'netherlands unsurpassed'

You will encounter the most charging stations on the road next summer in these European holiday countries

Published on 11-06-2025 at 09:15

In Europa zijn er landen waar heel veel snelladers zijn en landen waar die nog nauwelijks te vinden zijn. — Waar sommige populaire vakantielanden in Europa grote aantallen snelladers langs de weg bieden, zijn er ook landen waar DC-laders zeldzaam zijn.

More than half of Dutch people who will be taking an electric car on holiday in Europe this summer have little or no charging stress. There is no need to, because in most countries in Europe, you will encounter at least ten DC fast chargers almost every 300 kilometres. But there are also popular holiday countries where the number of fast chargers is still very limited and you need to pay close attention if you don’t want to come to a standstill.

This is according to a survey by Wegenvignetten.nl based on data from the European Alternative Fuels Observatory. Norway is still pre-eminently the country where you can drive electric most carefree. Every 300 kilometres you come across an average of 31 different fast chargers there. Only Luxembourg scores slightly higher. Germany has thirteen quick chargers per 300 kilometres and France eight. Belgium also does well with an average of nine DC chargers every 300 kilometres. This is about the same as Portugal (12) and Britain (11). In Italy, Croatia and Malta, finding a fast charger is already getting a bit more difficult; here, an average of six can be found every 300 kilometres. The countries with the least number of DC fast chargers are Spain, Ireland, Poland and Hungary. Here, no more than an average of one to four fast chargers are present every 300 kilometres of motorway, according to Wegenvignetten.nl.

Netherlands at the top

Once at the holiday destination, it is wise to use a much less expensive AC charger to recharge the electric car. In this area, the Netherlands is unsurpassed, according to Wegenvignetten.nl: every ten kilometres there are, on average, thirteen (semi)public AC charging stations. Only Luxembourg comes close with eight. In countries like Germany, France and Italy, there are less than two per ten kilometres and in Spain, Poland, Czech Republic and Croatia, among others, EV drivers even have to drive further than ten kilometres to encounter an AC charger.

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This article was automatically translated from the Dutch language original to English (British).

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