Expert in electric vehicle fleets and charging infrastructure in Belgium

Jochen De Smet combines strategic leadership (via EV Belgium) with practical knowledge of charging infrastructure and structural challenges — a key figure for anyone wanting to understand how Belgium is accelerating and organizing its electric charging infrastructure.

Profile

• Proposed member and current chair of EV Belgium , the sector federation for electric mobility in Belgium, since 2018. Involved in policy efforts to accelerate the development and rollout of charging infrastructure.

Key Contributions & Insights

• Since 2022, he highlighted the impressive growth rate of public charging points: 13,000 additional public and semi-public charging points have been installed, putting Belgium ahead of schedule in terms of infrastructure.

• In a partnership with Interparking, he warned that education is a fundamental challenge in the sector: technicians must be trained in secondary education to meet the rapidly increasing demand for installation skills.