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By Julien Martinez, president of ALMB Group
Leasemycharger.com is a brand of ALMB Group, a French company based in Cergy, and was founded in 2021 to make electric recharging available to everyone and to make electric mobility accessible to as many people as possible.
Through our two concepts, Buymycharger.com and Leasemycharger.com, we offer our private, professional, and public authority customers a complete solution for financing (purchase and lease with purchase option), services, and installation of charging stations for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids.
With Leasemycharger.com you can lease your charging point for electric vehicles or rechargeable hybrids, including installation, accessories and a 5-year warranty, for private individuals and businesses, from €13.90/month on a 12 to 60-month lease, with the option to buy it back at the end of the term for a symbolic €1.
We offer professional installation by our teams of IRVE technicians within 30 days on a turnkey basis throughout Europe and UK. Our Wallbox Chargers charging points, manufactured in Spain, are compatible with all electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles with a T2-type charging socket.
What inspired you to start this company?
At the end of 2020, in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, I completed the lease purchase of a plug-in hybrid executive vehicle from my previous company. I quickly became disillusioned, however, when I saw the charging time (7h30 for 40km of range) and the complexity of having a charging point installed at home, given that I was teleworking.
I then looked for a charging station rental solution that would avoid the need to invest large sums in the installation of a charging station, and would also allow me to upgrade to a more recent model. To my astonishment, no solution existed. So I created ALMB and Leasemycharger.com to enable people who don’t want to or can’t invest in a charging station to switch to electric mobility anyway.
What impact do you hope your startup will have on the industry or society?
I hope that Leasemycharger.com will enable as many people as possible to switch to electric vehicles at lower cost and with less hassle, so that we can all contribute to the decarbonization of transport and to a greener world.
What makes your product or service unique?
Our solution is still the only leasing with purchase option available for private customers. Our competitors only offer their business customers a leasing solution, whereas we integrate every cost, including any work and maintenance needed for the charging point. Not only do we offer them the comfort of service and the guarantee of having a charging station at home or in the office that works without interruption, but we also enable them to avoid having to invest in their installation from the outset and then chase their investment. From the very first month, our customers report clearly identifiable savings of between €200 and €300 following their switch to electric vehicles with Leasemycharger.com.
Can you share some key milestones or achievements?
After 2 years in business, we have installed over 1,000 charging points in mainland France and Corsica. Around 90% of our private customers and 60% of our business customers prefer to rent their charging points rather than buy them outright. We have twice raised funds and are currently looking for new ones to enable us to develop in the best possible conditions and continue to optimise our costs and lower our monthly payments, which has already dropped from €59 to €32 on average.
By the end of 2025, we’ll be present in over 10 countries, including most of Europe, Great Britain, North Africa, and North America.
What are you most looking forward to at Connected Britain?
As I said in the previous point, we have raised funds twice and are currently looking for new funds to develop our international business in the best possible conditions. So, we’re mainly looking for financial backing, partners, and business opportunities that will enable us to pursue our development.
You can learn more about Leasemycharger.com at stand S144 of Connected Britain‘s bustling startup village. Get your tickets now!