EVgo and Amazon Partner to Enable EV Drivers to Locate and Pay for Charging with Alexa
January 05 2023 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
EVgo is Amazon’s first charging network partner
for its voice-initiated charging and payment experience
EVgo Inc. (NASDAQ: EVGO), one of the nation’s largest public
fast charging networks for electric vehicles (EVs), today announced
a partnership with Amazon to support an Alexa-enabled EV charging
experience. This collaboration will allow drivers to ask Alexa to
help them find and navigate to nearby EV charging stations, as well
as initiate and pay for charging sessions at EVgo stations
seamlessly. The companies plan to roll out the in-vehicle
functionality to Alexa-enabled vehicles as well as automotive
accessories like Echo Auto later this year.
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EV drivers will be able to ask Alexa to
help them find, navigate to, and pay for public charging spots
through a simple voice request such as, “Alexa, find an EV charging
station near me.” (Photo: Business Wire)
“We want Alexa to be useful for customers in their everyday
lives, and EV charging is a great example of a task that can be
simplified and made more convenient through the power of AI,” says
Anes Hodžić, Vice President, Amazon Smart Vehicles. “By partnering
with EVgo, we’re bringing Alexa’s AI and multi-modal experiences to
improve the EV charging experience for drivers and streamline the
process of locating, initiating and paying for a charging
session.”
Amazon’s Alexa-enabled EV charging experience is designed to
leverage PlugShare™, the world’s leading EV community and a part of
the EVgo Inc. family, as well as EVgo Inside™. Integrated with the
Alexa app, the PlugShare API will allow customers to find nearby
charging stations, access its comprehensive public EV charging map
and ultimately take advantage of a seamless charging experience
built from over a decade of serving the largest community of EV
drivers in the world. With EVgo Inside integration, customers can
also register a new EVgo account, find EVgo charging stations,
initiate a charging session, and complete payment–all from within
their Alexa app. In the future, customers will also be able to view
real-time charger availability and view session and billing
information.
“EVgo and Amazon’s shared principles of being customer-centric
and committed to a sustainable future make innovative experiences
like voice-initiated charging possible,” said Cathy Zoi, CEO at
EVgo. “From Autocharge+ to charging with Alexa, EVgo is committed
to continuing to raise the bar for convenience of EV ownership for
our customers. EVgo is proud to be Amazon’s first charging network
partner to enable this Alexa experience, and support its Climate
Pledge to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.”
The collaboration with Amazon comes as EVgo continues to grow
its base of partners across industries, demonstrating its ability
to advance shared sustainability and electrification goals through
a versatile set of charging solutions and technology offerings.
Through this partnership, Amazon customers can access over 150,000
U.S. public charging stations listed on PlugShare.
Voice-initiated charging and payment builds on EVgo’s commitment
to enhancing the EV driver experience, with the company’s recent
launch of Autocharge+ allowing drivers to initiate a charging
session in seconds by simply plugging in.
For attendees at CES 2023, taking place in Las Vegas, NV from
January 5 to January 8, a high-power 350kW EVgo fast charger will
also be highlighted as part of the Amazon for Automotive experience
at booth #4001 in the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention
Center.
About EVgo
EVgo (Nasdaq: EVGO) is a leader in charging solutions, building
and operating the infrastructure and tools needed to expedite the
mass adoption of electric vehicles for individual drivers,
rideshare and commercial fleets, and businesses. Since its founding
in 2010, EVgo has led the way to a cleaner transportation future
and its network has been powered by 100% renewable energy since
2019 through renewable energy certificates. As one of the nation’s
largest public fast charging networks, EVgo’s owned and operated
charging network features over 850 fast charging locations –
currently serving over 60 metropolitan areas across more than 30
states – and continues to add more DC fast charging locations
through EVgo eXtend™, its white label service offering. EVgo is
accelerating transportation electrification through partnerships
with automakers, fleet and rideshare operators, retail hosts such
as grocery stores, shopping centers, and gas stations, policy
leaders, and other organizations. With a rapidly growing network,
robust software products and unique service offerings for drivers
and partners including EVgo Optima™, EVgo Inside™, EVgo Rewards™,
and Autocharge+, EVgo enables world-class charging experience where
drivers live, work, travel and play.
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materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
express or implied statements regarding the development and
deployment of software and the anticipated benefits of the
collaboration with Amazon Alexa. There are a significant number of
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
the statements made in this press release. See “Risk Factors” in
EVgo’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 24,
2022, as well as its other filings with the SEC, copies of which
are available on EVgo’s website at investors.evgo.com, and on the
SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements in
this press release are based on information available to EVgo as of
the date hereof, and EVgo does do not assume any obligation to
update the forward-looking statements provided to reflect events
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