EV Charging Robotics Startup case study

An early-stage startup builds autonomous robots that find a parked EV, charge it, then go back to recharge themselves, bringing charging to buildings and lots that can't install fixed chargers. It recently launched a 7-figure commercial pilot with a major automotive dealer.

For a small hardware team, every engineering hire shapes the product. However, core roles like the electrical engineer who owns the robot's drive system drew 100+ applicants who looked similar on paper, and screening them by hand took hours away from building.

Colare built assessments from the startup's real drive system, covering motor and driver selection, motion control and circuit protection, so every applicant gets the same chance to show how they work. That's how the team found strong engineers a resume screen would have missed, including one it had initially passed over who became a top performer.