EV Charging Minds Ep. 04 - Reliability at Scale: Powerdot's Blueprint for Trusted EV Charging

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In this episode of EV Charging Minds, Christian Hand sits down with Afonso Ramos, Co-Founder and Chief Product & Revenue Officer at Powerdot, one of Europe's fastest growing CPOs. With over 11,500 charging points across six countries, Power Dot has scaled rapidly while maintaining exceptional reliability.

Afonso shares the company's journey from its 2019 founding in Portugal, to becoming a major European player. He reveals Powerdot's three non-negotiables for reliability: rigorous hardware procurement, in-house technology development, and dedicated operations teams. The conversation explores on their innovative Powerlab testing facility, their pure-play CPO strategy, and why deep partnerships with OEMs and other stakeholders are essential for the industry's success.

What we explore:

0:21 Afonso Ramos and his Role at Powerdot
3:50 Powerdot's Growth Journey Since 2019
5:18 Afonso's Personal Story: Why EV Charging?
9:23 The CPO & CRO Role: An Unusual Combination
10:17 Why Reliability is Powerdot's Core Mission
15:35 Hardware Procurement Strategy & Managing Supplier Diversity
17:18 The Powerlab Innovation Center
19:16 The Pure-play CPO Business Model
23:15 EV Reliability Trends & OEM Collaboration
26:13 The Missing Link: Deeper CPO-OEM Partnership
28:49 Advice for Non-EV Drivers: Why Switch to Electric?
32:02 Closing Remarks

???? About Powerdot: Powerdot operates over 11,500 ultra-fast charging points across Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Poland, and Luxembourg, focusing on destination charging at retail locations, hotels, and other places people already visit.

Afonso Ramos is the Co-founder and CPO at Powerdot. A technologist and "builder" at heart, Afonso brings over a decade of experience in scaling products that solve complex operational problems in mobility and logistics. At the intersection of engineering, growth, and product strategy, he now leads the systems and processes required to operate one of Europe’s largest ultra-fast charging networks efficiently.

Christian Hahn leads Hubject, the eMobility platform that simplifies EV charging by connecting CPOs and EMPs and OEMs through its intercharge eRoaming structure, providing standardized access to charging infrastructure and pioneering Plug&Charge technology.

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Connect with us:
Hubject: www.hubject.com/community
Powerdot: www.powerdot.eu/en

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