Guide to EV chargers: How to use an Instavolt 50kW rapid charger / Electrifying

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Instavolt 50kW rapid chargers are among the most common rapid chargers in the UK and one of the easiest to use.

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[amolaksinghsunnerd]

chargers should display charge cost that can be seen from far away like regular fuel station

[jasdua]

Good video but missed information about type of connectors. This is important as not all cars use CCS at present

[kinross]

When you showed the screen Authorising payment it clearly showed above that it was a 125kw Shared unit, therefore not actually a 50Kw max speed.

[qb]

The one thing I really don’t like about Instavolt is the way anybody can walk up to the unit whilst you’re away from the car and stop your charge. Other chargers I’ve used like BP Pulse require you to reaffirm the decision by tapping your card again to stop the charge.
I never feel comfortable walking away from my car when it’s charging at an Instavolt knowing somebody can just press stop when they’re walking by.

[Ian-xqrt]

The only part missing was the initial speak to bank manager to take out a loan to pay for the prices Instavolt charge, if possible, I would say avoid as they are far too expensive.

Thank you. Good video as usual. How much do these charging companies ‘hold’ before you can charge, and how fast do they return the ‘held’ money, especially if the charger breaks down? This may be an interesting topic for a future video?

[holdontoyourwig]

All chargers should be like this can come along and stop your charging session by touching the screen. A better way would be to tap your card on the screen again.

[grahamsmith]

Does the charger have a sign to tell you it's offline? As I know that's annoying when you get there to find it's not working. But you wouldn't need to pull off the road if you could see straight away

[grantemarshall]

Great video although my experience at Penrith Instavolt wasn't great. From 50kW advertised I received 27kW and the charge point next to mine had a Tesla connected at 50% SOC and that one was providing 29kW. The charger I was connected to refused to work with two other EV's before mine. The car park these were installed had a 2 hour limit before £100 fine kicks in. I think McDonald's have a 90 minute parking limit before fines kick in.

[mikeohara]

Probably want to blur out the debit card at 0:25.

[KundaliniMaster]

Ever noticed that sometimes when using a debit card you are asked to chip and pin?
This is a card requirement if you use it frequently.
Instavolt chargers decline your debit card when it wants to do chip and pin.
Either use a different card or try the app.

[kinross]

Actually 50p/kWh used. Defo can get up to 125kw/on the CCS plug but only 50Kw/h on ChaDeMo side.

[MilhouseBS]

Good point on the turning top I didn’t notice it the first time I used one

[jessicaboon]

Why are you not talking about the LACK OF TYPE 2 CHARHING? The ones I've seen don't so they're actively refusing to allow these vehicles to use them!

What is the other cable for? It's only half a video

[dcbel]

Great video, really informative!

Thank you for sharing! ⚡🔌🚘

[ProdigiousOne]

Cool, these are Chargepoint chargers in the USA. They're good.

[lharris]

The problem is, anyone can press stop charge and remove cable. Protection from theft is needed

[nevilleconnolly]

What price when you add in the cost of the meal and or coffee while your waiting the 50 minutes for yourself or family?

[keithgeorge]

The App. Also allows you to monitor the charging.

[paulaxford]

The EV always specifies a suitable current. The charger is only responsible for meeting that demand within its maximum voltage capability.