Fastned opens truck charging lanes

Fastned has opened two dedicated truck lanes at its Kloosters station along the A58 near Oirschot in the Netherlands.

Truck lanes for heavy vehicles

Each lane is equipped with a CCS fast charger for heavy-duty vehicles, allowing trucks to charge without mixing with passenger cars.

Martijn Repko's statement

Martijn Repko, Fastned's Country Director for the Netherlands, said the company builds truck charging where space and traffic conditions allow.

“We want to offer charging facilities where needed and where space and traffic conditions permit. Kloosters on the A58 is exactly such a location. The service area has been renovated into a safe, sustainable, and innovative place for road users, and with the new truck lanes, it is also prepared for the next phase of electric transport.”

InnovA58 testbed

Kloosters is part of InnovA58, a site where Dutch road authority Rijkswaterstaat trials infrastructure and sustainability ideas.

Sustainable renovation

The service area uses reused asphalt, low-CO2 geopolymer concrete, recycled traffic signs, and wooden light poles with native plants and water systems.

Kloosters in Fastned's network

Kloosters is the latest addition to Fastned's truck charging network in the Benelux, following stations in Belgium and Netherlands.

Growing e-truck demand

ICCT and Fraunhofer ISI estimate Europe's e-truck charging demand could reach 100 TWh by 2035, driving Fastned's expansion.