Funding Details
- Awarder
- PlugAndPlayTechCenter
- Date Award
- May 15, 2024
- Funding URL
- View Funding Page
Company Info
- Company Description
- The Betterfrost solution defrosts and defogs an Electric Vehicle’s windshield with 20 times less power than current technology. It extends the range of an EV by 38 km in winter, worth $600/vehicle in battery pack cost. Our system provides high-voltage, pulsed power to the conductive layer of windshields to melt only the interfacial layer of ice.
Traction:
1. Raised $2.5M from Toyota Tsusho and grants
2. Customer Trials completed at VW and AGC/ Polestar has installed in an EV and begins testing in 2 weeks.
3. Won the 2022 Global Automotive Mobility Innovation Competition (GAMIC) and completed the New Enterprise Forum (NEF) program
4. Team has deep automotive, startup and R&D experience
5. 12 patents granted
6. Global TAM > $4B
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