← All case studies · Charging vs Swap framework Case study · Belgium · Charging Case: Antwerp, Belgium — Milence’s Ketenis hub and the 54-truck depot that proves the other model One of Europe’s largest public truck-charging hubs opened at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges — 20 bays, CCS 400 kW, all brands welcome — while […]

← All analysis & guides Evidence File Evidence File deep-dive: DAF XF Electric — the Benelux policy machine’s home player 525 kWh, ~500 km claimed, 325 kW CCS, and the densest dealer coverage where the tolls bite hardest. Home-turf economics and out-of-area questions. 2026-08-08 · WattTonne review desk The XF Electric’s evidence file reads differently […]

← All analysis & guides Country guide · Belgium Belgium fleet guide: tolls, grants, corridors and where electric trucks pay first Flanders’ CO₂-graded kilometre charge, the Antwerp–Rotterdam corridor, Milence hubs and the fleets already running 50+ electric trucks: the complete Belgian picture for a fleet decision in 2026. 2026-08-08 · WattTonne review desk · ~7 […]

← All analysis & guides Manufacturer profile DAF profile: the Benelux champion electrifying on home turf DAF's XD/XF Electric pairs 525 kWh with up to ~500 km claimed range — and plays its strongest hand where the tolls bite hardest: the Benelux home market where its dealer density is unmatched. 2026-08-08 · WattTonne review desk […]

← News archive News · 2026 DFDS puts electric trucks on Benelux routes — the ferry-and-logistics group charges at Milence’s Antwerp hub DFDS — the Danish ferry and logistics group — is operating electric trucks on Benelux routes, photographed charging at Milence’s Ketenis hub: cross-border operators now using public truck charging in routine service. 2026 […]

← News archive News · 2026 H.Essers electrifies: one of Belgium’s biggest 3PLs puts electric trucks on its network H.Essers — one of Belgium’s largest family logistics groups — has joined the electrification wave with electric trucks entering service on its Benelux network, adding another anchor name to the region’s fleet evidence base. 2026 · […]

← News archive News · 2025 Milence’s Antwerp Ketenis hub — the 20-bay site that anchored Belgium’s charging map Background record: the Ketenis hub at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges — 20 bays, CCS 400 kW, all brands, MCS now live with 2.8 MW combined capacity — is Belgium’s largest public truck-charging installation and the template […]

← News archive News · 2026 Van Moer Logistics electrifies Antwerp operations — the port’s homegrown haulier goes electric Van Moer Logistics, the Antwerp-based family group, is deploying electric trucks in its port and regional operations — the hometown player joining the port’s electrification at exactly the address where the toll and charging economics are […]

← News archive News · 2025 Windrose’s Antwerp collapse — the event that reset European electric trucking’s trust baseline Background record (2025–26): unpaid wages, roughly 20 deliveries against ~200 claimed orders, and the collapse of the startup’s Antwerp operation — the failure every European fleet now cites when a new entrant presents. 2025 · WattTonne […]

← All analysis & guides Policy Flanders and the Netherlands switch on CO₂-graded truck tolls — the €0.166/km argument Since 1 July 2026, a zero-emission truck pays roughly €0.038 per kilometre where a diesel pays €0.204 — and up to €0.40 cross-border. The Benelux just became Europe’s most instructive TCO laboratory. 2026-08-03 · WattTonne review […]

← News archive News · 2026-06-10 Daimler’s IAA plans: eActros Lowliner debut, 80-charging-column record, and a 45,000 km electric circumnavigation September’s Hanover show will see Mercedes launch the Lowliner, attempt a charging-column record with 80 units, and send content creator Tobias Wagner off on a planned 45,000 km battery-electric circumnavigation in a modified eActros 600 […]

← News archive News · 2026-06-03 Mercedes unveils the eActros Lowliner — battery-electric for mega trailers, orders Q3 3 June 2026: the missing link for volume freight — a low fifth-wheel eActros variant (414 or 621 kWh LFP) for maximum-interior-height mega trailers. Orders open Q3 2026 across EU30; production at Wörth from Q2 2027. 2026-06-03 […]

← News archive News · 2026-03-27 Dobbe runs eActros 600 emission-free in Benelux long-haul 27 March 2026: Dutch haulier Dobbe puts the eActros 600 on Benelux long-distance work — long-haul electric leaving the pilot phase in Europe’s most incentive-rich region. 2026-03-27 · WattTonne news desk · archive edition (compiled at relaunch, event date as shown) […]

← News archive News · 2026-03-04 Milence opens fourth Belgian hub at Volvo’s Ghent factory — MCS next, tariff €0.379 The 4 March opening at North Sea Port puts Belgium’s fourth Milence hub next to the Volvo Trucks plant: four 400 kW CCS bays, MCS upgrade planned, Belgian base tariff now €0.379/kWh. The North Sea–Mediterranean […]

← News archive News · 2026-01 EUTRACO’s 54 electric trucks and 14.4 MW — Europe’s most instructive private fleet, profiled Background record (2025–26): the Belgian logistics group’s 54-truck electric fleet runs on its own 14.4 MW charging installation built with Luminus — Belgium’s largest electric fleet and the depot-first model’s European proof case. 2026-01 · […]

← News archive News · 2026-01-01 Milence switches to market-based pricing: Belgium €0.379, France €0.339 per kWh from 1 January The truck-charging alliance replaces its flat pan-European tariff with country-level, market-based pricing from 1 January 2026 — a quiet but material input for every fleet’s public-charging TCO line. 2026-01-01 · WattTonne news desk · archive […]