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HeyCharge (YC S21) — Low-cost, high-scale EV charging platform for apartments (and more)

EV charging infrastructure today is expensive, difficult to install, and doesn't integrate well with existing products, services, and businesses. HeyCharge solves all of these problems with ultra-low-cost, plug-and-play EV chargers that don't require internet connections and integrate with third-party products via our SDK and APIs.

HeyCharge is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2021 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Low-cost, high-scale EV charging platform for apartments (and more). The founders listed are Chris Carde (Founder), Robert Lasowski (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, July 25, 2021).

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HeyCharge

New accelerator entry · 2021-07-25 · the record

Summer 2021
batch
17
people
Early
stage
Germany
region
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What the record says

BatchSummer 2021
Announced2021-07-25
StageEarly
StatusActive
Team size17
IndustryIndustrials
Sub-industryIndustrials -> Energy
SectorsClimate
RegionsGermany, Europe, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedMunich, BY, Germany
HiringYes
Sitehttps://heycharge.com/
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EV charging infrastructure today is expensive, difficult to install, and doesn't integrate well with existing products, services, and businesses. HeyCharge solves all of these problems with ultra-low-cost, plug-and-play EV chargers that don't require internet connections and integrate with third-party products via our SDK and APIs. Our customers are energy utilities, property operators, mobility service providers, and more.

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