New 20‑stall Supercharger opens
Tesla added a large 20‑stall Supercharger in Stekene, Belgium — a sign automakers and networks are still expanding fast‑charging capacity even as EV launches cool off at shows. (Big stalls like this matter for long drives and regional EV adoption because they dramatically cut wait times at popular routes.) (x.com)
A new fast-charging site in Stekene adds 20 Tesla Supercharger stalls in one shot, which is the kind of station size drivers notice only when they don’t have to wait in line. A 4-stall site can jam up fast on a holiday weekend; a 20-stall site works more like adding extra checkout lanes at a busy supermarket. (goingelectric.de) The Stekene site is listed at De Stropersstraat 75 in Belgium, and charger directories show 20 individual stalls at up to 250 kilowatts each. That puts it in the high-power category used for quick highway stops rather than slow destination charging at a hotel or office. (goingelectric.de) Stekene sits in East Flanders, and the E34 road linking Antwerp toward the coast passes through the municipality. That makes this less about one small town and more about plugging a gap on a route people actually use for cross-border and regional driving. (vlaanderen.be, wikipedia.org) Tesla’s own charging page says its Supercharger network has more than 75,000 stalls worldwide, and the company still places sites on major routes near amenities. The Stekene build fits that exact playbook: fewer heroic range claims, more places where drivers can stop, plug in, and leave quickly. (tesla.com) In Europe, these stations are no longer just for Tesla owners. Tesla’s support page says Supercharging for other electric vehicles is available in Belgium for cars that use the Combined Charging System standard, which turns each new Belgian site into infrastructure for a wider slice of the market. (tesla.com) That matters because Belgium is not a fringe electric-car market anymore. The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association said battery-electric car registrations in Belgium rose 19.5% in the first half of 2025, making it one of the big growth markets in the European Union. (acea.auto) The charging buildout is moving with that demand. The European Alternative Fuels Observatory said Belgium counted 106,677 public and semi-public charging points in 2025, up 23% from 2024, so the country is adding plugs broadly while sites like Stekene add the high-speed capacity road-trip drivers care about most. (alternative-fuels-observatory.ec.europa.eu) The quiet shift in electric cars is that launches and concept reveals get headlines, but charger density decides whether people trust the car for a 300-kilometer drive. A 20-stall site does not make a splash at an auto show, but it does remove the moment when eight cars arrive at once and everybody starts checking battery percentages. (tesla.com, goingelectric.de) That is why this one site in Stekene says more than it seems to. Even with electric-vehicle buzz cooling in some corners of the industry, companies are still spending money on the least glamorous part of the business: concrete, cables, transformers, and enough stalls that the network keeps working when adoption rises. (tesla.com, alternative-fuels-observatory.ec.europa.eu)
