← All analysis & guides Country guide · Netherlands Netherlands fleet guide: AanZET money, the new truck toll, and why Dutch registrations doubled The Netherlands pairs Europe’s richest truck grant (up to €115,200) with a CO₂-graded toll from 1 July 2026 — and doubled its electric truck registrations in 2025. The complete Dutch playbook for […]
← News archive News · 2026 Zwolle: Milence’s first public megawatt charging site — the Netherlands gets MCS before most of Europe Background record (2025–26): the Zwolle hub became one of the first public megawatt charging locations in Europe — with Antwerp and Landvetter forming the initial three-site MCS triangle as MAN’s series trucks and […]
← News archive News · 2026 Ninatrans and the sceptics: what Europe’s electric holdouts need to be convinced The Benelux’s thoughtful sceptics — mid-size family fleets publicly unconvinced by electric TCO — are the market’s real conversion battleground. What the evidence says, and what would move them. 2026 · WattTonne news desk · archive edition […]
← All case studies · Charging vs Swap framework Case study · Netherlands · Charging Case: the Netherlands — AanZET money, the new toll, and Europe’s fastest fleet conversion Dutch electric truck registrations doubled in 2025 to 2,025. The machinery behind it: €115,200 grants, a CO₂-graded toll since July 2026, and corridor geography. The most […]
← All analysis & guides Subsidy Watch AanZET 2026: €78 million opened in January, second window 29 September — how Dutch fleets actually capture it The Netherlands’ AanZET grant pays up to €115,200 per zero-emission truck, first-come. With the second 2026 window opening 29 September, the application file you prepare in August decides whether you […]
← News archive News · 2026-07-15 Milence opens fourth Dutch hub — built with zero-emission construction equipment 15 July 2026: five 400 kW bays on the A1 at Deurningen-Hengelo, the network’s first hub constructed entirely with electric machinery — PEFC timber canopies, fiber-reinforced concrete. Infrastructure building starts eating its own cooking. 2026-07-15 · WattTonne news […]
← News archive News · 2026-04-30 Kempower powers the Netherlands’ second-largest public truck fast-charging site — WattHub at the Port of Rotterdam 30 April 2026: WattHub’s Kempower-powered site opens at Rotterdam — one of the country’s biggest public truck charging installations, adding megawatt-class capacity to Europe’s largest port. 2026-04-30 · WattTonne news desk · archive […]
← News archive News · 2026-04 Milence timeline: Venlo fully operational — the founding site closes the loop as the network passes 30 hubs April 2026 marks full operations at Venlo — Milence’s founding site — as the network passes 30 hubs in eight countries, with 16 more in development and 90 targeted by 2028. […]
← News archive News · 2026-03-25 Simon Loos orders 75 more eActros 600 — fleet to 210, Europe’s biggest electric operator repeats 25 March 2026: the Dutch logistics group doubles down on its first 75-truck order, taking its electric fleet to 210 vehicles — with ~150 eActros 600 in service by year-end. The first batch […]
← News archive News · 2026-03-11 Cargo-Partner puts two eActros 300 into regional service 11 March 2026: the international logistics provider adds two Mercedes eActros 300 tractors to its short-haul fleet — another named global 3PL moving from pilot language to operational deployment. 2026-03-11 · WattTonne news desk · archive edition (compiled at relaunch, event […]
