Public charging in Germany: what each network actually charges per kWh

At a filling station the price is painted on a sign at the roadside. At a charge point it lives in an app, sometimes in a tariff table, sometimes only on the screen inside the car. On 21 August 2026 we retrieved the price pages of Germany's five largest charging networks and wrote down what is actually published there — and what is not.

What each network charges on its own points

All figures are gross prices including German VAT. Each applies on that operator's own network; roaming at other operators' points is priced differently and is not listed here. Monthly fees are stated separately and are not included in the per-kWh rate.

• Aral pulse, walk-up tariff (no registration) — 0.59 €/kWh AC up to 22 kW, 0.69 €/kWh DC up to 50 kW, 0.79 €/kWh DC above 50 kW — no monthly fee
• Aral pulse, Klassik tariff (registered) — 0.47 €/kWh AC, 0.52 €/kWh DC up to 50 kW, 0.62 €/kWh DC above 50 kW — no monthly fee
• Aral pulse, Extra tariff — 0.41 €/kWh AC, 0.46 €/kWh DC up to 50 kW, 0.54 €/kWh DC above 50 kW — 2.99 € per month
• Aral pulse with the ADAC e-Charge tariff — 0.55 €/kWh flat across all power classes — no monthly fee
• Ionity, Direct Payment (no subscription) — 0.72 €/kWh — no monthly fee
• Ionity Motion — 0.53 €/kWh — 5.99 € per month
• Ionity Power — 0.41 €/kWh — 11.99 € per month
• EWE Go charging tariff — 0.52 €/kWh at its own stations, 0.62 €/kWh at partner stations, AC and DC at the same rate — no monthly fee
• EnBW mobility+ tariff S — 56 ct/kWh standard, 51 ct/kWh during the summer promotion running 8 July to 30 September 2026 — no monthly fee
• EnBW mobility+ tariff L — 35 ct/kWh standard, 30 ct/kWh during the same promotion, described by EnBW as being for its electricity, gas or heating customers — monthly fee not stated in the release

Who does not publish a complete price

Tesla publishes no per-kWh price for its Superchargers. Its German support page says the specific price for each Supercharger location is shown on the car's touchscreen in the pop-up for the selected pin. The price therefore depends on location and time of day and is visible only in the app before a trip — which makes it impossible to compare in advance.

EnBW is a split picture. The two rates above come from a company press release about a summer promotion, not from a tariff table. The actual EnBW mobility+ tariff page lists three tariffs — S, M and L — but renders the prices as graphics and otherwise points to the app; the headline figure there is "ab 39 ct/kWh", from 39 cents per kWh, which does not line up with the 35 cents in the press release. For the middle tariff M we found no published price at all, and neither source gives the monthly fees for M and L. We therefore list only the two documented figures and leave the rest open rather than estimate.