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What charging costs, and why.
Background on charging prices, tariffs and rules, with sources. Written by the people behind WATTWEG.
- Ad hoc charging with a bank card: what AFIR requires Since April 2024 every public EU charger must let you charge without a contract. What applies, where card readers can be missing, and what it costs. Read
- Do I need a charging subscription? The break-even maths How many kWh a month make EnBW M, IONITY Power or Elli Ultra pay off. A simple formula, real prices from our catalogue, and examples for occasional drivers. Read
- EV holiday in the Netherlands: charging and paying Bank card, ANWB, E-Flux or Tap: how charging works in the Netherlands, what formula tariffs are, and what 30 kWh cost by payment method. With sources. Read
- EV road trip to Denmark, Sweden and Norway: what we know Networks, payment and prices in Scandinavia: what is openly known and what is not. With prices from Circle K, Mer, Recharge, IONITY and Allego. Read
- Idle fees at EV chargers: when they start, how to avoid them From minute 30, 60 or 240: when charging providers add idle fees, how high they get and how to avoid them. Examples from our sourced tariff catalogue. Read
- Why WATTWEG earns nothing from your charging How WATTWEG makes money, how other charging apps do, and the rules that keep commissions from changing the order of recommendations in the app. Read