Canadian SaaS startup EVDrop is moving beyond traditional roaming-focused charging apps with a software-driven platform that pairs driver convenience with operator efficiency, offering real-time availability and reservation capabilities via beevrGO for drivers and beevrDASH for operators.
EVDrop is redefining EV charging by moving past the usual roaming prowess of charging apps and toward a software-driven platform that pairs driver convenience with operator efficiency. In an exclusive chat with CanadianSME, Elma Antimano, Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer, explained how the Canadian SaaS startup takes the guesswork out of charging with real-time availability data and reservation capabilities. The discussion highlights the founders’ varied backgrounds in consumer-facing industries, the Zero Waste ethos they’ve woven into product development, and how those experiences shape scalable, hardware-agnostic solutions like beevrGO for drivers and beevrDASH for operators. Antimano noted that EVDrop “started quite literally over a dinner among friends,” an origin story that anchors a culture of mindful use and resource efficiency inspired by the Japanese concept of Mottainai. The interview underscores how the team’s Fortune 500–level experience in consumer research, innovation and systems design is being translated into a platform meant to serve both sides of the EV ecosystem.
The core value proposition rests on two user groups: drivers who want certainty about charger availability and operators who seek higher, more predictable utilization of assets. With real-time visibility and the option to reserve ahead, the platform is positioned to cut waiting times, ease range anxiety, and help drivers plan trips with confidence, while giving charging networks clearer insight into demand—facilitating better resource allocation and revenue optimization for operators. Antimano pointed out that the system creates a positive feedback loop: better driver experience drives higher utilization, which in turn encourages further investment in charging infrastructure. BeevrGO is pitched as a personal valet for drivers, featuring interoperability and a hardware-agnostic software layer designed to integrate with multiple charge points, as described on the company’s site. The beevrDASH interface, aimed at operators, is presented as a data-driven tool to reveal actionable insights on utilization patterns, peak periods and underused locations, supporting smarter expansion and maintenance decisions. In its scheduling narrative, EVDrop highlights three principal benefits—lower idle time and higher utilization, happier drivers leading to repeat business, and smarter pricing that reflects peak and off-peak demand—emphasizing the commercial rationale for smart scheduling within multi-vendor networks.
The broader market context in Canada provides a supportive backdrop for software-driven charging platforms. Government announcements in 2024 underscore a sustained push to expand public charging infrastructure as part of a long-term strategy to accelerate EV adoption and jobs growth. Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) published a series of releases and planning tools, including new RFPs under the Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program (ZEVIP) to deploy thousands more chargers, and noted projects funded to expand charging across communities and highways. In September 2024, NRCan reported that 20 projects received about $14.9 million to install more than 3,000 chargers nationwide. The department also stated that federal investments have helped deploy over 43,000 chargers across Canada to date and pointed to planning tools and national maps to guide siting and prioritization. These policy signals, together with the industry move toward interoperable, software-driven management, create a favourable environment for platforms like EVDrop to scale beyond today’s closed-systems pilots into broader community networks.
Looking ahead, the convergence of operator demand for smarter scheduling and national planning initiatives suggests an expanding role for software platforms in the EV charging segment. The EVDrop model—emphasizing reservations, real-time data, and seamless interoperability—aligns with the industry’s shift toward data-driven network management, energy optimization and proactive maintenance. NRCan’s July 2024 and subsequent announcements tied deployment planning to the need for accessible tools and maps that guide siting decisions, while acknowledging the scale of public and private charging projects required to meet Canada’s 2035 ZEV sales target. For stakeholders across the automotive supply chain—OEMs, charging network operators, fleets and property managers—the implication is clear: software that can balance demand, reduce idle capacity and enable dynamic pricing will be increasingly essential to maximize asset utilization, deliver consistent customer experiences and support accelerated EV adoption. As Antimano emphasized in the interview, collaboration and ecosystem-level thinking will underpin successful innovation in this fast-moving sector.
Source: Noah Wire Services
