The figures remain modest, but the market share of electric trucks is increasing in Belgium. We analyzed the reasons for this increasing electrification with Filip van Thielen, e-ambassador at Daimler Truck Belgium.
In the first half of 2025, almost as many electric trucks were registered in Belgium as in the whole of 2024. Although the figures remain modest: 74 trucks of more than 16 tons (compared to 79 for the whole of 2024) and 163 vehicles of more than 3.5 tons (compared to 131 for the whole of 2024). Nevertheless, the market share of electric vehicles rises to 3.25 %, while in 2024 that was only 1.41 %. There is clearly something going on on the market: when handing over the keys to the first four Mercedes Eactros 600 to Serge Gregoir (Eutraco), Peter Brock, general manager of Daimler Truck Belgium, indicated that he already had 200 fixed orders for his new electric model. If you compare those figures with the 3000 orders that are already placed at the factory, these figures are no longer anecdotal.
According to Filip Van Thielen, an acceleration of the market has clearly been shown in recent weeks: “Of course there is still a distinction between what is happening in Flanders and what happens in Wallonia. In Flanders, each dealer has at least one or two advanced contacts per week and we already see that customers who had ordered one or two vehicles are not so that in Wallon. Not from purchasing premiums or a reduction in the kilometer charge.
According to Filip van Thielen, it is indeed the attitude of the clients who are changing: “In the beginning, the shippers did not seem very interested in the possibility of transporting emission -free. But now some of them are not only starting to understand that it is very feasible, but also that it is no longer necessary to cost them anymore, since eutraco, for example, can bid at the same price as an electrical trucks on it as an electrical trucks to offer it with the same price ports to names with it as an electrical trailers with names with it as an electrical trucks with names to be etchings with the same price ports of names with names of names with it with the same price of names with the same price of names with the same price. Naming, but I know the example of two carriers who worked for the same customer.
Van Thielen also sees a new trend from some international carriers who purchase land abroad to install a parking area with their own charging points, so that they can drive internationally with the certainty that they can charge their batteries when needed. This strategy is in line with the commercial launch of trucks that can drive at least 500 kilometers on one battery charge, but could lead the energy transition …
