The company aims to facilitate the payment transaction, invoicing and customer support for the charging session initiated via Cariqa. This involves addressing EV charging market inefficiencies by eliminating unclear pricing for EV drivers, as well as enhancing price control for CPOs. The startup is not a contractual partner of the customer, but only mediates the transaction between the CPO and the end customer.
The prices paid by customers can be set and changed by the operators independently and directly via the Cariqa Command Center. These prices are then received by the customer at exactly this level, with no reseller in between. With this, the startup not only promises lower prices for end users, but also benefits for CPOs.
Having already partnered with CPOs across Europe, the marketplace opened this month has access to over 420,000 charging stations across 30 European countries. Valuable features of the marketplace also include EV routing, optimal charge point discovery, and the possibility to connect the EV for more detailed consumption models and alerts, Cariqa ensures a seamless charging experience for EV drivers and a route to improved profitability for CPOs.
“Our mission is to contribute to the transition to sustainable mobility by creating a fairer and more efficient charging market. We aim to help charge point operators maximize their utilization rates and revenues while ensuring drivers pay a fair and transparent price,” says Issam Tidjani, CEO of Cariqa.
