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Powering Craft Coffee and Clean Energy Conversations at DistribuTECH 2019
Coffee is powerful on its own, but coffee brewed with clean on-site energy is even better. During DistribuTECH 2019, FreeWire Technologies teamed up with Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), ... more
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Cleantech Group: 2019 Energy Trends: Answers from Cleantech Innovation Leaders
At the 2019 Cleantech Forum San Francisco, we launched this year’s Global Cleantech 100 Report; an assessment of the companies most likely to make a significant market impact within the next five to... more
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A Flexible Solution To Unique Problems: FreeWire CEO Arcady Sosinov
FreeWire CEO Arcady Sosinov explains how introducing flexibility into EV charging can minimize infrastructure cost and the impact on the grid.... more
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3 Myths You Should Know About Electric Vehicles In The U.S.
On October 6th 2018, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a special report for policy makers with an urgent message: in order to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change... more
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What else will batteries unlock?
Low-cost, high-energy batteries are beginning to do some really cool things such as replace gas peaker plants, power mainstream vehicles and kick-start electric aviation. Here’s another application ... more
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10 DistribuTECH Sightings on the Show Floor
Powering a Mobile Espresso Bar — Freewire used its Mobi EV Charger mobile battery system to power an onsite mobile espresso bar. The company also produces mobile EV charging solutions for utilities ... more
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FreeWire – Driving sustainability through minimisation of EV infrastructure
FreeWire CEO Arcady Sosinov discusses FreeWire’s success as a developer of mobile EV charging solutions and how its technology circumvents the challenges of installing EV charging infrastructureR... more
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FreeWire partnering with SMUD on Mobi Gen and EV Charger units
FreeWire Technologies, a pioneer in flexible mobile power and EV charging technology (earlier post), will demonstrate its Mobi Gen and Mobi EV Charger units at DistribuTECH in partnership with Sacrame... more
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10 Big EV Charging Stories — #NewsBonanza
Freewire, which is aiming to soon produce ultra-fast EV charging and mobile on-site power technologies, received $15 million in Series A financing from the likes of BP Ventures (which led the round), ... more
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2019 Tech Predictions: Jaguar, Audi and Mercedes Challenge Tesla’s EV Range
Tesla is about to face some stiff competition. While the Elon Musk-fronted automaker is still set to stun in the new year — thanks to the international expansion of the Model 3 and the launch of the... more
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With $15 Million Raise, FreeWire Wants to Deliver EV Charging That Doesn’t Stress the Grid
FreeWire Technologies went to market with a rolling battery that charges cars. After a recently closed $15 million Series A, the Bay Area startup plans to tackle a bigger challenge. Electric vehicle r... more
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FreeWire Technologies raises $15 million Series A financing to support ultra-fast charging
Manufacturer of EV charging stations, FreeWire Technologies, has announced the successful closing of its $15 million Series A financing which will support the commercialisation of the company’s ultr... more
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BP Leads $15 Million Investment in Charging Business FreeWire
FreeWire Technologies Inc., a California developer of mobile electric-car charging systems, raised $15 million from investors led by oil giant BP Plc’s venture group to commercialize its product and... more
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FreeWire raises $15 million to expand portable charging technology for electric vehicles
FreeWire Technologies (FreeWire), a startup that creates portable charging technologies for electric vehicles (EVs) and other devices, has closed a $15 million series A round of funding led by BP Vent... more
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Volvo Cars Tech Fund Invests In Freewire
The Volvo Cars Tech Fund has invested in Freewire Technologies, a mobile and stationary energy storage startup located in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Fund invests in the tech and mobility sectors ... more
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FreeWire trials mobile charging service for commercial fleets
FreeWire Technologies, which is trialling chargers for electric vehicles on BP forecourts, has teamed up with Centrica for another feasibility study. FreeWire has received funding from the Office for ... more
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Zipcar to trial mobile electric charging in London
Car-sharing firm teams up with Innovate UK and US-based FreeWire Technologies to test benefits of recharging on the go Electric vehicles (EVs) on the streets of London could soon recharge without havi... more
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Electrification 2018: Arcady Sosinov, Freewire Technologies
PUF’s Steve Mitnick: What’s different, distinct and important about FreeWire’s technology and business model? Arcady Sosinov: The energy storage and power boost technology that FreeW... more
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Volvo cars tech fund invests in electric car charging company freewire
Volvo Cars has acquired a stake in electric car charging company FreeWire Technologies via the Volvo Cars Tech Fund, deepening the company’s commitment to a fully electric future. While Volvo Carsâ€... more
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Volvo goes off the grid, invests in mobile-charging experts Freewire
Volvo Cars has announced an investment in Freewire Technologies, a company that emphasizes mobile charging solutions. Freewire earlier this year attracted a $5 million investment from the petro-giant ... more
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Questioning The Fundamentals Of Fueling To Enable A New Electric Vehicle Ecosystem
Across sectors, human behavior evolves in parallel with the latest and greatest technology that is transforming a given market. Personal transportation is a result of that disruption. In an effort to ... more
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BP and RocketSpace test advanced mobility solutions with global start-ups
London and San Francisco – BP and RocketSpace, founders of the Mobility Tech Innovation Collaborative, are shaping the future movement of people, goods, and services in collaboration with global mob... more
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BP Trials FreeWire EV Charging System
BP has launched a trial of its FreeWire EV charging service in the UK, with the oil firm’s Hammersmith filling station the first forecourt to feature the system. Currently on trial until the end of ... more
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FreeWire deploys battery systems to increase the scalability of EV infrastructure
Rolling out the charging stations necessary to enable wide-scale adoption of EVs is a challenging task. Though valiant efforts are being made, there are still a lot of problematic applications that co... more