Jared's Story
Growing up I always valued sustainability. I never liked the idea of burning fossil fuels to get around. Naturally, I feel very gravitated towards electric vehicles (EV’s).
I have a used craigslist electric motorcycle, but not a car, though I would love to have one! These days I do have the ability to get one, however what good is it for me to have an EV? I don’t have a driveway or a way to charge at home, so I would rely on public chargers to charge once a week.
Why doesn’t everyone drive electric? The answer is the infrastructure. The problem is we don’t really have any public fast chargers where I live.
I furiously started doing data research and making maps on the most efficient way to spread out DC Fast Chargers (Charge an EV under an hour) for my state of Wisconsin. I was upset that no one is building our charging infrastructure, but then I got a wild thought; I could do it.
Instead of me buying an EV that I can’t feasibly own, why not take that same capital and create the environment that would convince 7 others to go electric that otherwise would not have? And that brings me here.
The Motorcycle
Totally Sparked
My roommate had a light electric motorcycle. He would let me take it out for rides, and I actually got my license with it!
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I eventually got my own used electric motorcycle, a Zero FXS. Riding it is like being in a different dimension.
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These bikes really forced me to see the problems with, and the lack of, charging locations.
Never Stop Day Dreaming
In the early days before an LLC was formed, I was making maps and networks to layout the most efficient layout for DC Fast Charging in Wisconsin.
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At that time I started reading a book that happened to be about networks and patterns that appear everywhere in nature and human creations. This network was called the "Small World Network".
I was mesmerized by it. I noted its resemblance to a spider web or dream catcher. Thinking of the other things a dream catcher represents (capturing bad dreams and spirits), I found it a fitting name.
The
Dream Catcher
The
Charger
Let us all get Konnect-ed
Continuing with the theme of a connected small world, Konnect ® became a registered trademark of Dream Catcher Energies, LLC.
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Now users can better Konnect to their designation, better Konnect to the road, to the air, the water, forests, trails, with each other and with ourselves.