PositivEnergy
Founded 2019 · 20 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
PositivEnergy is an owner-operator of EV charging infrastructure that develops, designs, deploys, owns, operates and maintains charging assets under a single Charging-as-a-Service agreement. It serves cities, fleets, sports and entertainment venues, airports and utilities in the United States.
Also known as PositivEnergy
Founders & leadership
Investors · 2
Company profile
researched Aug 2026PositivEnergy is a US EV charging infrastructure company that delivers end-to-end deployments — from infrastructure planning and site selection through construction, commissioning, network operations and long-term maintenance — under a single agreement. Its primary commercial structure is Charging-as-a-Service, in which PositivEnergy funds the hardware, construction, utility upgrades and software, owns and operates the asset for a multi-year term, and shares charging revenue with the site host, who contributes no upfront capital. Hardware refreshes, software updates and power upgrades are included in the agreement, and PositivEnergy carries an uptime service-level commitment as the single accountable owner.
The portfolio spans DC fast charging in tiers from 50 kW to 360 kW and above (modular power cabinets with remote dispensers, CCS1/NACS/CHAdeMO options, V2G-capable, OCPP 1.6J/2.0.1, UL 2202, Made-in-USA and NEVI-eligible SKUs), AC Level 2 units from 9.6 kW to 19.2 kW for workplace, multifamily, curbside and depot use, trailer- or skid-mounted mobile DC charging at 50/120/200 kW for sites without grid capacity, and battery energy storage for peak shaving, backup power, arbitrage and microgrid configurations. A proprietary software layer, PositivAssess, performs site selection, utilization forecasting, ROI analysis, incentive modeling and load modeling. Customers can also purchase hardware outright instead of hosting under CaaS.
The company positions itself as an integrator that combines preferred hardware and software rather than a single-product charger vendor, pairing Level 3 DC fast charging with energy storage. Reported deployments and projects include the City of Philadelphia (including Streets and Sanitation refuse fleet), City of Ventura, City of Fort Myers, Raleigh Durham airport, a bus V2G electrification project with NextEra Energy, Battle Motors heavy-duty fleet charging and campus fleet DC fast charging at Duke University.
Founding story
Founder and CEO Ed (E.J.) Wise came from media and technology, having served as Chief Revenue Officer of Mashable and held executive roles at Pinterest, Funny or Die, Sportsline and E-Tour. After investing in a battery technology company and quickly becoming its chief revenue officer, he moved into clean energy out of concern about climate change and about grid reliability and energy storage, founding PositivEnergy with the stated aim of making clean energy available at commercial scale. In a 2024 interview he described having started the company five years earlier.
Business model
PositivEnergy operates two commercial paths. Under Charging-as-a-Service it finances, builds, owns, operates and maintains charging assets under one long-term agreement, charging no host capital expenditure and returning a share of charging revenue to the site host while carrying multi-year uptime service-level agreements and lifecycle responsibility including hardware and software refreshes. Alternatively, customers can buy Level 2, Level 3, mobile charging and battery storage hardware directly. Both paths are available to government, non-profit and educational buyers through the Sourcewell cooperative contract #051123-PST.
Recurring revenue from owned and operated charging assets, with charging activity revenue shared with site hosts, plus direct hardware sales and lifecycle operations and maintenance services.
Traction
The company reports 1,451 ports deployed and planned, 7,952 sites evaluated and modeled, and 90,000 kWh delivered. Named projects include the City of Philadelphia (municipal network and Streets and Sanitation refuse fleet), City of Ventura, City of Fort Myers, Raleigh Durham, NextEra Energy bus V2G electrification, Battle Motors and Duke University. A Philadelphia city transportation policy advisor is quoted endorsing the partnership.
Latest developments
The company has said it is developing supercharger technology intended to reduce infrastructure costs by about 40% while charging vehicles faster, is expanding into Charging-as-a-Service and applying its proprietary data analytics platform to charger placement, and had a 200 kW mobile charger in progress. A solar-storage project for Hospital Albert Schweitzer in Haiti was described as upcoming.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
An owner-operator and integrator in US EV charging infrastructure serving public, municipal, airport, hospitality, retail, utility, education and enterprise fleet segments, with coverage in trade and regional outlets including Electrek, CleanTechnica, Charged EV, Electrive and Refresh Miami.
The company positions itself around single-party accountability for the full asset lifecycle — funding, construction, ownership, operations and maintenance under one contract — rather than selling chargers alone, and emphasizes charger reliability, citing 99.2% uptime. It describes itself as a hardware- and software-agnostic integrator, and uses the proprietary PositivAssess modeling stack, built on 7,952 sites evaluated and modeled, for site selection and load forecasting.
Technology
Deployments combine DC fast charging from 50 kW to 360 kW+ using modular power cabinets with remote dispensers, with connector options across CCS1, NACS and CHAdeMO, vehicle-to-grid capability, air-cooled architecture in the Level 3 portfolio, OCPP 1.6J/2.0.1 communications over 4G LTE and Ethernet, and UL 2202, Energy Star and NEVI-eligible configurations. AC Level 2 units output 9.6–19.2 kW at 208/240 VAC with J1772/NACS connectors, wall or pedestal mounting, indoor/outdoor rated enclosures and ADA-compliant curbside variants. Mobile units in 50, 120 and 200 kW configurations pair on-board batteries with power conversion in towable or skid form factors, allowing off-peak charging and daytime dispensing. Containerized, modular battery energy storage supports peak shaving, backup, arbitrage and V2G stacking behind or in front of the meter. The PositivAssess software stack handles site selection, utilization forecasting, ROI and incentive modeling.
Go-to-market
Direct engagement with site hosts and fleet operators via site assessment and feasibility modeling, alongside public-sector procurement through the Sourcewell cooperative contract #051123-PST available to government, non-profit and educational buyers. The company also sells hardware directly and partners with utilities on make-ready programs and network operations.
Municipalities (curbside, transit, refuse and fleet depot electrification), airports and aviation operators, utilities, hospitality and retail site hosts, enterprise fleets, universities, and real estate owners of multifamily, workplace and mixed-use portfolios.
Geography
Operates nationally in the United States, with projects cited in Philadelphia, Ventura, Fort Myers, Raleigh Durham and at Duke University. The founder relocated to South Florida, which the company treats as a home base, and a solar-storage project for Hospital Albert Schweitzer in Haiti was described as upcoming.
History
Founded by Ed Wise, the company built a business around combining Level 3 DC fast chargers with energy storage rather than selling chargers alone, operating as an integrator of preferred hardware and software. It later expanded into Charging-as-a-Service and productized its data analytics for charger siting as PositivAssess, and made its offering available to public-sector buyers through the Sourcewell cooperative contract #051123-PST.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 7
launches, deals, and filingsListed among recent projects in the aviation segment.
Listed among recent projects as a bus vehicle-to-grid electrification deployment.
Listed among recent projects as campus fleet DCFC.
PositivEnergy is listed as a partner on the City of Philadelphia's EV charging network implementation and deployment, including a Streets and Sanitation refuse fleet project; a city transportation policy advisor is quoted on the partnership.
PositivEnergy's turnkey EV charging deployment and Charging-as-a-Service offering, as well as direct hardware purchases, are available to government, non-profit and educational buyers through Sourcewell cooperative contract #051123-PST.
The company described an upcoming solar-storage installation for Hospital Albert Schweitzer in Haiti.
Reported as an upcoming PositivEnergy 200 kW mobile charger, alongside supercharger technology the company said could cut infrastructure costs by 40%.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 8
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Frequently asked questions
- What does PositivEnergy do?
- PositivEnergy develops, owns and operates EV charging infrastructure for cities, fleets, airports and utilities under Charging-as-a-Service.
- Who are PositivEnergy's investors?
- PositivEnergy's investors include Hypothesis, Miroma Ventures.