SWTCH Energy Inc.

New York,  NY 
United States
http://swtchenergy.com

• Booth: 830

Overview

SWTCH is a North American EV charging technology company advancing scalable charging infrastructure. Its charging intelligence, SWTCH Cortex, pairs open, OCPP-certified software with purpose-matched hardware to deliver EV charging that installs simply, manages efficiently, and scales on existing electrical infrastructure. With more than 25,000 chargers deployed across residential communities, commercial buildings, highway corridors, and municipal networks, SWTCH is trusted by organizations across North America, including CBRE, Greystar, and Google.

  Press Releases

• SWTCH Energy Launches SWTCH Tap™: One-Tap EV Charging That Works Even Off (Apr 24, 2026)

  TORONTO, ON — April 7, 2026 — SWTCH Energy, a North American EV charging leader advancing scalable charging infrastructure, today announced the launch of SWTCH Tap™, a new capability within the SWTCH Cortex platform that lets drivers start a charging session with a single smartphone tap — even when a cellular signal is unavailable.

  Underground garages, parkades, and remote commercial sites are notorious dead zones for cellular connectivity. For EV drivers in these environments, the result is a frustrating gap between pulling up to a charger and actually getting a charge started.

  SWTCH Tap eliminates that gap. Powered by SWTCH Cortex, the company’s intelligent charging platform, the technology uses NFC to identify the charger and the driver’s account instantly—bypassing menus, app downloads, and cloud handshakes. The driver taps, sees a 1-click “Start” page, and charges.

  “The biggest hurdle to a great driver experience is often the connectivity burden at the site,” said Carter Li, CEO of SWTCH. “With SWTCH Tap, we’ve streamlined the process to a single tap while ensuring the charger works every time, regardless of network status. By utilizing local authorization and UID caching, the charger can make decisions in real time without waiting for a cloud handshake. When a driver pulls up with an empty battery, they should be able to charge, no matter what the network situation is at the time.”

  Charging in Every Scenario

  SWTCH Tap is designed to deliver a reliable experience across three distinct connectivity scenarios:

  1. Full Connectivity: When both the charger and the driver’s phone are online, the tap provides a faster, one-click start—no QR codes, no looking up station IDs, and no waiting for a signal.
  2. Phone in a Dead Zone: If a driver has no cellular signal on their phone, the charger recognizes their SWTCH account via NFC and authenticates the session locally.
  3. Total Site Outage: In a complete network outage, the system uses local intelligence—via SWTCH Nexus edge computing or cached user IDs on the charger itself—to authorize the session. Transaction data syncs automatically once connectivity is restored.

  A Multi-Layered Approach to Uptime

  SWTCH Tap is the latest addition to a broader reliability stack within SWTCH Cortex. Together with SWTCH Nexus, which provides local edge computing for site-level decision-making, SWTCH has built a multi-layered fail-safe that ensures the connectivity never produces a charging gap for drivers or a service gap for property owners.

  SWTCH’s approach leverages a standard OCPP framework to cache authorized users locally, meaning the charger retains the ability to authenticate sessions even when entirely disconnected from the cloud. This “store and forward” model ensures sessions start immediately and billing data reconciles seamlessly once the network returns.

  To learn more about SWTCH Tap and the SWTCH Cortex platform, visit swtchenergy.com.
  
  About SWTCH Energy

  SWTCH is a North American EV charging technology company advancing scalable charging infrastructure. Its charging intelligence, SWTCH Cortex, pairs open, OCPP-certified software with purpose-matched hardware to deliver EV charging that installs simply, manages efficiently, and scales on existing electrical infrastructure. With more than 25,000 chargers deployed across residential communities, commercial buildings, highway corridors, and municipal networks, SWTCH is trusted by organizations across North America, including CBRE, Greystar, and Google.
   

• SWTCH Energy Unveils Smart Outlet and Flex Charger, Delivering the Complete (Apr 24, 2026)

  Boston, MA — [March 16, 2026] — SWTCH Energy, a North American EV charging leader advancing scalable charging infrastructure, today announced the launch of two new hardware products: the SWTCH Flex Charger (available in Level 1 and Level 2 models) and the SWTCH Smart Outlet. Both were designed to support the growing demand for cost-effective, scalable EV charging across every type of property and use.

  With this launch, SWTCH now offers a fully integrated, end-to-end EV charging portfolio—from smart outlets and Level 1 chargers to Level 2 and high-power DC chargers. This expanded lineup eliminates the need for building owners to juggle multiple vendors, systems, or networks to serve different use cases, whether across a portfolio of sites or within a single facility.

  The new devices are also OCPP-compliant and built to natively integrate with SWTCH Cortex™—the charging intelligence that brings together open software and purpose-matched hardware. In addition to basic charging functionality, SWTCH Cortex offers advanced energy management, offline charging, and integrated billing, access control, and analytics. This approach allows operators to deploy the right mix of charging hardware today while retaining the flexibility to expand over time.

  By adding the Smart Outlet and Flex Charger to SWTCH’s robust ecosystem of OCPP-compliant hardware, site owners gain purpose-built options for ultra-low-cost, overnight charging alongside higher-power use cases—all without overbuilding electrical capacity or managing disconnected systems. Additionally, the Smart Outlet’s bring-your-own-cable (BYOC) design protects site owners from the repair costs of cable theft, a widespread issue across the EV charging landscape.

  “As EV adoption accelerates, operators need charging that is flexible, cost-effective, and easy to scale,” said Carter Li, CEO of SWTCH Energy. “With the launch of the SWTCH Smart Outlet and SWTCH Flex Charger, we’re giving customers purpose-built hardware that works seamlessly with SWTCH Cortex so they can future-proof their facilities while delivering reliable charging for every driver.”

  Every device is unified within SWTCH Cortex, creating a single, reliable, load-managed network that supports mix-and-match deployments at scale. From residential garages and commercial campuses to highway corridors and retail destinations, SWTCH delivers the flexibility, performance, and operational simplicity that building owners need—reinforcing its role as the go-to charging operator for North American portfolios.

  About SWTCH Energy

  SWTCH is a North American EV charging technology company advancing scalable charging infrastructure. Its charging intelligence, SWTCH Cortex, pairs open, OCPP-certified software with purpose-matched hardware to deliver EV charging that installs simply, manages efficiently, and scales on existing electrical infrastructure. With more than 25,000 chargers deployed across residential communities, commercial buildings, highway corridors, and municipal networks, SWTCH is trusted by organizations across North America, including CBRE, Greystar, and Google.