Successful trade fair appearance from June 23 to 25, 2026: Pluq establishes new partnerships at Europe’s leading trade fair for charging infrastructure and is honored with the Charging Excellence Award for Destination Charging.
- Strong performance in Munich: Pluq looks back on a successful event at Power2Drive Europe, connecting with 2,650 exhibitors from 52 countries.
- Industry recognition: Winning the prestigious Charging Excellence Award from fintech company Road highlights Pluq’s high service quality.
Amsterdam/Munich, June 26, 2026 — The fast-growing destination charging operator Pluq, headquartered in Amsterdam, looks back on a successful presence at this year’s Power2Drive Europe, which took place in Munich from June 23 to 25. During the three-day trade fair, Pluq was represented by Co-Founder Pieter Zijlema alongside Martijn Wijnberg (Technical Director), Edwin van Haagen (Head of Operations), and Kylian Udo (Technical Asset Manager).
The Pluq team was particularly pleased to win the Charging Excellence Award. The award was presented by Road, a leading technology company that develops specialized fintech solutions for billing and processing charging transactions in the field of electric mobility. The award recognizes charging infrastructure operators for outstanding network performance, including excellent charger availability (uptime), high transaction success rates, and seamless, transparent billing processes for end users.
“The tremendous momentum, with over 2,600 international exhibitors and 100,000 trade visitors from 160 countries, underlines how essential cross-industry and cross-sector exchange is for the energy transition. Whether digital platforms, intelligent load management, or flexible charging infrastructure, the future of mobility requires reliable, scalable solutions. The fact that our work was recognized by Road with the Charging Excellence Award makes us proud and motivates us to continue scaling our network in Europe together with strong partners,” explains Pieter Zijlema, CEO and Co-Founder of Pluq.
About Pluq
Founded in Amsterdam in 2019 by Pieter Zijlema and Tom de Kort, Pluq specializes in destination charging. The company finances, installs, and operates charging infrastructure at fixed destination sites for property owners and asset managers who choose not to invest directly. The “Charging as a Service” operator model involves no CAPEX or OPEX and is aimed at large-scale portfolios across the real estate, hospitality, and healthcare sectors. Pluq is currently active in seven countries: the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, France, and Spain. Supported by Swedish financing partner P Capital Partners with €50 million, the company is building a pan-European charging network with a goal of 30,000 charging points by 2030. Pluq currently operates over 650 locations in Europe with dynamic load management. For more information, visit: www.pluq.eu
About Power2Drive
Founded in 2018, Power2Drive Europe is the leading international trade fair for charging infrastructure and electromobility. Under the motto “Charging the future of mobility,” the fair annually brings together manufacturers, suppliers, installers, CPOs, fleet managers, and mobility service providers at Messe München. As part of The smarter E Europe, Europe’s largest alliance of exhibitions for the energy industry, the overall event attracts over 100,000 trade visitors from more than 160 countries and around 2,600 exhibitors (over 60% of which are international). The trade fair is organized by Solar Promotion GmbH and Freiburg Wirtschaft Touristik und Messe GmbH (FWTM). For more information, visit: www.powertodrive.de
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