Wanbang Energy was founded in 2014 and pioneered the business model of “software+services+hardware”. It was highly praised by former Vice Premier of the State Council Ma Kai and can be regarded as a Chinese sample of digital energy ecology. Wanbang Digital Energy’s core brand is Star Charge, headquartered in Changzhou, China. It is a single champion enterprise of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the largest leading enterprise in the country’s network scale. The “mobile energy network” it has created is the world’s first.

Star Charge is a national level green factory, national manufacturing industry champion, national high-tech enterprise, and has been awarded the “APEC 2021 China Digital Economy Industry Demonstration Sample 50” enterprise. It has won many national level projects such as the “Major Application Demonstration of Energy Internet” project of the National Energy Administration, the “2025 New Mode Application of Intelligent Manufacturing” project of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China, the key research and development project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, and the green manufacturing system integration project of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China; Also leading the establishment of the New Energy Vehicle Smart Energy Equipment Innovation Center. The company has obtained the highly professional ASPICE CL1 certification, IATF16949 and VDA6.3 automotive grade certification, and is a strategic partner for nearly 60 well-known global car companies in the charging ecosystem, including international brands such as Mercedes Benz, Porsche, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, Volkswagen, as well as domestic car companies such as BYD. In 2019, Star Charging established a joint venture with Volkswagen, FAW Group, and Jianghuai Automobile, marking Volkswagen’s first joint venture with a private enterprise in China.