The path to electromobility does not stop at heavy-duty and mixed fleets. The charging infrastructure must be further developed to meet their needs. What must it be capable of? Are there differences in global markets? What influence does politics have? And how do you deal with this as a supplier of power electronics and high-power chargers?
These are some of the challenges we discuss with Philipp Senoner, co-founder and CEO of Alpitronic.
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Philipp Senoner is co-founder and CEO of Alpitronic, one of the leading manufacturers of high-power-charging (HPC) equipment. In his role as a board member of ChargeUp Europe, he actively shapes the discussion leading to novel legislative projects and new legal and technical requirements for charging infrastructure.
Philipp Senoner was born in Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy. After graduating from the secondary industrial school in Bolzano, he pursued an academic degree in electrical engineering with a focus on Control and automation technology at the renowned Technical University of Munich.
In 2002 he commenced his professional career as a system engineer at Silver-Atena, a subsidiary of MTU. His drive for further education led him to postgraduate studies at the Fern-Uni Hagen, which consolidated his entrepreneurial skills. This experience also laid the foundation for his entrepreneurial ambitions.
In 2009, Philipp Senoner co-founded Alpitronic with Sigrid Zanon, Andreas Oberrauch, and Alessandro Ciceri. Under his stewardship, the company transformed from a highly specialized power electronics engineering service provider with five employees to one of the leading HPC equipment manufacturer in Europe, boasting a workforce of almost 1,000.