Volta Charging was founded in
Hawaii in 2010 by Scott Mercer, Christopher Ching, Michael Menendez, and Chris Wendel.
Leonardo DiCaprio was an early investor in the company. In February 2021, it announced a
special-purpose acquisition company merger with Tortoise Acquisition Company II. After completing the merger, Volta went public on the
New York Stock Exchange on August 27, 2021. By September 2021, the company had installed more than 2,000 charging stations in twenty-three U.S. states. In the third financial quarter of 2021, Volta's revenues increased 77 percent year-over-year to $8.5 million. ==See also==