalls take no card or contactless payment and may have no screen, Auto Express reported in June 2026. There are three routes:

• Tesla app. Create a Tesla account, add a bank card, choose the stall and start the session. This works at every open site.
• Contactless. V4 stalls have a screen and a contactless card reader, and offer a QR code for a digital receipt, according to Auto Express. Our guide to contactless EV charging covers which other networks take it.
• Charge cards in the app. In November 2025 Tesla began accepting 34 third-party charge cards as a payment method in the Tesla app in Europe, electrive reported. The card is billed in place of your bank card, but it cannot be tapped at the stall, and a non-Tesla session still starts in the app.

Teslas start charging as soon as they are plugged in; other cars do not get that on this network, electrive notes, so the app or a V4 card reader is always the first step.

Is Supercharger membership worth it for a non-Tesla driver?

Membership pays for itself at about 45 to 90 kWh a month of Supercharging, roughly one or two 10 to 80% stops in an MG4. Tesla cut the monthly fee for non-Tesla drivers from £10.99 to £8.99 in April 2024 and added a £90 annual plan (EV Fleet World); Carwow still gave both prices in July 2025. Members save 10p to 20p per kWh, according to Electrifying.com, which found 28p/kWh against 42p at Uxbridge. Tesla owners are members automatically.

Method: fee ÷ saving per kWh = kWh to break even; kWh × the car’s WLTP miles per kWh (WLTP range ÷ usable battery) = Supercharged miles to break even.

Plan	Fee	Break-even kWh (20p to 10p saving)	BYD Atto 2 Boost (4.19 mi/kWh)	MG4 Long Range (4.54 mi/kWh)	BYD Atto 3 EVO (4.22 mi/kWh)
Monthly	£8.99	45 to 90 kWh	188 to 377 miles	204 to 408 miles	190 to 380 miles
Annual	£90	450 to 900 kWh	1,885 to 3,769 miles	2,042 to 4,084 miles	1,901 to 3,802 miles

Those are Supercharged miles, not total mileage. A driver doing 10,000 miles a year who charges at home most nights may Supercharge far less than 2,000 miles. WLTP is a lab figure, and motorway miles per kWh are lower, which brings the break-even mileage down. The monthly plan suits anyone who charges in bursts, because it can be bought for the month of a long trip and dropped afterwards.

Which Supercharger sites are open to non-Tesla cars?

The Tesla app shows which sites are open: filter the map for non-Tesla access and it lists the sites your car can use, with each site’s chargers, address, hours and prices, Carwow explains. Zapmap’s map shows the same sites alongside other networks, and our Zapmap guide explains its filters.

Open sites in the 2022 pilot ran from Folkestone in Kent to Aviemore in the Highlands, and Zapmap now puts more than half of Tesla’s UK network in the open group.

What are idle fees and congestion fees?

An idle fee is a per-minute charge for staying plugged in after charging ends, and Tesla can charge up to £1 a minute, according to Electrifying.com and Carwow. Auto Express also describes a congestion fee for occupying a stall above 80% charge at a busy site. Zapmap adds that connection fees, overstay fees or other PAYG rates can apply on top of the per kWh price. Watching the session in the app and moving the car when it ends avoids idle and congestion fees.

On reliability, Tesla gives a 99% uptime figure for its Superchargers, EV Fleet World reported in April 2024. That is Tesla’s own number, not an independent test.

How do you use a Tesla Supercharger with a non-Tesla, step by step?

1. Download the Tesla app, create an account and add a payment card.
2. Choose the non-Tesla charging option and pick a site that is open to all EVs.
3. Park so the cable reaches your socket; reverse in if your port is at the back.
4. Plug in the CCS connector.
5. In the app, select the stall number, usually printed at the bottom of the stall, and start charging. Electrifying.com says the connection can take up to two minutes.
6. At a V4 stall, you can tap a contactless card instead.
7. Stop the session in the app, return the connector to its holder and move the car.

Our step-by-step piece on using a Supercharger with another EV covers the app screens in more detail.

Who should use Superchargers, and who should not?

Open Superchargers suit any CCS car on a long trip: at 69p/kWh they are 13p/kWh below the UK rapid average, and membership pays for drivers who rapid charge most weeks. They suit fast-charging cars most, such as the Atto 3 EVO with its 220 kW peak, because the stop is both cheaper and short.

They suit slow-charging cars less, where the saving is in price only, and drivers with a socket at the front who face awkward parking. They cannot be used by CHAdeMO cars, and Ioniq 5 and EV6 owners have reported problems on V3 stalls that V2 stalls did not show. If you are planning a long route, our comparison of Ionity and Tesla Superchargers sets the two main motorway options side by side.

Our verdict, based on published price data rather than our own testing: for a UK driver with a CCS car, an open Supercharger is the first rapid network to check on a long journey, and the membership is worth buying for any month with a long trip in it.