PlugShare is a mobile and web application which provides information on the location and details of charging stations for electric automobiles . The application was developed and continues to be maintained by Recargo, Inc. - which has been a part of EVgo Inc. since mid-2021.
13-515: PlugShare was introduced in 2009, the same year its developer, Recargo, Inc., was founded. The application and its developer, Recargo, Inc., were acquired by Innogy in October 2018. They were then acquired by EVgo Inc. in July 2021 for US$ 25 million. The number of charging stations available via the application grew by 50% from June 2021 to June 2022 to approximately 600,000 stations. By this time,
26-659: A complex deal of assets swap with RWE. The transfer of shares was completed in September 2019. The innogy brand still prevails on the Czech market as the incumbent gas supplier to households and industrial consumers. The Czech subsidiary, originally part of RWE since 2003 has been divested during merger between innogy and eon in Germany in 2020. The owner of innogy Czech is MVM, the Hungarian energy corporation. This means that
39-587: Is a mobile and web application which provides information on the location and details of charging stations for electric automobiles . The application was developed and continues to be maintained by Recargo, Inc. - which has been a part of EVgo Inc. since mid-2021. PlugShare was introduced in 2009, the same year its developer, Recargo, Inc., was founded. The application and its developer, Recargo, Inc., were acquired by Innogy in October 2018. They were then acquired by EVgo Inc. in July 2021 for US$ 25 million. The number of charging stations available via
52-411: Is available for free, but users may pay to upgrade and avoid seeing advertisements within the application. The application is available on its website and as a mobile application on iOS and Android . Users may register to check into charging stations, track which stations they have used, and enter information about their electric vehicle to help filter results to show stations compatible with
65-411: The application grew by 50% from June 2021 to June 2022 to approximately 600,000 stations. By this time, the application had 2.5 million registered users who had collectively checked in on the application over 5 million times. PlugShare utilizes the user's location or a provided address to show a map or list charging stations for electric automobiles . The application provides basic information on
78-483: The application had 2.5 million registered users who had collectively checked in on the application over 5 million times. PlugShare utilizes the user's location or a provided address to show a map or list charging stations for electric automobiles . The application provides basic information on the station's specifications and fees. It also provides information on amenities nearby the station, such as hotels , parks , restaurants , or retail . The application utilizes
91-616: The databases of numerous electric vehicle charging networks as well user submissions - including home chargers available for public usage. As of August 2023, PlugShare is available in 29 languages. It is available for free, but users may pay to upgrade and avoid seeing advertisements within the application. The application is available on its website and as a mobile application on iOS and Android . Users may register to check into charging stations, track which stations they have used, and enter information about their electric vehicle to help filter results to show stations compatible with
104-699: The global innogy brand aspiring for another "100 years" of history has shrunk to single central European market. In December 2016, Innogy combined its electric vehicles related activities into a new subsidiary called innogy eMobility Solutions GmbH. It operates one of the largest charging points network in Europe, which includes 7,000 charging points in over twenty countries. Since September 2008, it operated in cooperation with Daimler AG test project in Berlin called e-mobility Berlin . It also cooperated with an Italian company called Be Charge. In July 2018,
117-402: The station's specifications and fees. It also provides information on amenities nearby the station, such as hotels , parks , restaurants , or retail . The application utilizes the databases of numerous electric vehicle charging networks as well user submissions - including home chargers available for public usage. As of August 2023 , PlugShare is available in 29 languages. It
130-509: The subsidiary of the United States, innogy eMobility US, announced the acquisition of California-based BTCPower, a manufacturer of DC fast chargers and AC Level 2 chargers. In October 2018, the acquisition of California-based Recargo , an electric mobility software company, was announced. Recargo produces the popular PlugShare platform that helps electric vehicle (EV) drivers find public charging stations. Recargo PlugShare
143-490: The user's vehicle. Registered users may also submit new stations, update information on existing stations, add notes for other drivers, and add photographs. PlugShare also facilitates payment for fees at the charging stations of certain electric vehicle charging networks. Innogy Innogy SE was an energy company based in Essen , Germany . It is now merged and integrated into German energy company E.ON . The company
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#1732801676982156-498: Was created on 1 April 2016, by splitting the renewable , network and retail businesses of RWE into a separate entity. The new entity combined RWE subsidiaries RWE Innogy, RWE Deutschland, RWE Effizienz, RWE Vertrieb and RWE Energiedienstleistungen. On 7 October 2016, it was listed at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange . They served 23 million customers in Europe. In November 2017, it was announced that Innogy
169-559: Was looking to merge its energy retail subsidiary npower in the United Kingdom, with the equivalent division of rival SSE . It was planned that Innogy shareholders would own 34% of the demerged entity, however, the deal fell through, and in November 2019, it was announced that npower would ultimately be wound down following the acquisition of Innogy by E.ON. In March 2018, it was announced that E.ON would acquire Innogy, in
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