Bidirectional charging

With V2L (vehicle-to-load) your car powers a device, through a socket in the car or an adapter in the charge port, usually up to about 3.6 kW. With V2H (vehicle-to-home) your car powers your own home, through a bidirectional charger. With V2G (vehicle-to-grid) your car feeds power back to the grid, steered by your energy supplier, who pays you for it.

Not in the Netherlands yet. No manufacturer offers V2H here, even though some models can do it in Germany, Japan or the US. According to the cabinet, feeding back is currently only allowed with fixed, registered combinations of car, charger and energy supplier; that grid code barrier is solved in 2029, according to the cabinet.

At the moment the Renault 5, through the Power V2G service of Renault and We Drive Solar for private customers (since 20 May 2026). You need a Solar Life charger and a dynamic contract with Hegg Energy; the Five trim is excluded. For the Kia EV9 there is a closed pilot with Vattenfall.

According to our overview, more than half of the best-selling electric cars in the Netherlands can power devices, often only in recent versions or after a software update. Our bidirectional charging page lists it per model, with the manufacturer’s source.

No. Under the Regeling energie vervoer (Art. 9(1)) power returned from the vehicle is not booked. For a charging point that can feed back, the verifier must also check that returned kWh are netted against what is booked. Your ERE covers the power that stays in your car on balance.

Not for V2L: that works through the car itself or an adapter. For V2H and V2G you do: a bidirectional charger approved together with your car and energy supplier and registered with the grid operator. For the Renault service that is the We Drive Solar Solar Life.

It differs per brand. For Power V2G Renault states a battery warranty of 8 years or 160,000 km and only lets 20% to 80% of the battery feed back. Kia says the factory warranty stays fully valid during and after the pilot. Volkswagen never discharges the battery below 20%. Read the brand’s conditions for each offer.

According to the national roadmap, double energy tax arises when you charge from the grid (taxed), store it in your car, feed it back to the grid and that power then reaches someone else (taxed again). If you store your own solar power and use it yourself, you pay no energy tax. The cabinet is studying a solution, expected at the end of 2026.

According to the cabinet, new chargers meet the latest European requirements from 2027 and the grid code barrier is solved in 2029. With open standards you are expected to get free choice of car brand and energy supplier from 2030. The national roadmap’s goal: everyone who buys a new car from 2035 can charge bidirectionally.

In principle, yes. From 1 January 2027 exported solar power only earns a feed-in fee, so using solar power yourself becomes worth more, including by storing it in your car. As long as V2H is not possible in the Netherlands, smart charging in daytime on your own solar power is the way to benefit from that.