Voltpost is expanding the deployment of its Level 2 lamppost EV chargers across New York, Connecticut, and California. The infrastructure push relies on a newly established contract with EV charging services company InCharge Energy, which will manage the physical installations and ongoing field maintenance.
The system works by retrofitting existing municipal streetlights and utility poles rather than constructing entirely new, standalone charging stations from scratch. That means no tearing up sidewalks. No pouring fresh concrete. It bypasses the traditional logistical hurdles of urban infrastructure development, making it significantly cheaper to install curbside charging in dense neighborhoods.
The InCharge Energy Rollout
InCharge Energy is stepping in as Voltpost’s preferred installation and service partner. Their certified field teams act as a single point of contact for the physical deployment across the three initial states.
This hardware scale-up includes a direct software integration. The companies launched “Voltpost Care,” a network monitoring platform powered directly by InCharge’s “InControl” charge management software. This gives operators real-time network visibility. If a unit goes down, the system flags it for proactive maintenance and triggers rapid service dispatch. The goal is to cut down the frustrating downtime that plagues public EV networks, according to an official partnership announcement published Tuesday.
Voltpost cofounder and CEO Jeffrey Prosserman outlined the operational shift. “Partnering with InCharge Energy provides the maintenance operational foundation to scale our mission of bringing affordable, convenient EV charging to communities of all sizes across the country. Their end-to-end capabilities, including charger installation and servicing…”
How Retrofitting Utility Poles Alters the Curbside Math
The underlying shift here targets the curbside charging dilemma. Millions of urban residents want electric vehicles but lack private garages or driveways to charge them overnight. Ground-up construction of traditional Level 2 hubs in dense metropolitan zones is prohibitively expensive and restricted by severe spatial limits.
By tapping into existing municipal assets, Voltpost and InCharge Energy flip the deployment model. They are utilizing infrastructure that already has a footprint and a grid connection. This specific partnership triggers an industry shift toward repurposing the current streetscape over forcing new real estate into cramped city blocks.