The market beneath Joulo

The Dutch EV market in numbers

From every plug-in car in the Netherlands to the euros home charging yields. One funnel, with live fleet figures and an honest calculation of the ERE potential.

Fleet live from CBS StatLine • chargeable fleet and home charging based on RVO/NAL • updated 2026-07-07

The fleet • CBS 2026

What the Netherlands drives

Passenger cars total

9,415,540

With an electric powertrain

2,023,337

+25% vs last year

Electric-powertrain share

21%

"Electric powertrain" is the CBS fuel type electricity • besides fully electric cars it also counts plug-in and regular hybrids. Only home charging with a MID meter earns ERE credits, so the ERE-relevant fleet is smaller. We work that out step by step below.

From car to ERE

Four steps to the market

The top is large, but each step narrows the market a little. That's exactly where the opportunity is.

Step 1

Chargeable plug-in cars

1Mcars

Fully electric (700,000) plus plug-in hybrid (300,000). Only these cars charge at a plug and can therefore yield ERE credits.

RVO state of electric driving

Step 2

Home charge points (of which MID)

863,000 · 300,000 MIDcharge points

Around 863,000 private home charge points, of which an estimated 300,000 have a built-in MID meter (35%): roughly half via business and lease charging platforms, the rest private and other home MID. That MID share is registrable today.

RVO/NAL/ElaadNL • MID share is an estimate

Step 3

kWh charged at home per year

488.1Mregistrable kWh

12,000 km × 18 kWh/100 km × 65% home charging = 1,404 kWh per car. Across the MID fleet, 488.1M registrable kWh a year.

CBS annual mileage • ElaadNL/ANWB home-charging share

Step 4

ERE credits & market value

162.4MERE credits per year

488.1M kWh × 0.333 ERE/kWh. At the net guide price of € 0.12–0.15 per kWh that's € 58.6M–73.2M a year for drivers combined.

NEa ERE methodology • fee_settings (live)

The calculation

No hidden assumptions

chargeable EVs × km/year × kWh/100km × home charging × MID coverage
= registrable kWh × 0.333 = ERE credits
Chargeable EVs (BEV + PHEV)
1,000,000 cars
Average annual mileage
12,000 km
Consumption
18 kWh / 100 km
Home-charging share
65%
MID coverage of home charge points
35%
Registrable kWh per year
488.1M kWh
Renewable grid share (CBS 2026)
50.5%
ERE credits per year
162.4M ERE
Market value for drivers (net)
€ 58.6M – 73.2M / year

ERE per kWh = 50.5% × 0.6588 ≈ 0.3327 kg CO₂. Net €/kWh and fee (20%) come live from our price settings. ERE prices are market-dependent, so this is a guide value, not a guarantee.

The bottleneck

The MID meter opens the market

Of 863,000 home charge points, about 35% can register today. Every charge point that gets a built-in MID meter grows the market. Joulo arranges the upgrade or the registration • all you do is charge.

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Frequently asked questions

The market explained

On 1 January 2026 CBS counted 9,415,540 passenger cars, of which 2,023,337 have an electric motor (fuel type electricity, including plug-in and regular hybrids). The purely chargeable fleet — fully electric plus plug-in hybrid, which charges at home and can therefore earn ERE credits — we estimate at roughly 1M cars based on RVO figures.

An ERE is only created when charging at home with a metered, MID-certified supply point. Non-plug-in hybrids never charge at a charge point, and far from all home charge points have a built-in MID meter yet. That MID share is the real bottleneck in the market.

An average passenger car drives around 12,000 km a year. At a consumption of about 18 kWh per 100 km and a home-charging share of roughly 65%, that comes to over 1,404 kWh charged at home per car per year.

The registrable home-charging energy alone is worth about 488.1M kWh a year. That equals roughly 162.4M ERE credits and, at the net guide price of € 0.12–0.15 per kWh, an annual value on the order of € 58.6M–73.2M for drivers combined. As more charge points get a MID meter, that market grows along.

Sources

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