EVCS

United States - Arcadia, California

• 06/07/2022
• Unknown
• $68,800,000

EVCS was founded in 2018 by Green Commuter founder Gustavo Occhiuzzo and finance expert Ian Vishnevsky, two serial entrepreneurs who saw the opportunity to provide California businesses with charging stations as the number of electric vehicles on the road continued to multiply. While Green Commuter, first established in 2014, pioneered eco-friendly mobility through its fleet of all-electric vanpool vehicles, Occhiuzzo and Vishnevsky were determined to encourage greater electric vehicle participation by California residents through a scalable nation wide charging solution.

EVCS set about developing a unique and industry-disrupting approach to mobility power – most notably employing a complete turnkey approach that utilizes both public and private grants, rebates and other financial incentives to reduce the downside while optimizing the upside for participating site owners. Thanks to the enormous popularity of this approach, EVCS has already expanded its footprint from California to Washington via the West Coast Electric Highway and will soon traverse the country. EVCS is a B Lab Certified Benefit Corporation.

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Gustavo OcchiuzzoFounder

United States - Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

I am a 28 year veteran entrepreneur who started my career by deploying an Uber-like company in his native Buenos Aires back in 1993. After migrating to the US, I founded and ran a construction company focused on government contracts throughout California.

In 2014 I founded Green Commuter, a first-of-its-kind software platform that manages zero-emission vehicles for vanpool and car sharing services. The fleet allows commuters to travel to and from work in a clean, all-electric zero-emission vehicle. Green Commuter’s mission is to reduce traffic, improve air quality and reduce the cost of commuting and mobility. Green Commuter currently operates its own fleet of 100+ electric vehicles in California.

After identifying a lack of publicly accessible charging stations to support Green Commuter’s fleet, I co-founded EVCS; a vertically integrated electric vehicle charging network. EVCS leverages government and other public and private funding sources to provide a no cost, turnkey EV charging solution to hundreds of site hosts ranging from Universities, restaurants, shopping centers, gas stations to public parking lots and hotels. My goal is to remove all obstacles to EV adoption.

EVCS currently has 500+ EV charging stations in its network and 1,500+ additional EV chargers under construction throughout California, Oregon and Washington State, becoming one of the largest fast charging networks in the West Coast.

I have been driving an electric vehicle since 2012.

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/gustavoocchiuzzo/