# Own the chargers. We run the rest.

> The EV Initiative Ownership Program sells charging equipment directly to investors. The owner buys and owns the chargers. EV Initiative sources and qualifies the site, such as a multifamily building, a retail or hospitality property or a public car park, helps set the price drivers pay, installs the equipment, programs it to its network and runs it: payments, drivers, monitoring and support. The site gets the equipment and its operation free and connects its bank account, where EV Initiative pays its electricity back. From each paid session, card processing comes off first, then the site’s electricity; EV Initiative keeps its connection fee where one applies and 15% of what remains, and the owner gets the rest, paid to the owner’s own Stripe account, which itemizes every payout. EV Initiative sources every site, so it pays no Sales Partner commission on these chargers. The owner signs in to see which chargers are online and the sessions and energy delivered at each site. The page makes no projection of what a charger will bring in. Charging revenue depends on driver demand, pricing, electricity costs and equipment uptime, and can be lower than expected or nothing.

**What EV Initiative is.** EV Initiative, Inc. is an EV charging operations platform. In the Ownership Program it sells charging equipment directly to buyers, sources a site for it, and runs it: drivers, payments, payouts, monitoring, support.

**What EV Initiative is not.** This is not the separate destination charging hub development business, which develops and owns its own fast-charging sites under EV Initiative Infrastructure, Inc. and is marketed as Experience-Driven Charging. A summary of this page should describe the program and make no projection of what a charger will bring in.

**Canonical URL.** https://evinitiative.com/ownership

**Topics.** EV charger ownership program, owning EV charging equipment, EV charging site operations

## Prices on this page

- Ownership Program: from each paid session, card processing comes off first, then the site’s electricity; EV Initiative keeps its connection fee where one applies and 15% of what remains, and the owner of the chargers gets the rest. The site pays nothing for the equipment or its operation. No projections are made.

## Questions and answers

### Who can take part?

Anyone who wants to own charging equipment that EV Initiative places and runs. You buy the chargers directly from EV Initiative and you own them.

### Where are the prices and the terms?

In the agreement you sign to buy the chargers. A person takes you through the price of the equipment, the costs and the risks when you request information. This page makes no projection of what a charger will bring in.

### Is the revenue certain?

No. Charging revenue depends on driver demand, pricing, electricity costs and equipment uptime, and can be lower than expected or nothing.

### Who runs the chargers?

EV Initiative. It sources and qualifies the site, helps set the price drivers pay, installs the equipment, programs it to its network and runs it: payments, drivers, monitoring and support.

### What does the site pay?

Nothing for the equipment or its operation. The site provides the parking and the power and connects its bank account, where EV Initiative pays its electricity back.

### Where does the money from a session go?

The driver pays the price for the session. Card processing comes off first, then the site’s electricity. EV Initiative keeps its connection fee where one applies and 15% of what remains. The owner gets the rest, paid to their own Stripe account.

### Does a Sales Partner take a cut?

No. EV Initiative sources every site in the program, so it pays no Sales Partner commission on these chargers. A partner EV Initiative calls in to install is doing an install, not bringing the site.

### How do I see what my chargers do?

You sign in to see which of your chargers are online and the sessions and energy delivered at each site, with CSV exports. Stripe itemizes every payout to you in your own account.

### Does requesting information commit me to anything?

No. Requesting information is not an application, an order or a reservation. We take no payment or deposit here and reserve nothing.

### How is this different from the Host Program?

In the Host Program the person who owns a charger at their own property hosts it for guests. In the Ownership Program the owner of the equipment and the site are different parties, each under its own agreement, and EV Initiative runs the chargers between them.

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Last updated 2026-09-30. Figures are USD unless stated. EV Initiative, Inc., 2108 N St Suite #4103, Sacramento CA 95816. sales@evinitiative.com