From Spark to Scale: The Rightcharge Start-Up Story

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Charlie Cook shares his journey from civil engineering graduate to climate-tech entrepreneur with Rightcharge.

Charlie Cook, founder of Rightcharge, shared his journey from civil engineering graduate to climate-tech entrepreneur on Auto Futurecast. Inspired by his passion to combat climate change, Charlie transitioned from Octopus Energy, where he launched the UK’s first EV-specific energy tariff, to building Rightcharge, a platform simplifying EV ownership. The Rightcharge Pivot Initially a home charge point marketplace, Rightcharge faced challenges by 2023. A pivotal shift to fleet payment sol...

People in this episode

Guest: Charlie Cook

Topics covered

• climate change
• electric vehicles
• entrepreneurship
• startups

Keywords

• Rightcharge
• EV ownership
• Octopus Energy
• energy tariff
• fleet payment

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Rightcharge

Places: UK

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