Attached: 20 cents cashback per kWh at 200 locations
Until December 31, 2026, Allego will offer 20 cents per kilowatt hour as cashback at 200 fast charging locations in Germany. This reduces the effective price to 39 cents under the free Smart-Tarif plan and 19 cents with the Plus subscription.
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According to Allego, it operates more than 35,000 AC and DC charging stations in 16 European countries. The company founded in 2013 is now reducing costs at some of its ultra-fast chargers by the end of the year. The discount is not reflected in a lower listed price at the charging station. Instead, customers receive a fixed amount credited to their app after each charge per kilowatt hour.
250 Locations in Germany and France
The promotion runs from October 15 to December 31, 2026, inclusive. Anyone who charges at a participating location during this period and pays for the charging process through the Allego app receives 20 cents back per kilowatt hour charged. A total of 250 Allego locations are participating, with 200 in Germany and the rest in France. According to the company’s promotional materials, these locations together offer more than 1,000 ultra-fast charging points.
The charging stations that are part of the promotion are marked in the app. Other payment methods such as chargers from third-party providers or roaming rates are not included in the offer per the provider’s description. The cashback is tied to payment through the Allego app.
Effective Prices in Germany
This offer is available to all users of the Allego app, including the free Allego Smart plan that is pre-set by default. Customers with an Allego Plus subscription are also eligible for the cashback. For Germany, the effective prices are as follows:
Allego Smart: 39 instead of 59 cents per kilowatt hour
Allego Plus: 19 instead of 39 cents per kilowatt hour
Allego does not specify the monthly base fee for the Plus subscription in the announcement.
Payment
Credit to the app wallet
Customers do not need to request cashback or enter a promo code. After the charging process is complete, Allego automatically credits the amount to the wallet in the app. According to the company, this process consists of three steps:
Open the Allego app and select a participating location
Charge your vehicle and pay for the charging process through the app.
You receive 20 cents per kilowatt hour charged as credit in the app wallet.
The notice does not specify whether and how the credit can be withdrawn. It also does not state whether it can only be used to offset future charging costs.
Provider’s example calculation
For a model calculation, Allego assumes a consumption of 20 kWh per 100 kilometers. A Plus subscriber would pay 3.80 euros per 100 kilometers during the promotion at a participating station. For comparison, the company cites its regular Smart-Tarif rate of 59 cents per kilowatt hour, which would amount to 11.80 euros per 100 kilometers. Allego estimates a savings of 8 euros per 100 kilometers, totaling 80 euros for 1,000 kilometers. At the promotional price, the cost for this distance would be 38 euros instead of 118 euros.
This savings comes from two factors: the cheaper Plus tariff and cashback. The cashback alone amounts to 4 euros per 100 kilometers for a consumption of 20 kWh. For customers on the free Smart tariff, costs drop from 11.80 euros to 7.80 euros per 100 kilometers according to the same calculation. Allego notes that actual costs depend on several factors, including consumption, driving style, distance, weather, and the charging stations used.
Jean Gadrat, Chief Marketing Officer at Allego, points to an effective price of 19 cents per kilowatt hour. According to him, fast charging can thus be cheaper than charging at home in many markets. This makes electric cars more cost-effective compared to gasoline vehicles as well.
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