HeyCharge

HeyCharge, based in Munich, Germany, is an EV charging technology company that has a proprietary technology that delivers affordable, scalable, and easy to install EV charging and connectivity solutions to multi-family building owners and operators, OEMs, and EV fleet operators. By 2040, there will be over 309 million chargers globally, with over $589 billion will be invested; HeyCharge’s technology is foundational to every product sold in this market. HeyCharge is backed by Y Combinator, BMW i Ventures, and more.

We unplug managed EV chargers for multi-user environments such as apartment buildings, offices, hotels and more from the internet.

Why? The IoT architecture used by most EV chargers today adds cost, installation complexity, and poor user experience when connectivity breaks down (underground, in rural environments, or even during a sporting event). Is it really OK that EV chargers stop working when too many people make a phone call? We fix it!

Our patent-pending SecureCharge technology provides secure, scalable management (access control, consumption reporting, telemetry, etc) from ultra-low-cost EV chargers installed anywhere -- with no internet connection at the charger and no internet connection required on the mobile app to use the charger. This provides:

• Lower Cost of Ownership. HeyCharge chargers have a patent-pending communications architecture that lowers the cost of hardware, installation, and communication costs.
• Consumption Metering & Invoicing. Our solution covers the measurement of energy consumption for invoicing.
• Manage Multi-User EV Charging Operation. HeyCharge Management Platform offers everything that is needed for the commissioning, operation, and maintenance of your charging network.
• End-to-End Solution. HeyCharge delivers customers a simplified and complete EV charging solution that includes hardware, a B2B and B2C software platform and also allows for the monitoring and sale of power to EV owners.
• Easy to Install. Any electrician can install and activate your HeyCharge chargers without any additional training.

We've productized this with a range of hardware devices for the US and European market, and an offer to residential and commercial building operators to supply, install and operate the entire infrastructure in those buildings. We also supply an embeddable, B2B technology platform where customers can built their own EV charging product and embed into their own mobile app, but with the unique advantages of our technology.