As electric vehicles (EVs) become mainstream, businesses are facing a pivotal opportunity: turn their properties into revenue-generating energy hubs without investing upfront capital.
At Everged, we believe the future isn’t just about installing EV chargers. It’s about integrating EV charging with solar, battery energy storage systems (BESS), and smart energy management under a business model that provides organizations with all the operational and financial benefits with none of the burden. When structured properly, this approach delivers exactly what customers want:
No out-of-pocket costs. No additional operational burden. Enhanced revenues streams. Measurable cost savings.
Here’s how it works—and why it makes financial sense.
The number of EVs on the road continues to grow every year and for these drivers, charging isn’t optional – it’s a necessity. As a result, an increasing number of people are adapting their travel patterns around charging availability.
That means businesses with charging infrastructure become preferred destinations.
Charging goes beyond simply attracting new patrons to a site; studies consistently show that drivers spend more time and more money at locations where they can charge. This provides real financial benefits to businesses such as:
Charging transforms parking spaces into a powerful marketing tool to attract, engage, and retain high-value customers.
For employers, workplace charging is an attractive benefit. Employees who cannot charge at home often place tremendous value on access at work. This is especially true in urban areas where many people live in multiunit dwellings, rather than single family homes, giving them less autonomy to install a home charger.
Providing EV charging:
Installing EV charging is not a symbolic gesture, it’s a tangible and visible sustainability investment. It signals leadership and forward thinking to customers, employees, and investors alike, boosting brand equity.
Installing chargers alone is only part of the story.
Virtually every organization today is trying to:
An integrated EV charging, renewable Energy, battery project accomplishes all these goals simultaneously. Organizations can attract and retain a growing customer base, unlock a new revenue stream with the chargers, and do so without any investment while strengthening their own infrastructure and resiliency.
Adding EV charging to any location provides a material benefit, both to the business and to the EV drivers who will charge there. However, integrating charging with renewable energy and battery storage unlocks additional value.
EV chargers increase power usage. Pairing chargers with renewables reduces grid reliance and lowers operating costs.
In many regions, utilities impose significant demand charges based on peak energy usage. Battery storage helps manage load spikes and avoid costly penalties.
Energy generation via renewable sources creates the opportunity to enter into PPAs (power purchasing agreements) with the local utility. This energy arbitrage is a key component of the business model that allows integrated projects to be offered at no upfront cost.
Having the ability to generate and manage its energy supply gives any business additional control over its operational costs and resiliency against a dynamic energy ecosystem.
An integrated system demonstrates a comprehensive commitment to clean energy, not just charging access.
While any organization looking to increase revenue and decrease operational cost can benefit from this offering, integrated projects are especially compelling for organizations with:
Strong candidates include but are not limited to:
For these organizations, EV charging becomes both a revenue stream and an infrastructure upgrade.
What makes Everged different is how we structure projects.
Everged handles the entire project:
This arrangement allows Everged to leverage several funding mechanisms in order to provide site hosts with this valuable amenity at no cost.
As the system owner, Everged enters into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the local utility for the energy generated onsite, sending extra energy to the grid for compensation. This helps offset project costs while providing discounted energy to the site host.
We also pursue available incentives for EV charging, renewable, and battery installations to further reduce capital requirements.
In traditional EV projects, revenue share often begins only after the owner-operator recoups their investment through income generated by drivers paying to charge. Because the PPA and incentive opportunities cover the cost of the project, Everged is able to offer the site host a revenue-share on charging proceeds immediately.
That means site hosts can begin generating income immediately, without capital investment.
From day one, Everged handles the coordination of the following to optimize performance:
The site host has a single point of contact who is also financially motivated to ensure maximum uptime and a great driver experience.
Alternative: Host Ownership Option
For organizations that prefer to own and operate their own equipment, Everged also offers a purchase model. In that scenario, the site host makes the upfront investment and retains all financial benefits from PPAs, incentives, and charging revenue.
Everged and the site host are business partners, financially aligned on ensuring maximum performance of all equipment. Everged owns the equipment and leverages the site host property to create an energy generating ecosystem, the site host gains a valuable financial and operational asset, and both parties can monetize the arrangement for years to come.
Traditional charging sites often involve multiple siloed vendors: equipment providers, network managers, solar contractors, battery integrators, leading to accountability gaps and performance issues.
Everged integrates everything under one aligned financial structure:
Many charging providers implement a flat network fee per charger to their site hosts, due to be paid whether the chargers are used or not.
Everged aligns its network access fee with site host interests.
Our network access fee is calculated per kilowatt-hour (kWh) delivered. That means:
The fee is simply deducted from charging proceeds before revenue is split.
Site hosts do not necessarily need a lot of space for a project like this.
Renewable energy equipment and batteries can be co-located with the EV chargers but do not necessarily have to be. While the chargers need to be in parking lots, the other assets can placed elsewhere depending on convenience, aesthetics, and power considerations.
Everged offers a growing portfolio of solutions to meet the needs of any project, including:
For urban or space-constrained properties, rooftop and canopy systems provide efficient alternatives.
Carport structures also offer secondary benefits:
An integrated EV charging, renewable, and battery project isn’t just a sustainability initiative—it’s a financial strategy.
It allows businesses to:
By structuring projects under our integrated offering model, Everged transforms energy infrastructure from a cost center into a revenue center.
No out-of-pocket costs. No additional operational burden. Enhanced revenues streams. Measurable cost savings.
That’s not just a clean energy solution—it’s a smart business decision.
Learn about the Everged Zero Cost Integrated Solution today.