Maxeon Partners With Star Charge To Incorporate EV Charging Into Home Energy Solutions

The Partnership Combines Star Charge's Research, Development, And Manufacturing Of EV Charging Technology With Maxeon's Clean Energy Technology And Consumer Experience

Maxeon Solar Technologies Ltd. (Maxeon), a solar innovation and channels company, announced a strategic partnership with Star Charge, a global electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions provider. The two companies will cooperate to incorporate Star Charge EV charging products as part of Maxeon’s SunPower One home energy solution. This partnership is the latest in a series of strategic developments by Maxeon to expand its SunPower One program, an open ecosystem of clean energy products and services that seamlessly integrate with Maxeon’s solar panels, unlocking greater value for homeowners through one curated and flexible portfolio.

The partnership combines Star Charge’s research, development, and manufacturing of EV charging technology with Maxeon’s clean energy technology and consumer experience, allowing Maxeon to enhance the homeowner benefits of solar production and home energy consumption by adding EV charging management.

“Maxeon Solar Technologies has led the solar panel manufacturing industry in areas such as panel reliability and longevity, unleashing greater value for customers,” said Toni Cheng, CEO of Star Charge Europe, Group VP. “Building on this, we’re thrilled to see Maxeon taking an innovative approach to improve the experience customers can have with solar energy. We are confident this partnership will help to facilitate the uptake of electric vehicles in parallel with solar panels and have an overall positive impact on the world.”

Endorsing the differentiation that SunPower One brings to the market and to the end consumers, Ralf Elias, chief product officer at Maxeon Solar Technologies, said, “With this partnership, homeowners gain the end-to-end power of producing their own clean energy and taking it with them through EV charging. We look forward to announcing future partnerships that add features to SunPower One’s open and flexible ecosystem, helping consumers drive more savings.”

The EV charging products are expected to be available and integrated in the SunPower One home energy solution in selected European markets in Q1 2023 and rolled out to other markets during the remainder of 2023.