In this week’s episode, Alex is joined by Arun Gopinath, CEO & Co-founder at Vahanomy Ltd, a Scottish eMobility scale up developing innovative data-driven products to optimise investment, reduce risk and help accelerate the rollout of the EV charging infrastructure.

Alex and Arun discuss the current state of the EV charging sector and the challenges associated with locating sites for public charging infrastructure in rural areas that meet the needs of drivers, investors, landowners and operators.

They also debate the best metrics that should be used to measure the performance of the sector, and the merits of meeting future charging demand in rural areas through the supply of charge points by small and medium size businesses in the hospitality and tourism sectors, and greater use of shared transport.

Opportunities for rural communities to develop microgrids that generate and supply renewable power to local homes, businesses and charge points are explored as a means to reduce the dependency on applying for expensive grid connections.

Find out more about Arun & Vahanomy at https://www.vahanomy.com/

Connect with Arun @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/arungopinath/

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