Directly Current Episode 43: Inside the EV Charging Business with Autel's Dario Pagani

Dario Pagani transitioned from ChargePoint to Autel Energy as the company, once a scan-tool manufacturer from Shenzhen, was building out its transition to charging hardware with a North Carolina factory and California-based innovation center. He’s ready to share some of the trends he’s seen in both the level 2 (slow) and DC (fast) charging industries for EVs, where market and incentive structures are shaping a lucrative but novel business that’s part-construction, part-manufacturing reliant on global supply chains, and part-technology company.

Max and Dario go over
– The aggressive pace of EV charging relative to modest EV passenger adoption in the US
– The challenges since COVID of being a global manufacturer who produces their own hardware
– The evolution of his role from being at a CPO (Charge Point Operator) to a company that ships interoperable hardware that is flexible
– Trends he’s seeing in the charging business as retail and multifamily adoption grows

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Resources and Links:
Check out Dario’s LinkedIn

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