Built by Operators,
Not Observers
Each founder brings hands-on experience building and operating EV charging, battery storage, and fleet infrastructure. We know what works because we’ve deployed it.
team
Niklas Hildebrand
Co-Founder & Commercial Lead
10+ years accelerating the energy transition across own ventures, strategy consulting, and industry leaders.
Built own companies before scaling charging infrastructure at Tesla across Europe while completing a PhD in quantitative infrastructure prediction models. Former Director at EY-Parthenon leading strategy projects across the energy value chain. Today focused on scientific customer insights and scalable growth strategies for energy infrastructure players.
Simon Ludwig
Co-Founder & Product Lead
7+ years bridging product, technology, and industrial know-how across own ventures, venture capital, and the automotive and energy industries.
Founder and MD of a digital transformation consultancy, alongside multiple ventures spanning mobility and digital platforms. Earlier stations include Porsche, autarc, and residential energy storage, and time in venture capital at Target Global and SquareOne. Today focused on product strategy, technology development, and data-driven insights for EV charging infrastructure, and battery storage solutions.
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Niklas Hildebrand
Co-Founder & Commercial Lead
10+ years accelerating the energy transition across own ventures, strategy consulting, and industry leaders.
Built own companies before scaling charging infrastructure at Tesla across Europe while completing a PhD in quantitative infrastructure prediction models. Former Director at EY-Parthenon leading strategy projects across the energy value chain. Today focused on scientific customer insights and scalable growth strategies for energy infrastructure players.
Simon Ludwig
Co-Founder & Product Lead
7+ years bridging product, technology, and industrial know-how across own ventures, venture capital, and the automotive and energy industries.
Founder and MD of a digital transformation consultancy, alongside multiple ventures spanning mobility and digital platforms. Earlier stations include Porsche, autarc, and residential energy storage, and time in venture capital at Target Global and SquareOne. Today focused on product strategy, technology development, and data-driven insights for EV charging infrastructure, and battery storage solutions.
advisory Board
Scientific Depth Meets Market Reality
Our advisory board ensures excellence in research design, data interpretation, and customer insight — keeping our work both scientifically sound and commercially relevant.
Prof. Dr. Kummer
CTO
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kummer heads the Institute for Transport Economics and Logistics at WU Vienna – one of Europe's leading research institutions in logistics and supply chain management.
With over 100 publications and decades of applied research in transport systems, fleet operations, and logistics strategy, he provides the academic rigour behind Cofuel's approach to fleet infrastructure and market modelling.
Prof. Dr. Holm
CTO
Prof. Dr. Peter Holm is Vice Dean and Head of the Transport & Logistics Management programme at Provadis Hochschule Frankfurt.
His research focuses on the digital and sustainable transformation of logistics — spanning AI, platform economics, and IoT applied to supply chain and fleet operations. He brings deep institutional knowledge of how transport networks and charging infrastructure converge at scale.
Partners & Friends
Our Network
We collaborate with selected partners to extend our infrastructure intelligence capabilities and deployment ecosystem.
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USCALE is Germany’s specialist for EV driver research. Since 2018, they systematically study real charging behaviour — providing the customer insight that underpins sound infrastructure market decisions.
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ONE3 plans, builds, and operates EV charging infrastructure from a single source. With 200+ charging parks planned and 180+ actively managed across the DACH region, they bring hands-on execution to CPOs, fleet operators, and site developers.
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CIRRANTIC is Europe’s leading independent platform for EV charging data — covering 1.5M connectors, 1,200+ charging brands, and a reach of 30M EV drivers.
