10 Automotive Startups to Watch in 2018

With autonomous vehicles of all levels on the very near horizon and electric vehicles gaining in popularity, the entire auto industry is poised to make a drastic shift in the coming years. Autos aren’t just manufactured machines anymore, they’re technology products in the same way that any computer or consumer electronic device.

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EV Safe Charge Partners with EVmatch to Offer Charger Location Info and Owner Opportunities for Sharing

Los Angeles, CA – November 27, 2017 – EV Safe Charge, a US-based EV charging installation and services group, announced today that the company has partnered with EVmatch (www.evmatch.com) to provide EV Safe Charge customers and users shared charging station access on the go along with new revenue opportunities for charging station owners, and EVmatch customers a seamless and easy EV charger installation experience. EVmatch connects EV auto owners with advance charging purchase opportunities so they can better plan long distance trips, while also creating revenue opportunities for owners of the charger by welcoming customers to their station.

“EV Safe Charge is constantly looking for ways to expand our footprint and provide our users and installation customers with innovative opportunities, and we think our new partnership with EVmatch will do exactly that,” stated EV Safe Charge CEO, Caradoc Ehrenhalt. “The world of EV cars and the necessary infrastructure to support the growing demand is racing at such a pace it’s hard to keep up – but we believe this is a major step forward. EVmatch has created a platform where owners of chargers can rent out charging time to customers on a reservation basis. From commercial installations to regular homeowners, EVmatch allows the owner of chargers the opportunity for revenue when their chargers wouldn’t normally be in use, and it provides EV car owners advanced knowledge of where charging stations exist to satisfy their charging needs – either for normal at-home use or when traveling.”

“Whether you’re looking for extra charging on-the-go, regular charging near your home, or planning a trip – we’ve got you covered,” stated EVmatch CEO, Heather Hochrein. “EV Safe Charge is the ideal partner to offer EV chargers and installation services to our customers for a fast, simple and trustworthy EV charger installation experience. EV Safe Charge will help us expand our offering nationwide and bring our network into the residential and commercial settings where they already operate and continue to expand,” continued Hochrein.

EVmatch allows drivers to find, reserve and pay for charging in advance and connect with other EV drivers nearby. For more information, visit www.evmatch.com.

EV Safe Charge is a national service providing residential and commercial installations of EV chargers for customers ranging from individual homes to retail outlets and car dealership networks. Working in tandem with industry leading suppliers such as Bosch, ClipperCreek, EV Connect and JuiceBox, EV Safe Charge provides a turnkey solution suitable to any customer.

About EV Safe Charge
EV Safe Charge is transforming the way consumers and businesses go green. By providing concierge-style white glove service, we are becoming THE leading turnkey solution in installing, maintaining and enabling EV chargers and software for electric vehicle charging anywhere in the US.

Our customers range from owners of homes, apartment complexes, office buildings and commercial locations nationwide to organizations such as Penske Automotive, The Colton Joint Unified School District and The Langham Hotel in Pasadena.

For more information, visit www.evsafecharge.com.

Media Contact:
Sean Mahoney
C. +1-310-867-0670
seamah@gmail.com

Residential and Commercial Electric Vehicle Charging Solutions

EV Safe Charge Joins LA CoMotion to Celebrate the Urban Mobility Movement at DTLA Event November 15-19

Los Angeles, CA – November 14, 2017 – EV Safe Charge, a US-based EV charging installation and services group, announced today that the company is participating in LA CoMotion, a unique five-day event bringing together the global leaders in the urban mobility movement being held in downtown Los Angeles. The first-ever event will help EV Safe Charge network further into the global EV and advanced automotive universe and open opportunities to integrate the company’s unique concierge-like charger installation services message to new audiences including urban planners, transportation businesses, technologists and venture capitalists. The event is being held in LA’s Downtown Arts District, near 5th St. and Alameda Street.

“EV Safe Charge is very excited to be joining so many others at this first-ever LA CoMotion, a celebration of the automotive revolution that is transforming every city in the world,” stated EV Safe Charge CEO, Caradoc Ehrenhalt. “The automotive revolution that we’re part of represents a transformative period in our history where the interests of the people are influencing the auto makers, transportation officials and civic leaders to make transportation for everyone more affordable, plentiful, available and efficient. EV Safe Charge has earned and now enjoys a place among the pioneers in the EV automotive world and LA CoMotion allows us to meet and mingle among others to develop opportunities for growth and expansion.”

As Los Angeles Mayor, Eric Garcetti, expressed, “Los Angeles is making bold and historic investments in transportation infrastructure that will transform how people connect with people and places they love… We welcome the energy and innovative ideas that LA CoMotion will bring to our city and region.”

LA CoMotion brings together the brave new world of the urban mobility revolution – a revolution that is set to transform every city in the world, large and small. Global mayors, leading technologists, public transport operators and venture

capitalists, start-ups and established players – the entire landscape of new urban mobility will be present for LA CoMotion. Five days of immersive and inspirational talks, demos, test drives and exhibitions – a glimpse into our new urban future. For more information visit: www.lacomotion.com

EV Safe Charge is a national service providing residential and commercial installations of EV charges for customers ranging from individual homes to retail outlets and car dealership networks. Working in tandem with industry leading suppliers such as Bosch, ClipperCreek, EV Connect and JuiceBox, EV Safe Charge provides a turnkey solution suitable to any customer.

About EV Safe Charge

EV Safe Charge is transforming the way consumers and businesses go green. By providing concierge-style white glove service, we are becoming THE leading turnkey solution in installing, maintaining and enabling EV chargers and software for electric vehicle charging anywhere in the US.

Our customers range from owners of homes, apartment complexes, office buildings and commercial locations nationwide to organizations such as Penske Automotive, The Colton Joint Unified School District and The Langham Hotel in Pasadena.

For more information, visit www.evsafecharge.com.

Media Contact:
Sean Mahoney
+1-310-867-0670
seamah@gmail.com

EV Safe Charge Receives California Certificate of Recognition for EV Charger Installations with Colton Joint Unified School District

Los Angeles, CA – November 8, 2017 – EV Safe Charge, a US-based EV charging installation and services group, announced today that the company hasproudly received a “Certificate of Recognition” from the State of California and The Honorable Eloise Gómez Reyes, Assembly member, 47th District, for the installation of new EV chargers to support the new all-electric school buses for the Colton Joint Unified School District. EV Safe Charge was honored along with the school district for recognition of the importance of clean energy.

“EV Safe Charge is so proud to be recognized by the Honorable Eloise Gómez Reyes, and for the work we’ve done with the folks at the Colton Unified School District,” stated EV Safe Charge CEO, Caradoc Ehrenhalt. “The developing EV automotive and utility vehicle industry is in need of installing more EV chargers for vehicles of all sizes – from small compacts to the huge school buses recently put into use for Colton school district’s students. And what better way to communicate to those students the importance of renewable energies and the safe, clean-energy forms of transportation that are available and proliferating globally than through the use of these clean buses. We’re very proud of our work in Colton with our friends and partners at the AQMD, Creative Bus Sales, MotivPower Systems and Clipper Creek on this exciting, important and historic deployment, and are greatly appreciative to the school board and community for their support.”

In proclaiming EV Safe Charge and the school district’s recognition, the Certificate reads, “The Honorable Eloise Gómez Reyes proudly joins you, the Colton Joint Unified School District and other partners in celebration of the rollout for the new all-electric school buses. Your commitment to addressing society’s most pressing environmental challenges in air, energy and transportation are to be commended.”

EV Safe Charge is a national service providing residential and commercial installations of EV charges for customers ranging from individual homes to retail outlets and car dealership networks. Working in tandem with industry leading suppliers such as Bosch, ClipperCreek, EV Connect and JuiceBox, EV Safe Charge provides a turnkey solution suitable to any customer.

About EV Safe Charge
EV Safe Charge is transforming the way consumers and businesses go green.
By providing concierge-style white glove service, we are becoming THE leading
turnkey solution in installing, maintaining and enabling EV chargers and software
for electric vehicle charging anywhere in the US.

Our customers range from owners of homes, apartment complexes, office
buildings and commercial locations nationwide to organizations such as Penske
Automotive, the Colton Joint Unified School District and The Langham Hotel in
Pasadena.

For more information, visit www.evsafecharge.com

Media Contact:
Sean Mahoney
C. +1-310-867-0670
seamah@gmail.com

THE TOP 10 STARTUPS RACING TO REMAKE THE AUTO INDUSTRY

IF YOU WORKED for a startup in the 1990s, chances were you were figuring out how to make money on the brand spankin’ new World Wide Web. Leap forward 10 years, and the typical startup was all about apps on your smartphone, to do everything from touching up selfies, to booking flights, to getting your laundry picked up.

Now, we’re in the decade of the startup launched to remake transportation—the electric cars, ride sharing networks, and personal flying machines that will transform the way people get around. Read more

EV Safe Charge Exhibiting at EVS 30, October 9-11, Europe’s Biggest Conference Dedicated to the ElectroMobility Industry

Los Angeles, CA – October 6, 2017 – EV Safe Charge, a US-based EV charging installation and services group, announced today that EV Safe Charge will be exhibiting at this year’s EVS 30 Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition, Europe’s biggest and most important and well attended conference exclusively dedicated to the ElectroMobility Industry, being held this year in Stuttgart, Germany, October 9-11. EV Safe Charge, the recently named Top 10 Startup by AutoMobility LA and the Los Angeles Auto Show will be exhibiting at the Forth Mobility Pavilion, Booth C39.

“EV Safe Charge is proud to have been invited by Forth Mobility to exhibit in the Forth Pavilion at EVS 30, the global ElectroMobility industry’s biggest and most important conference,” stated EV Safe Charge Founder and CEO, Caradoc Ehrenhalt. “The growth of EV car markets around the world continues at an accelerated pace with automakers such as Volvo, Jaguar Land Rover and GM recently announcing all-electric futures and many countries announcing the elimination of fossil fuel-only based automobiles within the next few decades as well. Companies like EV Safe Charge are poised to play an integral role and help support the growth in green sustainability by offering easy charging solutions and collaborating with other leading companies in the EV space.”

“We’re looking forward to meeting with existing partners and potential new partners and investors,” continued Ehrenhalt. “Our company is in an aggressive growth spurt on the heels of being named as a 2017 Top 10 Automotive Startup by AutoMobility LA and the LA Auto Show. This prestigious recognition will help with our further penetration into the EV automotive mainstream consciousness and help our company continue to grow.”

EV Safe Charge is a national service providing residential and commercial installations of EV charges for customers ranging from individual homes to retail outlets and car dealership networks. Working in tandem with industry leading suppliers such as Bosch, ClipperCreek and EV Connect, EV Safe Charge provides a turnkey solution suitable to any customer.

About EV Safe Charge

EV Safe Charge is transforming the way consumers and businesses go green. By providing concierge-style white glove service, we are becoming THE leading turnkey solution in installing, maintaining and enabling EV chargers and software for electric vehicle charging anywhere in the US.

Our customers range from owners of homes, apartment complexes, office buildings and commercial locations nationwide to organizations such as Penske Automotive, the Colton Unified School District and The Langham Hotel in Pasadena. For more information, visit https://www.evsafecharge.com/.

About Forth Mobility

Through innovation, demonstration projects, advocacy and engagement, our mission is to advance electric, smart and shared transportation in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. For more information, visit https://forthmobility.org.

About EVS 30

The largest trade fair and conference event for electric mobility will be held in Stuttgart in 2017 – the “Electric Vehicle Symposium & Exhibition” (EVS). Every 12 to 18 months, researchers, government representatives and industry experts from around the world gather to get the latest picture of all forms of electric mobility, its technologies and other issues, such as battery and fuel cell drives, and discuss new trends. The event venue rotates between North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.messestuttgart.de/en/evs30/.

AutoMobility L.A. names startup competition finalists

A Los Angeles startup and nine other companies will be competing in the 2017 Top Ten Automotive Startups Competition before the Los Angeles Auto Show in November.

EV Safe Charge, which installs electric vehicle chargers at residential and commercial locations, has been named a finalist in the contest, which will take place at AutoMobility LA, taking place Nov. 27-30. The Auto Show follows on Dec. 1-10.The diverse group of finalists are working on electric vehicles, autonomous fleets and carpooling using artificial intelligence, augmented reality and remote sensors.

The top 10 were winnowed down from an applicant pool of 300 based on a number of criteria including “the potential to greatly impact daily transportation and mobility needs from both a consumer and business perspective,” AutoMobility said. Read more

EV Safe Charge Named as One of the Top Ten Startups by The Los Angeles Auto Show and AutoMobility LA for 2017

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EV Safe Charge Named as One of the Top Ten Startups by The Los Angeles Auto Show and AutoMobility LA for 2017

 

Los Angeles, CA – October 5, 2017 – EV Safe Charge, a Los Angeles based EV charging installation and services group, is proud to announce today that the company has been named as one of the Top Ten Startup companies by The Los Angeles Auto Show and AutoMobility LA for the 2017 LA Auto Show.

“EV Safe Charge is honored to be named by The Los Angeles Auto Show and AutoMobility LA as one of their Top Ten Startups for 2017,” stated EV Safe Charge Founder and CEO, Caradoc Ehrenhalt. “We’re so proud to be grouped among such impressive & innovative companies representing everything from AI technology to carpool solutions for schools, teams and active families, and to be the only LA-based company selected.”

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EV Safe Charge Named as One of the Top Ten Startups by The Los Angeles Auto Show and AutoMobility LA for 2017

Los Angeles, CA – October 5, 2017 – EV Safe Charge, a Los Angeles based EV charging installation and services group, is proud to announce today that the company has been named as one of the Top Ten Startup companies by The Los Angeles Auto Show and AutoMobility LA for the 2017 LA Auto Show.

“EV Safe Charge is honored to be named by The Los Angeles Auto Show and AutoMobility LA as one of their Top Ten Startups for 2017,” stated EV Safe Charge Founder and CEO, Caradoc Ehrenhalt. “We’re so proud to be grouped among such impressive & innovative companies representing everything from AI technology to carpool solutions for schools, teams and active families, and to be the only LA-based company selected.”

AutoMobility aims to achieve their goals by fostering interaction and innovation among businesses, organizations and government offices involved both directly and tangentially in the new mobility industry. “The importance of AutoMobility and the companies it chooses to recognize, represents the future of the automotive industry,” continued Ehrenhalt. “It’s amazing to see the auto industry now moving so rapidly towards green solutions, and we’re proud to be recognized as a leader in end-to-end electric vehicle charging infrastructure.”

EV Safe Charge is a nationwide service providing residential and commercial installations of EV chargers for customers ranging from individual homes to retail outlets and car dealership networks. Working in tandem with industry leading suppliers such as Bosch, ClipperCreek and EV Connect, EV Safe Charge provides a turnkey solution suitable to any customer.

About EV Safe Charge

EV Safe Charge is transforming the way consumers and businesses go green. By providing concierge-style white glove service, we are becoming THE leading turnkey solution in installing, maintaining and enabling EV chargers and software for electric vehicle charging anywhere in the US.

Our customers range from owners of homes, apartment complexes, office buildings and commercial locations nationwide to organizations such as Penske Automotive, the Colton Unified School District and The Langham Hotel in Pasadena. For more information, visit https://www.evsafecharge.com/.

About the Los Angeles Auto Show and AutoMobility LA

Founded in 1907, the Los Angeles Auto Show (LA Auto Show®) is the first major North American auto show of the season each year. In 2016, the show’s Press & Trade Days merged with the Connected Car Expo (CCE) to become AutoMobility LATM, the industry’s first trade show converging the technology and automotive industries to launch new products and technologies and to discuss the most pressing issues surrounding the future of transportation and mobility. AutoMobility LA 2017 will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center Nov. 27-30, with manufacturer vehicle debuts intermixed. LA Auto Show 2017 will be open to the public Dec. 1-10. AutoMobility LA is where the new auto industry gets business done, unveils groundbreaking new products and makes strategic announcements in front of media and industry professionals from around the globe. LA Auto Show is endorsed by the Greater L.A. New Car Dealer Association and is operated by ANSA Productions. To receive the latest show news and information, follow LA Auto Show on Twitter at twitter.com/LAAutoShow, via Facebook at facebook.com/LAAutoShow or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/laautoshow/ and sign up for alerts at http://www.laautoshow.com/. For more information about AutoMobility LA, please visit http://www.automobilityla.com/.