Electric Volvo Cars will have access to Tesla Superchargers in certain regions, but not globally (yet).
One of the main reasons why Tesla was able to expand and operate at a loss for so long (their first profitable year was in 2020) was because they understood that whoever pioneered the most important features of the EV space would have a dominant position when the market matured. Well, that’s exactly what happened when the entire US market decided to pivot away from other standards such as the J-Plug, (SAE-J1772), Combined Charging System (CCS), and CHAdeMO to adopt the Tesla charge standard as the “North American Charging Standard” (NACS).
Now, Tesla’s dominance is moving beyond the North American market and toward Europe, Japan and South Korea as Volvo Car announces that their latest EVs will begin to support the use of 20,000 Tesla Supercharger stations across Europe natively through Volvo’s own app. This will begin in the fourth quarter of 2026 and will cover Tesla Superchargers in 29 countries across the European continent including Germany, France, Norway, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy and Spain.
Beyond that, Volvo Cars is also looking at making this transition at a later date in two other developed markets in the Asia-Pacific region, Japan and South Korea. These markets will only gain access to Tesla Superchargers by 2029 with some other details still being ironed out.
“Volvo drivers already have access to over three million charging points globally through the Volvo app,” says Alejandro Castro Pérez, Head of Energy Solutions at Volvo Cars. “Adding Tesla Superchargers in Europe means they now have even easier access to one of the most recognised fast charging networks. As we accelerate towards full electrification, our goal is to make charging simple and effortless, through a seamless ecosystem.”
Previously, Volvo Car had relied mostly on the ChargePoint network in North America and the Volvo Public Charging Service in Europe to aggregate access to third-party charging networks. Volvo Car became one of the first carmakers to adopt the Tesla charging standard (NACS) in the North American market back in the middle of 2023. A year prior to that, Tesla had published the technical details of the system and allowed any company to adopt it.
