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AmpUp (YC W19) — We make EV charging as simple and reliable as LED lights

AmpUp provides the simplicity and reliability enabled Tesla experience EV charging solution in private commercial locations where vehicle dwell times are 6 hours and longer; EG, workplaces, MUDs, and fleet depots. Within 2 years, it achieved 8th in ranking in market share in the commercial level 2 charging sector in the US.

AmpUp is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2019 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: We make EV charging as simple and reliable as LED lights. The founder listed is Thomas Sun (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 10, 2018).

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AmpUp

New accelerator entry · 2018-11-10 · the record

Winter 2019
batch
45
people
Early
stage
United States of America
region
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BatchWinter 2019
Announced2018-11-10
StageEarly
StatusActive
Team size45
IndustryConsumer
Sub-industryConsumer -> Home and Personal
SectorsClimate, Electric Vehicles
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedSan Francisco
HiringNo
Sitehttps://ampup.io
Founded2018
YC group partnerGustaf Alstromer
Previously known asNAD Grid Corp

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AmpUp provides the simplicity and reliability enabled Tesla experience EV charging solution in private commercial locations where vehicle dwell times are 6 hours and longer; EG, workplaces, MUDs, and fleet depots. Within 2 years, it achieved 8th in ranking in market share in the commercial level 2 charging sector in the US. AmpUp is growing even faster now with their dominant growth channel in the commercial lighting vertical set to take off at the end of 2023 and early 2024.

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