Wireless charging of e-cars Interview with Voltalyron

In the following interview the co-founder of Voltalyron Mxolisi Sibiya explains his revolutionary start-up idea.

REH: Why did you found the start-up Voltalyron? What was the initital idea?

Mxolisi Sibiya: "Our vision is a world where vehicles no longer have to travel to energy, but where energy comes to the vehicles that need it, wirelessly, removing the hassle of charging, the last barrier to emobility adoption. Wherever you park in the city, you should be able to charge. Supermarket car parks, multi-storey car parks, and roadside parking bays all of them should be able to serve as charging points. We are starting with shared micromobility operators because this segment is under real financial pressure, and regulators are becoming stricter on it. Our approach eases the operating cost of charging and simultaneously improves public perception around safety and how these fleets sit in the streetscape."

REH: What do focus on with your activities?

Mxolisi Sibiya: "Visibility. We have entered several competitions to raise our profile. In June 2026 we won the Science4Life Energy Award, backed by Hessen Innovation, for the strongest submission from the energy sector. We are also part of Impossible Founders, which we are using to network and get on the radar of the players active in promoting e-mobility; operators, regulators and technical partners. The next step is to focus on financing, so we can scale our technology and grow the team."

REH: How do you finance your start-up?

Mxolisi Sibiya: "We are largely bootstrapped, supplemented by prize money from the competitions we have won. We also received support from Impossible Founders, Zukunft Gründen and other ecosystem partners across several parts of our business. Alongside this, we are engaging the local ecosystem to build further support, including from the IFB, Hamburg's investment and development bank."

REH: How many people belong to your founding crew?

Mxolisi Sibiya: "We are three co-founders, covering commercial, software and engineering. We are currently looking for software engineers, electrical engineers and microelectronics specialists, and in time we plan to grow to around ten people, soon to be stationed at DESY's StartupLabs in Bahrenfeld."

REH: Which callenges are you facing at the moment?

Mxolisi Sibiya: "In my view, the regulatory direction around wireless charging in public space. We need clarity on who is responsible for what within the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, so we can engage the right people, and the district authorities play a central role here. Our work on safety matters just as much. The system has to be robust and completely reliable, so that the public, regulators and our customers all have confidence in it."

Thank you for the interesting talk and good luck for the future!