EV Charger Sharing
Sharing Power: Julie Perrissel and Sumit Gole, IvyGo
IvyGo is a cleantech startup built from lived experience. Both founders spent years in large corporate IT roles, but the project began with something far more personal: the difficulty of charging an EV without access to home infrastructure. “I know what it’s like to have an EV and not be able to charge — it’s stressful.” From that frustration grew a simple idea with wide impact: what if private chargers could be shared, like an Airbnb for EV charging?
IvyGo enables exactly that — connecting drivers with nearby residents who are willing to share their chargers. It’s a practical, community-driven response to one of the biggest barriers to EV adoption: inequality of access. Built in-house and bootstrapped from family, friends and early angel investors, the platform reflects a blend of resilience, frugality and technical credibility. As one founder put it, “Building a startup takes a village… we’ve built a village around this idea.”
Images taken at their software development base in Sydney’s CBD and at an electrification exhibition, along with guest speaker Dr Saul Griffiths.
Their story is emblematic of Climate Solvers — everyday innovators creating pathways for change, one charger, one neighbourhood, one community at a time.