Guide
Charging an electric car abroad: one app for twenty-five countries
Crossing a border with an electric car used to mean a new app and a new account in every country. With roaming, one account works on the chargers of other operators across Europe. Here is how.
What roaming is
Charging operators open their networks to each other, the way mobile networks do: you start the charge with the app you already have, the operator who owns the charger delivers the energy, and your own provider bills you. You do not sign up with the local operator and you do not need its card. The price you pay is the one your provider shows for that charger, not a surprise on a foreign statement.
Where Taac! works
With Taac! you charge on the Taac! network and on the chargers of other operators in twenty-five countries: Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Cyprus and Malta. Today that means more than 23,000 stations and more than 95,000 sockets, Ionity included in twenty-one of those countries. The map shows the ones you can start from the app, with the price per kWh of every socket.
Same app, same payment, same receipt
Nothing changes when you cross a border. The charge starts from the app or as a guest with a bank card, the price is shown before you plug in, always in euro and VAT included, and at the end you get the same receipt as at home, or the invoice if you charge for a company. Your history keeps every charge, in whichever country.
The price list, operator by operator and country by country, is public on this site and updated every day from the operators' price lists.
Before you leave
Check the connectors: Type 2 and CCS are the standard everywhere in Europe, so the cable you use at home works abroad. Plan the stops with the Trip tab in the app, which knows the chargers in every country, and keep a margin at each stop. In some countries the charger has a tethered AC cable, in others you bring your own; the socket's page tells you.
Frequently asked questions
Do I pay in a foreign currency?
Is roaming more expensive than the local price?
Can I use Taac! in a country not in the list?
What if a charger abroad does not work?
Charge with Taac!, no subscription
One app for the Taac! network and the chargers of other operators in twenty-five countries. The price is on every socket before you start; you pay the kWh you receive, with a receipt in your history.