BW Auto World 40 Under 40 Winner: Avinash Sharma - EV Charging At The Click Of A Button
With a rich experience of over 14 years in tech-based startups, shared mobility, and EVs, Avinash Sharma, Co-founder & CEO, ElectricPE founded the company with a vision to save the planet one kilometre at a time. To achieve this goal, he chose the route of building electric mobility for the world, starting in India. He identified and began solving the largest roadblock to massive EV adoption - range anxiety.
He took a bet, that if EV charging was made available at the click of a button, similar to booking a movie ticket on BookMyShow, it would remove range anxiety completely. Since then, Sharma has been stirring up a revolution in the EV industry in India.
He was instrumental in establishing the largest and most dense charging network in Bangalore with 10,000 charge points on the ElectricPe platform in a span of seven months, whereas it took seven years for 8,000 charging points to be established across the country.
With no funding to back him up and with only a vision, Sharma worked towards bringing in the best in the industry in order to make his dream a reality. For this, he approached multiple industry stalwarts and convinced experts who worked with big brands like Ola, Udaan and Black Buck to form the leadership team.
Sharma believes building ElectricPe was not just about being relevant but also financially successful, contrary to the high level of uncertainty in the EV charging space.
