Launched in California in 2019, Xeal focuses primarily on installing level-two EV chargers for multi-family apartment or condo complexes, university residence halls, and other mostly private spaces.
In 2021, Xeal introduced a distributed-ledger technology called Apollo. Xeal chargers have no WiFi or cellular connection, nor do they require the user’s phone to have a cellular signal—a great thing, since many are located deep within parking garages that can act like Faraday cages. They simply rely on nearfield communication with the phone. In addition to enhancing reliability, this makes Xeal chargers less expensive to operate, too, because they don’t each need their own cellular data plan.
There is nothing about the Apollo communications protocol that limits it to level 2 charging; it just so happens that Xeal has focused its marketing on real estate management companies to provide residential-type charging.
