750 hydrogen-powered cars

The number of fully electric passenger cars in the Netherlands is set to rise to 750,000

Het aantal regulier toegankelijke laadpunten in Nederland heeft in juni 2026 het aantal van 129.000 overschreden. Foto: Shutterstock, 2026

For the first time, there are currently 750,000 fully electric passenger cars on the road in the Netherlands. The number of plug-in hybrid vehicles – cars that can run on both fuel and electricity – has risen to over 600,000 in this country. By contrast, the number of hydrogen-powered cars in the Netherlands remains marginal.

All these electric passenger cars can be charged (quickly) at more than 135,000 publicly accessible charging points. This is according to figures from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). Although it may seem as though electric driving is the norm in the Netherlands, the figures remain modest when compared with the total vehicle fleet of over 9.7 million vehicles. For example, fully electric cars and plug-in hybrid passenger cars currently have a combined market share of just over 13.8 per cent. This means that more than one in ten of all passenger cars on the road in our country are fully or partially electric.

Hydrogen cars

Although hydrogen-powered cars were predicted to have a bright future, they have yet to really take off in the Netherlands. For example, there are currently 753 so-called FCEVs – hydrogen-powered cars – on the road in our country. The number of light commercial vehicles running on hydrogen in the Netherlands currently stands at 34. There are 52 heavy commercial vehicles running on hydrogen, and the number of hydrogen-powered buses stands at 62. These figures are very small, certainly when compared to the total vehicle fleet in the Netherlands. Nevertheless, the number of light and heavy commercial vehicles running on hydrogen in the transport sector is on the rise. The investments being made to increase the number of hydrogen refuelling stations in our country – currently around 25 – whilst at the same time significantly reducing the price of a kilo of hydrogen at the pump, could lead to further growth in the transport sector.

129,000 charging points

The number of publicly accessible charging points in the Netherlands exceeded 129,000 in June 2026. In addition, according to the Rijksdienst, the country also has 80,126 charging points with restricted public access. The number of fast-charging points stands in stark contrast to this, at 6,650. This means that owners of electric passenger cars have access to almost 216,000 charging points to charge their vehicles. In reality, there are many more charging points for EVs, as the Netherlands is also estimated to have more than 650,000 home charging points.

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This article was automatically translated from the original Dutch text into British English.

Author: Paul Blonk

Source: MobilityEnergy.com

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