Tesla Supercharger UK: prices per kWh, membership and where the chargers are

A Tesla Supercharger is Tesla’s own network of rapid chargers. In October 2026 Tesla drivers paid an average of 48p/kWh on it and drivers of other electric cars paid 69p/kWh at the sites open to them, both below the 82p/kWh UK rapid average, according to Zapmap.

Prices on this page were checked on 10 November 2026 against Zapmap’s October figures. Tesla does not publish one national tariff: each site has its own price, some sites change it with the time of day, and the Tesla app shows it before you plug in.

What is a Tesla Supercharger and who runs it?

A Supercharger is a DC rapid charger built and run by Tesla, first for its own cars and now, across more than half of the UK network, for any electric car with a CCS connector. Tesla is the operator and sets the prices, the membership and the rules on idle time.

Electrifying.com lists two generations in common UK use: V2 stalls at 150 kW and V3 stalls at 250 kW. Newer V4 stalls add a contactless card reader, according to Electrifying.com in April 2024. Zapmap describes the open network as 150 to 400 kW chargers. Your car takes power at its own peak rate, so a car rated at 82 kW gets no more than that from a 250 kW stall.

For Tesla owners, the Tesla hub covers each model’s charging speed and running costs.

Is this the same as an engine supercharger?

No. In a petrol or diesel car, a supercharger is an air compressor that pushes more air into the engine so it can burn more fuel and make more power, and it is driven by a belt from the engine itself, Carbuyer explains. A turbocharger does the same job using exhaust gas to spin a turbine, which is why turbos can lag. Because the engine has to drive it, a supercharger costs some efficiency. Tesla borrowed the name; its chargers have nothing to do with engines or compressed air. The rest of this page is about charging an electric car.

How much does a Supercharger cost per kWh?

Tesla drivers paid an average of 48p/kWh across the whole network in October 2026, and other EVs paid 69p/kWh at open sites. 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
Tesla drivers, whole Supercharger network	All stalls	48p/kWh average	October 2026
Other EVs, open sites	150 to 400 kW	69p/kWh average	October 2026
Other EVs, open sites, lowest price	150 to 400 kW	from 51p/kWh	October 2026
UK rapid and ultra-rapid, all networks	Rapid and ultra-rapid	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 off-peak and 52p/kWh from 4pm to 8pm. Nearby sites can differ too: the next nearest, Uxbridge, charged 42p/kWh. Our page on what Tesla and non-Tesla drivers pay at Superchargers tracks the monthly averages.

What does a 10 to 80% charge cost?

A 10 to 80% charge at an open Supercharger costs £18.24 to £36.13 for the three cars below, between the 51p lowest price and the 69p average. We costed each car from EV Compared’s spec data, with the 82p UK rapid average alongside for comparison.

Method: usable battery × 70% = kWh added; kWh added × price per kWh = cost of the stop. Inputs and rounding are set out 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
Geely EX5 SE	60.2 kWh	42.14 kWh	£21.49	£29.08	£34.55	120 kW
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 £4.65 on the Atto 2’s stop and £6.81 on the Atto 3’s against the 82p UK rapid average. The Atto 2 shows the limit of a fast stall: its 82 kW peak means a 38 minute stop wherever you plug in, so the Supercharger’s advantage for it is price, not time.

Tesla owners pay member rates automatically, and our guide to how much it costs to charge a Tesla costs each Model 3 and Model Y.

How do you pay at a Supercharger?

Tesla owners are signed up at member rates automatically, and their charging is handled through their Tesla account. Drivers of other EVs pay in one of three ways:

• Tesla app. Add a payment card, pick the stall number and start the session. The stalls Electrifying.com used in April 2025 took no contactless payment and had no screen, so the app was the only way to pay.
• Contactless. V4 stalls take a contactless bank card, according to Electrifying.com in April 2024.
• 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 cannot be used at the stall itself: you still start the session in the app, and the card is billed instead of your bank card.

Fleet drivers should read our report on Superchargers joining bp’s roaming network, which covers what bp’s fuel and charge card adds.

Is a Supercharging membership worth it?

The membership pays for itself if you put about 45 to 90 kWh a month into Superchargers, roughly one or two 10 to 80% stops in a BYD Atto 3 EVO. 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); Electrifying.com still gave £8.99 as the current monthly price in April 2025. Members save 10p to 20p per kWh, according to Electrifying.com. At Uxbridge that meant 28p/kWh against 42p.

Method: fee ÷ saving per kWh = kWh to break even; kWh × the BYD Atto 3 EVO’s WLTP efficiency (316 miles ÷ 74.8 kWh = 4.22 miles per kWh) = miles to break even.

Plan	Fee	Break-even at 20p saving	Break-even at 10p saving
Monthly	£8.99 a month	45 kWh, about 190 miles	90 kWh, about 380 miles
Annual	£90 a year	450 kWh, about 1,900 miles	900 kWh, about 3,800 miles

Those miles are Supercharged miles, not total mileage. A driver who covers 10,000 miles a year but charges at home most nights may Supercharge far less than 1,900 miles. WLTP efficiency is a lab figure, so motorway miles per kWh will be lower and the break-even mileage lower with it. The monthly plan has the edge for anyone who Supercharges in bursts, because it can be bought for a month with a long trip in it. Our Supercharger membership guide works through more driving patterns.

Where are the Superchargers in the UK?

Zapmap counted 2,790 Tesla chargers at 446 UK locations at the end of October 2026, and says the network has passed 50% public accessibility (Zapmap Tesla network). For context, in April 2024 Tesla said it ran about 1,400 Superchargers at 140 sites across the UK and Ireland, with 42 sites and 477 chargers open to all EVs, EV Fleet World reported. The two counts are measured differently, so they show the direction of travel rather than an exact growth rate.

Which sites are open to your car shows in the Tesla app and on Zapmap’s map. If you drive a non-Tesla, our step-by-step guide to using a Supercharger with another EV explains how to find them.

How reliable are Superchargers, and what are idle fees?

Tesla gives a 99% uptime figure for its Superchargers, EV Fleet World reported in April 2024; that is Tesla’s own figure, not an independent test. The cost to watch is the idle fee: if you stay plugged in after charging ends, Tesla can charge up to £1 a minute, according to Electrifying.com. Zapmap adds that connection fees, overstay fees or other PAYG rates can apply on top of the per kWh price. Moving the car as soon as the session ends avoids them.

Some non-Tesla cars have had trouble on V3 stalls. Electrifying.com reported problems for Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 owners on V3 units, while V2 units worked.

How do you use a Supercharger, step by step?

For a non-Tesla car, the process is:

1. Open the Tesla app, add a payment card and check that the site is open to all EVs.
2. Park so the cable reaches. Supercharger stalls are built for a charging port at the back on the passenger side, so a car with its port elsewhere may need careful parking.
3. Plug in the CCS connector.
4. In the app, select the stall number, which is usually printed at the bottom of the stall, and press Get Started. Electrifying.com says the connection can take up to two minutes.
5. At a V4 stall you can tap a contactless card instead.
6. Press Stop Charge in the app, return the connector to its holder and move the car straight away to avoid idle fees.

Who should use Superchargers, and who should not?

Superchargers suit anyone on a long route who wants a fast stall at a lower price than most rapid networks: at 69p/kWh, open sites are 13p/kWh below the UK rapid average. They suit Tesla owners most of all, at 48p/kWh, and regular long-distance drivers of other EVs, for whom the membership pays.

They suit cars with a slow peak charging rate less: the price advantage is real, but the stop is no shorter. They do not suit cars without a CCS connector, which cannot use them at all, and Ioniq 5 and EV6 owners should prefer V2 stalls where they can. If you are weighing Tesla’s network against the alternatives for long trips, our Ionity vs Tesla Supercharger comparison sets the two side by side.

For everyday miles, our guide to charging at home covers tariffs and installation.

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