Do I need a Dutch charge pass for a holiday?

No. Your own charge card usually works there too, and at new rapid chargers of 50 kW or more you can pay by bank card under AFIR. Tap Electric states its prices are for residents of the Netherlands only.

A fixed amount per charging session regardless of energy. With the free ANWB pass it is €0.89 in the Netherlands, with Vattenfall's pass at other operators' chargers €0.35, and with E-Flux Flex €0.31 (checked on 24 October 2026).

Are Dutch charger prices shown with VAT?

At the charger and on provider websites they normally include 21% VAT. In the open data it is not always clear: 40% of priced rapid charge points on our measured route had no VAT field.

How do I find the price before charging?

Almost all operators report their charger price through the national data portal NDW. On our measured route, 428 of 432 rapid charge points of 50 kW or more had a price (99.1%, 24 October 2026).

EV holiday in the Netherlands: charging and paying

At a glance

Almost all operators in the Netherlands publish their charger price through the national data portal NDW. On our measured route, 99.1% of rapid charge points of 50 kW or more had a price (428 of 432, 24 October 2026).
Many Dutch charge passes are formula tariffs: they pass on the charger’s price and add a session or percentage fee. ANWB without subscription: charger price plus €0.89 per session. Tap Electric without a card: charger price plus 10%.
At a charger costing €0.73/kWh, 30 kWh cost €21.90 paying directly, €22.79 with the free ANWB pass and €24.09 with Tap pay-as-you-go (prices checked on 24 October 2026).
For a holiday with a few charges you don’t need a Dutch pass. A bank card at rapid chargers and your own card at AC posts usually do.

The Netherlands is the easiest neighbouring country I know for electric driving: plenty of chargers, open prices, rapid chargers every few kilometres along the motorways. What feels unfamiliar to visitors is the pricing logic. The question isn’t “what does my tariff cost per kWh” but “what does the charger cost, and what does my pass add on top”.

How prices work

In Germany most charge cards set their own price per kWh. In the Netherlands it’s often the other way round: the operator sets the price and many passes pass it on. What differs is the fee on top:

starttarief: a fixed fee per session
transactiekosten: a percentage on the session
toeslag: a small extra per kWh, for example outside the pass provider’s network
abonnement: a monthly fee that removes the start or percentage fee

We call these formula tariffs (class B in our catalogue). WATTWEG calculates them from the charger’s price in NDW. If that price is missing, the pass price is unknown too, and we say so.

On VAT: at the charger and on tariff pages, Dutch prices normally include 21% btw. In the open data, 40% of priced rapid charge points on our route had no VAT field, and one operator’s VAT field contradicted its own display text. WATTWEG checks VAT handling per operator before showing a gross price.

Charge passes compared

Pass	Monthly	Formula in the Netherlands	One-off	Note
ANWB, no subscription	€0	charger price + €0.89 per session	€2.95 postage	card by post
ANWB with subscription	€3.99	charger price, no start fee; 10% off at Fastned	€2.95 postage	monthly notice
E-Flux Flex	€0	in E-Flux network + €0.31 per session; outside also €0.024/kWh and up to €0.48 at hub-connected chargers	€9.99 per card	hub surcharge not visible per charger
E-Flux Comfort	€3.23	no start fee or kWh surcharge; up to €0.48 at hub chargers	€9.99 per card	for “more than 5 sessions a month”
Tap pay-as-you-go	€0	charger price + 10%	no card	app only
Tap Light / Roamer	€0 / €2.50	+ 5% / + 0%	card	residents of the Netherlands only
Vattenfall pass	€0	own chargers: regional kWh rate, no start fee; others: €0.35 per session + app price	card	regional rates below

Worked example: 30 kWh at €0.73/kWh

€0.73 was the median first kWh price of Dutch rapid chargers on our route (with 40% unclear on VAT). I use it as an example; your charger may differ.

Method	Calculation	Cost
Directly at the charger	30 × €0.73	€21.90
ANWB with subscription	30 × €0.73 (+ €3.99 a month)	€21.90
E-Flux Comfort outside, hub surcharge	€21.90 + €0.48	€22.38
ANWB without subscription	€21.90 + €0.89	€22.79
Tap Light (+5%)	€21.90 × 1.05	€23.00
E-Flux Flex outside, hub surcharge	€21.90 + 30 × €0.024 + €0.31 + €0.48	€23.41
Tap pay-as-you-go (+10%)	€21.90 × 1.10	€24.09

The differences are small for a few sessions. From about 4.5 sessions a month, the ANWB subscription beats the free ANWB pass (€3.99 ÷ €0.89).

Motorway rapid chargers

Operator	Price in the Netherlands (24 Oct 2026)
Fastned standard (card or app)	€0.77/kWh
Fastned with 10% app discount	€0.693/kWh (calculated)
Fastned Gold Member	€0.54/kWh for €5.99 a month (offer price until 31 Oct 2026)
Allego pay as you go, DC	€0.79/kWh
Allego Smart app, DC	€0.69/kWh
IONITY Direct / app	from €0.76 / from €0.72/kWh

Fastned’s 10% app discount applies in the Netherlands and Denmark, not in Germany, and only with your own payment method in the Fastned app.

Vattenfall InCharge runs many AC posts in towns, priced by concession area. Its table lists, among others, €0.3624/kWh in Gelderland and Overijssel and €0.4619 in The Hague, including 21% VAT.

Charging without a pass

Rapid chargers: bank card or phone at the terminal. Charge points of 50 kW or more built since April 2024 must have one.
AC posts: many older posts have no terminal. Use the QR code or your own card, and check in your provider’s app what it costs there.
Longer stays: a Dutch pass mainly pays off for holiday homes with lots of AC charging. Order it early; it comes by post.

For the general rules on paying without a contract, see Ad hoc charging with a bank card. Every pass in this article is in our tariff catalogue with its sources.