Electricity is becoming more expensive: Here you will find the best charging prices for your electric car

In Hamburg, it’s a done deal: at a good 1,000 public charging stations for electric vehicles, prices will rise – by a whopping 69 percent. Instead of the previous 29.9 cents, the kilowatt hour will cost 49.9 cents in the future. The operators justify the new prices with a fee from the city and the currently high prices on the electricity exchange. Even with a comparatively low consumption of 15 kilowatts per 100 kilometers, the electricity would cost around 7.50 euros at these prices. That’s still cheaper than a ride in most combustion engines, but it’s far from a bargain these days.

The trend is continuing with other providers: Last week, Tesla again increased the prices of its in-house superchargers, where a kilowatt hour now costs 48 cents (find out more here). Prices around 50 cents are apparently the new standard, with only very few providers significantly lower.

An overview of the providers

The different prices are likely to be up for discussion again next year at the latest, when it will become mandatory from July 1, 2023 to allow payments with a credit or debit card at new columns without prior registration for a specific service. Until then, drivers of electric cars really only have to register with several providers in order to always get the best tariff.

Mobility expert Maximilian Wiesmüller, editor, advises: “A helpful tip for electric car drivers: Download the “Chargeprice” app (/). There you can store all the cards that you use and for charging stations throughout the country search. The app uses the cards and customer accounts you have saved to calculate the cheapest combination for charging your car.”

A selection of what is available and what the current prices are can be seen in the table below:

When assessing the prices, it is important to note that not all providers are available throughout Germany. The currently cheapest provider, the Saxon Drewag (Stadtwerke Dresden), only offers the price at their 47 locations in Dresden. Price ranges of individual providers in the table result from what is known as roaming. This means that you can use an “EWE Go” card, for example, to charge at the provider’s AC charging stations for 42 cents per kilowatt hour, but at so-called partner stations for 49 cents.

Fast is expensive

The most expensive but also the fastest way to recharge the electric car are Ionity columns. These usually cost between 79 cents and 1.09 euros per kilowatt hour. In general, you should note that charging at fast charging stations usually costs more than at an AC charging station. If you have time, the latter is recommended in almost every case.

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