Amsterdam, April 18, 2025. A large number of organisations operating in the Dutch EV charging industry have signed an agreement on better data exchange for smart charging of electric vehicles (EVs). The signing took place during the National Charging Infrastructure Agenda’s (NAL) annual event. The NAL is a governmental organisation that promotes the creation of a large EV charging infrastructure for all electric transport in the Netherlands.
The ‘Ede Agreement’ is a collaboration agreement between Charge Point Operators (CPOs), eMobility Service Providers (eMSPs) and Charge Point Management System providers (CPMS providers) that provide users with subscriptions, apps and charging passes. They will work together on smooth data exchange for an optimal user experience in smart charging to promote its use.
'With the Ede collaboration agreement, we hope smart charging will become the new normal for EV drivers.' Suthalan Gnanes - Managing Director at GreenFlux
Smart charging is an important tool to combat grid congestion. With smart charging, the speed and time of charging electric vehicles are programmed to adapt to a lower kWh price, the availability of locally generated sustainable power and space on the power grid. Better data exchange will improve EV drivers’ understanding of how smart charging affects the charging session and how to optimise its impact.
The collaboration agreement was signed by: ANWB, Eneco, EQUANS, the EV Roaming Foundation, GreenFlux, Last Mile Solutions, MultiTankcard, Orange Charging, Park&Charge, Tap Electric, Total Energies, Travelcard, and Vattenfall InCharge.
Better insight into smart charging application
Smart charging is on the rise in the Netherlands. It is increasingly applied at home, on the street, but also at business locations.
Smart charging ensures that charging takes place at lower electricity prices, that people make optimal use of their own solar (or other renewable) power, electricity demand remains within the contracted capacity at charging stations and parking garages, and peak demand on the public electricity grid is reduced as that can lead to grid congestion. This makes smart charging of electric cars an essential piece of the energy transition puzzle.
However, EV drivers often don’t know how smart charging is applied and what it means for their charging session. To clarify this, good data exchange between the various parties in the EV charging value chain is needed. To make this happen on a large scale, pioneering companies operating in the Dutch EV charging infrastructure are joining forces.
Acceleration of smart charging adoption
The collaboration should provide EV drivers with better insight into what power is available at the charging station at different times of the day. That power determines the charging speed and, thus, provides insight into how many kilowatt hours are charged in what time.
In addition, drivers can indicate that their vehicle should charge immediately and at the highest possible speed in case they need to leave again soon. Again, good data exchange between the various parties in the EV charging chain is important to make this a reality. In the future, this could include, for example, information about a driver’s departure time and how full the battery is.
Lennart Verheijen, the implementation manager of the ‘Smart Charging for Everyone’ programme, is pleased with the step taken at the NAL event in Ede, the Netherlands. Verheijen: ‘The reason this is not yet happening on a large scale is that companies have been waiting for each other to implement this, Therefore, the technical interfaces we need for this are still partly missing. The signing of the collaboration agreement will cause a breakthrough as it will remove an important barrier to the successful roll-out of smart charging.'
GreenFlux Managing Director Suthalan Gnanes is equally excited about the agreement. ‘Smart charging is a major spearhead for GreenFlux, as we know that alleviating the pressure of EV charging on the power grid is much needed. Currently, many of our customers can already benefit from smart charging with our smart algorithms, and we plan to roll that out even further. With the Ede collaboration agreement, we hope smart charging will become the new normal for EV drivers. We can’t wait any longer; the time is now!’
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About Smart Charging for Everybody
In the ‘Smart Charging for Everybody’ action programme, parties from the EV charging chain work together to accelerate the roll-out of smart charging in the Netherlands. Smart charging of electric cars helps make better use of renewable power, reduce peak load on the grid and save costs for users. The ambition of the NAL (National Agenda Charging Infrastructure) is that by the end of 2025, over 60% of charging sessions of electric cars and vans in the private (including home charging) and (semi-)public domain will be smart.
About the Dutch National Charging Infrastructure Agenda (NAL)
The NAL aims to ensure that the development of charging infrastructure in the Netherlands matches the roll-out of all types of electric transport. The goal is for all EV drivers to be able to charge their vehicles anytime, anywhere, safely and smartly. Not just in their own driveway, but also in public spaces, business parks and petrol stations, without congestion on the electricity grid. The NAL has been working on this task since 2019.
The NAL is a collaboration of: the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure & Water Management (I&W), the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs & Climate (EZK), the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), the Formula E-Team (FET), the Association of Dutch Municipalities (VNG), the Interprovincial Consultation (IPO), the grid operators (implemented by ElaadNL) and the National Knowledge Platform Charging Infrastructure (NKL).
More information: Agendalaadinfrastructuur.nl
About GreenFlux
GreenFlux, part of the DKV Mobility Group, was founded in 2011 with a mission to accelerate the transition towards sustainable mobility. The eMobility platform provider empowers charge point operators (CPOs) and eMobility service providers (eMSPs) to manage operations at scale, optimise revenue, implement smart-charging capabilities and offer seamless driver experiences.
A pioneer in smart-charging technology, GreenFlux has so far powered 10.3 billion electric kilometres and 1.72 billion kWh via charging (as of December 2024). With over 893,000 charge points, GreenFlux offers one of the largest EV roaming networks in Europe. Over the span of 13+ years, GreenFlux has served a diverse set of companies and eMobility business models, including the likes of ENGIE Vianeo, QPark, TotalEnergies, Aldi Nord, Volvo, Interparking, EDP, and APCOA Parking.
More information: GreenFlux.com.
