Charging is the number one challenge with owning an electric vehicle (EV). As EV uptake increases, unmanaged charging creates a problem for electric utilities as drivers plug in at peak times when electricity is most expensive, high carbon, and complex to manage. The managed charging platform that ev.energy have created connects the EV ecosystem of utilities, drivers, and hardware partners to create a virtual power plant. As they seek to expand this, they aim to make charging simpler, cheaper, and greener for everyone and strengthen the UK’s position as a global leader in virtual power plant technology.
William Goldsmith is the Director of Strategy and Innovation at ev.energy, responsible for expanding their addressable market and collaborating with partners to build the world’s largest virtual power plant. Since securing $33 million in Series B funding last year, ev.energy is transforming from a startup to scale up. The Shott Scale Up Accelerator comes a perfect time to help him navigate this transition by gaining greater business acumen and leadership skills to build on his strong engineering background.
William recognises that the Shott Scale Up Accelerator will: “help to expand my peer network of other innovative tech leaders and support each other in scaling our companies.” He also plans to make use of the one-to-one coaching sessions and mentoring to support his changing role. He also notes that “Mentors would bring awareness to the risk and challenges I’m likely to face in my leadership role so I can mitigate risks or weaknesses and fully exploit opportunities or strengths.” He also plans to use the £10k grant towards leadership courses to enable him to receive targeted learning in the areas of leadership and finance.
In the next three years ev.energy’s goal is to scale from 160 thousand to 3 million EV drivers using their platform and expand their partnership with utilities, automakers, and charger manufactures across the UK, EU, and US. Key milestones include launching their ChargeWise program, which has been awarded $41m in funding by the California Energy Commission to deploy their software at scale in California.
