The government of the Belgian region of Flanders has announced an investment of 5.4 million euros in fast charging infrastructure. A total of 49 HPC chargers with at least 150 kW are to be built along expressways and country roads by mid-2024.


Eight locations are specifically planned in the province of Antwerp, seven in Limburg, 13 each in East Flanders and Flemish Brabant, and eight in West Flanders, according to the Flemish Ministry of Transport. The charging stations are to be set up at locations such as "car pool parking, park & ​​ride zones, commercial and service zones and the like".

The region has ambitious goals in terms of charging expansion: In November 2020 , Flemish Transport Minister Lydia Peeters set the target of 30,000 charging points by 2025 - but these are mostly AC charging points. The Dutch company Fastned is involved in the HPC expansion along the motorways: at the end of 2019, Fastned had secured approval for 13 motorway locations, and in July 2021 Fastned was awarded ten additional locations in Flanders.

The background to the expansion of the charging infrastructure is the state government's goal to gradually reduce the sale of cars and delivery vans with combustion engines in favor of electrically powered vehicles from 2029 onwards. In the climate protection plan presented in November 2021 , hybrid vehicles are also counted among the combustion engines.

"Parking spaces along large and busy traffic axes are important and strategically located locations in order to expand our charging infrastructure," Peters is quoted in the current press release on the 49 HPC. “This way we ensure that charging infrastructure is offered every 25 kilometers along the traffic axes.” The notification does not reveal whether the minister has also included the Fastned charging parks in this figure.