Polestar has split its European public charging subscription into two tiers, adding a cheaper entry plan while raising the price of the plan that replaces its previous one.
The new Plus tier costs €7.99 ($9.00) a month for a 15% discount on fast charging at selected networks, while the Pro tier costs €14.99 ($16.90) for a 30% discount, the company said on Thursday.
Pro costs €1, or 7.1%, more than the €13.99 ($15.80) Polestar charged for its previous single subscription, which also offered 30% off.
Existing subscribers have been moved to Pro automatically, according to Plugsurfing, the charging company that runs the service for Polestar.
Both tiers now cover more discounted charging points than the old plan, with more than 104,000 for Plus and more than 118,000 for Pro, increases of 26% and 43%, Polestar said.
Two Tiers
Polestar Charge comes with every Polestar, including used vehicles sold through its pre-owned programme, and drivers can use it without a subscription by paying the standard price for each charge.
“The new entry-level subscription tier, Plus, is aimed at customers who occasionally need to fast charge,” Polestar said.
The Plus discount applies at “five select fast charging networks in each market,” and the Pro discount at “seven select fast charging networks, including Ionity,” the company said.
In Germany, Plus covers EnBW, Shell Recharge, Vattenfall, Mer and Fastned, while Pro adds Allego and Ionity, according to Polestar Charge’s subscription website.
In France, Plus covers Powerdot, Izivia, TotalEnergies, Electra and Atlante, with Pro again adding Allego and Ionity.
The number of networks is not the same everywhere, with fewer than five Plus networks in the UK and some smaller markets and eight Pro networks in Switzerland, the website shows.
The Pro tier also gives 30% off at Ionity “anywhere in Europe,” according to the site, which lists 19 countries where subscribers can save.
Local Prices
Polestar priced the tiers in euros in its announcement, but the website shows local-currency prices in some markets.
In Norway, Plus costs 95 Norwegian kroner ($9.85) a month and Pro 179 kroner ($18.60).
At current exchange rates, the Norwegian Pro price is about 10% higher than the euro price.
A Price Increase
Polestar presented the change as making fast charging “more affordable,” which applies to drivers who choose the new Plus tier.
“Your subscription automatically moves to Polestar Charge Pro,” Plugsurfing told existing subscribers in a blog post on September 2.
“It keeps the same 30 percent discount and IONITY access you already have, plus any additional discounted networks available in your market,” it said.
Subscribers who want Plus must cancel Pro in the app and subscribe again, Plugsurfing said.
Plugsurfing published the new tiers a month before Polestar’s announcement, and Polestar did not say when the new prices took effect.
A Bigger Network
Polestar Charge now gives access to more than 1.25 million public charging points across Europe, including Tesla‘s Superchargers, for subscribers and non-subscribers alike, Polestar said.
The service launched in March 2024 with more than 650,000 points and a 30% discount at more than 28,000 of them for €13.99 a month, and reached 1 million points in July 2025.
Polestar fully integrated Tesla’s Superchargers into its app in February, when it said discounts covered more than 80,000 points across 42 operators.
Polestar drivers made a record 161,000 charging sessions through the service from June to August, the company said.
The Polestar 2 from the 2026 model year, the Polestar 3 and the Polestar 4 support Plug & Charge, which starts a session when the cable is connected, according to the website.
The Pitch
“Polestar Charge provides users with one of Europe’s largest and most convenient charging ecosystems,” said Olivier Loedel, Head of Product Software Management at Polestar.
Chief Executive Officer Michael Lohscheller said EVs had passed “more than 20% of new car sales in the European Union during the first half of 2026.”
Fully electric cars took 20.7% of EU new car registrations in the first half, up from 15.6% a year earlier, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association.
The update comes as Polestar’s retail sales fell 4% in the second quarter to 17,296 cars, its first quarterly decline since 2024.
