ANWB Energie launches home smart charging with Deftpower: cheaper charging for more EV drivers and lower energy demand during peak hours.

Home smart charging automatically schedules charging for the cheapest, cleanest hours and shifts demand away from the evening peak into the night. With 650,000 drivers, ANWB Laadpas is the largest charging pass in the Netherlands, making the launch a significant step towards scaling grid flexibility nationwide across both home and public charging.

With grid congestion being the biggest bottleneck in the Dutch energy transition, flexibility from EV charging is becoming increasingly crucial. 76% of Dutch EV drivers now charge at home according to the 2026 Dutch National Charging Survey (Nationaal Laadonderzoek), so reaching that group brings a long-requested service to where the country’s flexibility potential is greatest.

“Home is where most of the flexibility lies and we’ve now unlocked it for the country’s biggest base of EV drivers,” said Jacob van Zonneveld, CEO at Deftpower. “ANWB’s determination to bring smart charging to all its drivers, no matter where they plug in, is exactly the ambition and the scale the energy transition needs to succeed.”

The home service, available to drivers with a Zaptec or Easee charger, runs on the same Deftpower platform behind smart charging for ANWB Laadpas at public chargers, now adapted for private chargers at home. It optimises each session against electricity prices every 15 minutes and integrates directly with the driver’s charger. For drivers with an ANWB Energie dynamic energy contract, it delivers a direct benefit – the car charges when prices are lowest, and the saving is reflected directly in their energy bill.

“Our drivers have been asking for this for a while," said Sven Schutte, Business Owner eMobility at ANWB Energie. "Connecting thousands of cars and chargers and steering them smartly is technically complex, and that’s where Deftpower brings the expertise. Their algorithm can respond to several signals at once, so our members only need to set when their car should be ready, and the rest is taken care of.”

For ANWB Energie, this launch is the first step toward a much larger ambition of making smart charging an integral part of both its dynamic energy contract and its broader charging proposition. The goal of home smart charging is to make the same flexibility benefits associated with public charging available to all EV drivers throughout the Netherlands, giving them a greater role in balancing the Dutch grid as the country continues the electric transition.