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Ep. 121 The MongoDB World Series - Oli Proulx From ChargeHub

Our sixth conversation from the MongoDB World Series features Olivier Proulx from ChargeHub. Oli's goal as a Co-founder of ChargeHub is to create a roadmap of charging stations for electric vehicle drivers, and in doing so make it easier for people to adopt the technology. In today's conversation, MongoDB Principal Developer Advocate and host, Mike Lynn talks with Oli about the ins and outs of electric vehicles, ChargeHub's business model, how it leverages MongoDB, and more.


Conversation highlights:

  • [02:38] Meet Ollie, co-founder of ChargeHub
  • [03:26] Electric vehicle range and using ChargeHub to navigate between power
  • [05:57] The origin of ChargeHub
  • [06:34] Getting data for charging stations as a third party
  • [07:19] ChargeHub's business model and revenue streams
  • [09:21] How ChargeHub leverages MongoDB in their stack
  • [10:57] Taking advantage of queryable encryption
  • [13:42] Aiding the climate crisis by using electric vehicles
  • [16:37] The MongoDB Startup Program

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