EV Connect - Company of the Year

Company:EV Connect, El Segundo, CA
Entry Submitted By: Technica Communications
Company Description: EV Connect is the home of the most innovative, robust, and feature-rich cloud-based software platform for managing electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, their interaction with utilities and the driver experience. The world’s largest companies from enterprise, to hospitality and retail, to universities and government facilities leverage the EV Connect platform to bring simplicity and flexibility
Nomination Category: Company / Organization Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Company of the Year - Transportation - Small

Nomination Title: EV Connect

EV Connect is on a mission to build a better planet by enabling electricity as a transportation fuel. Through its innovative and open charging platform, EV Connect simplifies the set-up, management, and optimization of EV charging with premium customer service, from installation to driver support. EV Connect guides companies of all sizes in building the backbone of today’s EV charging ecosystem and managing networks of charge stations to deliver a seamless EV charging experience that empowers drivers.

Established in 2010, EV Connect serves customers across 41 states in the U.S. including Avista Utilities, Love’s Travel Stops, Verizon, Marriott, Hilton, Western Digital, ADP, New York Power Authority, and numerous municipalities. Globally, EV Connect's reach extends across North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia, removing carbon emissions from vehicles through the electrification of transportation.

Since its inception, EV Connect has helped save over 765,000 gallons of gasoline, powered over 31 million electric miles, and reduced more than 6.8 million kilograms of greenhouse gases.

The following milestones highlight EV charging innovations with a partner, a traditional customer, and a competitor, and exemplify the spirit of innovation and collaboration which EV Connect considers central to the success of EV charging in particular, and the electrification of transportation in general.

Developing the industry’s first EV Charging Station (EVCS) Certification Program for manufacturers ensuring hardware compatibility with Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) and other key remote management capabilities. This program is based on international open standards to maintain interoperability so station owners and managers can optimize, future-proof, and manage EV chargers profitably. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ev-connect-launches-certification-program-for-electric-vehicle-charging-station-manufacturers-300836155.html

Building on the success of EVCS, EV Connect announced the Partner Program to deliver a best-in-class experience as the industry’s first comprehensive hardware-software partner program for EV charging. With BTCPower, EVBox, and EVoCharge as premier partners, the Partner Program fortifies technical, business, and support relationships with charging station manufacturers. The first bundled solution included an extended five-year warranty (another industry first), 24/7/365 customer support, and world-class station uptime for drivers. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ev-connect-partner-program-to-deliver-best-in-class-electric-vehicle-charging-301151945.html

The first Partner Program bundle, the LADWP Bundle, is a full-service, turnkey EV charging option for business customers in the Los Angeles area to make it as simple and cost-effective as possible to deploy EV chargers.

Employing advanced analytics and big data to guide a company investments, inform EV program and infrastructure planning, accurately forecast EV electricity needs, assess and analyze future impacts on the grid, and plan electric fleet planning https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/avangrid-and-ev-connect-partner-on-advanced-electric-vehicle-data-services-301183410.html

Anticipating the future wave of transportation electrification and the significance of building infrastructure to charge up the millions of electric vehicles predicted to hit the road, EV Connect developed a SaaS platform with the power to manage many thousands of EV charging stations to ensure an outstanding EV driver experience.

With a vested interest in driver satisfaction, EV Connect continues to innovate the tools required to deliver industry-leading uptime and creating the best possible EV charging experience for drivers. The EV Connect smartphone app, which is free for drivers, enables seamless network roaming and reliable charge station location and charge initiation. More than one million secure payments traverse the platform each year. EV Connect actively manages and maintains thousands of sites, dozens of networks and supports nearly 100,000 EV drivers. EV Connect is powering what's next for electrification, making today's work relevant to meet the growing demand for EV infrastructure, and empowering those responsible for making it all come together at the charging site.

As the world moves towards mass electrified transportation, EV Connect works with the entire EV charging ecosystem to meet the daily charging needs for commercial, industrial, public, and fleet charging segments. EV Connect is ready to provide the digital infrastructure, support services, and consulting knowledge to help build out the future of electrified transportation.