Overview
- InstaVolt said it has invested £2.5 million to equip five charging sites with battery energy storage, taking its battery‑enabled network to eight locations.
- Each converted site cost about £500,000 and the new list joins earlier battery sites at Winchester and at Corley North and South on the M6.
- The company said the batteries charge overnight on lower‑cost electricity and power chargers during daytime peaks so it can pass savings to drivers.
- InstaVolt plans a summer price of 70p per kWh, pointing to on‑site solar at its Winchester Superhub that produced 42,000 kWh in March as part of the supply.
- Performance data shared from Corley showed that adding 230 kVA of battery capacity lifted available site power to 500 kVA and raised energy delivered per charging session by up to a third.