Generally, yes — the balance usually stays in your account, not tied to a specific car. What you normally cannot transfer is an activation already in progress from one vehicle to another. It is worth understanding the difference between two concepts: the credit/balance you carry in your app account, and the activation you trigger for a specific plate. The first is flexible; the second is not.
Account balance vs. plate activation
- Balance (credits): the amount available in your app account. Since it belongs to the account, you can normally use it to activate any vehicle registered to that same account — your car, your motorcycle, a relative's car, and so on.
- Activation: this is when you "spend" part of that balance to keep a specific plate compliant for a period. That activation is tied to that plate and that time. You cannot take an activation in progress and simply move it to another plate.
In practice: how to use the balance across several vehicles
In Digipare, the usual approach is to keep more than one vehicle registered to the same account and choose, at the time of activation, which plate the time goes to. The balance is the same; what changes is the plate you select. This way, you use the credit on the car today and on the motorcycle tomorrow, without needing two accounts.
| What you want to do | Is it possible? |
|---|---|
| Use your account balance on another of your vehicles | Yes — register the plate and activate |
| Transfer an activation already in progress from one car to another | No — the activation stays tied to that plate/time |
| Use unused balance on another occasion/vehicle | Yes — the balance stays in the account |
Why activation does not transfer
An activation exists to prove that that vehicle paid at that moment. If it could be moved freely, it would lose its meaning as evidence for enforcement. That is why each activation is born tied to a plate. The balance, on the other hand, stays at your disposal because it sits in the account.
Important precautions
- Always check that you selected the correct plate before confirming the activation. Activating the wrong plate does not protect the right vehicle.
- The rules for registering vehicles and using a balance may have particularities depending on the city and the service configuration — check in the app.
- Unused balance usually stays available, but it is worth keeping an eye on your account's conditions.
In short
You can almost always use your balance on another vehicle, as long as it is on the same account — just choose the plate at the time of activation. What you cannot do is transfer an activation that is already running from one car to another. By keeping your vehicles registered in Digipare, the balance works for all of them.