Q&A with Richard Lowenthal, Founder and CEO of Electric Vehicle Networked Charging Station Provider Coulomb Technologies

This Energy Insights Perspective covers Energy Insights' question-and-answer session with Richard Lowenthal, founder and CEO of Coulomb Technologies, based in Campbell, California. One of a handful of players in the emerging plug-in electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure space, the two-year upstart is making tangible gains in deploying its initial batch of ChargePoint networked charging stations among municipalities and commercial businesses in the United States and Europe. It is, furthermore, expanding its sales distribution network to accelerate awareness and sales while laying the strategic groundwork to court its potentially most lucrative customer: the electric utility.

In this interview with Energy Insights, Lowenthal discusses his company's multiple revenue stream business model, the fundamental importance of outfitting Coulomb's charging stations with smart functionality, and his approach to working with electric utilities.