On today's tech-heavy podcast Francie has the chance to sit down with Janek Metzner, Head of North America at PIONIX GmbH and co-partner in the creation of the Read Electric Avenue weekly newsletter. They discuss how free, open source software solutions can create harmony in the EV charging space, what the major challenges facing the industry are (from Janek's perspective), what solutions exist, and his main motivations to continue in this innovative work. Find Janek on Twitter/X: @janekmelectricPIONIX: https://pionix.com/EVerest: https://lfenergy.org/projects/EVerest/GitHub: https://github.com/EVerestRead Electric Avenue: https://www.readelectricavenue.com/Image Credits: PIONIXChevrolet© CharIN Testival NA 2022, Author: Pino Aracri (innos GmbH)Find us on all of these places:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/outofspecpodcastApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out-of-spec-podcast/id1576636119Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tKIQfKL9oaHc1DLOTWvbdAmazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/473692b9-05b9-41f9-9b38-9f86fbdabee7/OUT-OF-SPEC-PODCASTFor further inquiries please email podcast@outofspecstudios.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.