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Chargt shows you what charge point operators in your area charge for supplying electricity per kWh and any additional costs such as time-based tariffs or idle fees. You search by your current location or by address and see the operator prices of all public charge points nearby. The operator price is the base price for the electricity at the charge point, without any surcharges your charge card provider may add on top.
The prices and locations come from the public database of the Dutch National Road Traffic Data Portal (NDW). The NDW has been appointed by the Dutch government as the data manager for charging data, under the European AFIR Regulation charging station operators are required to provide this information to the NDW.
According to the AFIR Regulation, a charge point is public if it's located somewhere that is publicly accessible and can be activated using a charge card or direct payment. So these are the charge points you find on the street, but also in car parks and on the parking lots of supermarkets, businesses and institutions.
Chargt is currently only available for charge points in the Netherlands. The prices and locations shown come from Dutch charging station operators via a public database.
A charging station operator (CPO) manages the charge point and charges a price per kWh for electricity and possibly additional costs such as a starting fee. A charge card provider (MSP) gives you a charge card or app to charge at different charge points and handles the billing. This often involves a monthly invoice, so you pay after charging your EV. In some cases, the charge point operator and the charge card provider may be the same company.
Chargt shows the charge point operator's price, this is the base rate for the electricity at the charge point. What you actually pay depends on your subscription with your charge card provider. Some charge per session (a starting fee) or a one-time fee for the card, others offer the operator price through a subscription without markup or starting fee. There are also providers that offer a subscription with a fixed rate per kWh regardless of the charge point. The right choice depends on how, where and how often you charge. Chargt gives you the starting point to determine what works best for you.
That's certainly possible. Some charge card providers offer subscriptions that give you a lower rate per kWh or remove the starting fee. Charging station operators themselves may also offer their own subscription or app with a reduced rate on their own network. In those cases, you'll pay less than the base price that Chargt shows.
No, you don't always need a charge card. More and more charge points let you pay directly with a debit card, QR code or the operator's app. The European AFIR Regulation has required the option of direct payment for new charge points since April 2024, existing charge points under 50 kW have a transition period until 14 October 2027.
You'll know the price per kWh immediately and in many cases you'll only pay the price you see on Chargt, without extra costs for a charge card, debit card or credit card. Additionally, some people may prefer to settle the costs immediately rather than receiving a monthly invoice and direct debit.
A significant share of existing public charge points under 50 kW still don't support direct payment. These charge points were often installed before April 2024 and therefore fall under the transition period until October 2027. Many charge points located in car parks and on parking lots fall into this category.
Some operators will still make sure direct payment becomes available. For charge points under 50 kW, this can also be done with a QR code. Another option is to make a charge point no longer publicly accessible. For example, a business could allow only its own employees to charge and exclude other passes. This would mean that the charge point disappears from the public network, and therefore from Chargt.
The public data we work with does not contain payment methods. As a result, Chargt cannot show per charge point whether you can pay with your debit card or with a QR code.
Prices are updated daily from the public database. How current they are depends on when the operator reports the information. Chargt cannot guarantee the currency of the data. Always verify the current rate with the operator if the price is important for your decision.
Charging station operators are required to report, among other things, prices and locations. However, a large portion of that data, particularly price information, is still missing. There can be multiple reasons for this. It could be that the data hasn't been submitted yet, has not been processed correctly, or there are other technical causes. Chargt does not fill in missing data.
In many cases, location data is not reported by the operator, making it unclear whether the charge point is on the street, in a car park, or at another type of location. A charge point could be located on business premises or at another location that is difficult to reach in practice. Showing a charge point on Chargt therefore does not mean that the charge point is actually accessible or that charging by passers-by is desired.
When a public charge point is not registered and no report is sent to the NDW database, it will not be shown on Chargt. Many businesses work with a service provider who handles this process.
Each charge point on Chargt gives you the option to report a data error. You can indicate which data is incorrect by selecting from standard options or by typing your own report. We collect these reports to monitor data quality, and to discuss them in general terms with the relevant charge point operators and other stakeholders. Chargt does not adjust data itself based on these reports.
Chargt is a commercial company active in software development and is independent of energy companies, charge card providers and charging station operators.