{"id":180774,"date":"2026-01-23T09:26:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=180774"},"modified":"2026-01-23T11:01:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T10:01:29","slug":"flanders-is-charging-fast-but-city-dwellers-will-need-three-times-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/2026\/01\/23\/flanders-is-charging-fast-but-city-dwellers-will-need-three-times-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Flanders is charging fast but city dwellers will need three times more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailsonar.com\/nl\/blog\/uitdagingen-voor-de-toekomst-van-elektrisch-laden-in-vlaanderen?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">RetailSonar<\/a>, a Ghent-based location-intelligence firm best known for advising retailers where to place physical sites, has turned its modelling tools on a new kind of storefront: the public EV charging station.<\/p><p>After two years of analysis supported by Flemish and European innovation funding, the firm concludes that the region\u2019s public charging network will need to expand by threefold to keep pace with the expected growth in electric cars. 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