Circuit Paul Ricard, France, 16.10.2024
In one of Europe’s most iconic motorsport racing and development tracks,
Paragon Mobility, the developer and operator of plug and play electric vehicle charging solutions and world class car racing champion Sebastien Buemi have announced the start of their collaboration.
Headquartered in the technology park of Sophia Antipolis, France, Paragon Mobility delivers a new class of energy optimization infrastructure with EV charging as key service offering. To this end the company has been developing and deploying a modular, compact, mobile and highly flexible and effective electric vehicle charging and energy management station named the Energy Pod.
Sebastien Buemi of Switzerland, is one of the most talented and versatile race car drivers of his generation. He currently races both in the World Endurance Championship (WEC), home of races like the 24h of Le Mans, with the Toyota Gazoo Racing team, as well as Formula E, the equivalent of electric Formula 1, with the Envision Racing team. He is also a driver for the leading Formula 1 RedBull Racing team.
Sebastien has an outstanding track record in motorsport. He is in particular 4 times winner of the 24h of Le Mans and part of the race’s hugely prestigious Hall of Fame, 4 times and current Endurance world champion (WEC), 1 time Formula E world champion. He is also credited with one of the highest number of pole positions in Formula E.
« We are hugely honored to welcome Sebastien as one of our investors and brand ambassadors and excited about the possibilities this collaboration brings forth in numerous fields. Sebastien is also an exemplary performer and achiever and a source of inspiration for all of us in building the company and delivering our goal of transforming the energy infrastructure » said Jean Lemaire, co-founder and CEO of Paragon Mobility.
« As racing drivers we have been using energy management, optimisation and battery technologies in our cars for several years now and we are constantly pushing the technology to new heights. I believe Paragon Mobility does a phenomenal job in bringing these technologies and solutions to a wider audience and for a widespread use in the energy transition, solving real world challenges and delivering solutions the world needs » said race car champion Sebastien Buemi.
About Paragon Mobility
Paragon Mobility ambitions to transform the energy, charging and grid infrastructure landscape. To this end we offer a modular, compact, mobile and highly flexible and effective energy management piece of infrastructure named the Energy Pod, which can fast charge multiple electric vehicles at the same time with a limited footprint on the grid.
The company was formed in 2019 and has been led by Jean Lemaire and a team combining 60+ years of experience in the deployment and financing at scale of energy transition infrastructure and is backed by private-equity investors. Today Paragon Mobility already delivers high quality energy management and electric vehicle charging services to large clients and in environments as diverse as industrial fleets, electric aviation, logistics, transports and motorsports and racetracks.
Paragon Mobility was selected in 2023 to feature on the SET100 list of the German Energy Agency DENA and World Energy Council, its solutions have been labelled by the Solar Impulse Foundation. Paragon Mobility is also part of the business acceleration program of Crédit Agricole.
More information at www.paragonmobility.com
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About Sebastien Buemi
More information at https://buemi.ch/fr
