Filed by Wallbox B.V.
Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Subject Company: Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. II
Commission File No. 001-40114
Date: September 2, 2021
Alex Steel 0:02
If there’s excess power in your car battery you can use it to feed back into the grid or power your home, pretty cool. Now in June, Wallbox agreed to go public and a U.S. SPAC deal that valued the company at one and a half billion dollars. Well, joining us now, Enric Asuncion, CEO of Wallbox Chargers and Bloomberg Ed Ludlow as well Enric thanks so much for joining us. Hey, why did you choose Texas?
Enric Asunción 0:25
So, Texas is, you know, it’s been great working at the city of Arlington, Texas, because energy is an important industry in Texas, there’s a culture of innovation, academics, skilled workers. And you know, we are having an amazing role, all around the US and logistics.
Ed Ludlow 0:50
Hey, what I want to know is what was the offer on the table from the city of Arlington in the state of Texas, what kind of subsidies, did you get in tax breaks?
Enric Asunción 0:59
So, what we have seen, it’s a very agile support from the city, you know, we are moving super fast and we are now selling our own products. In the US, but for the second half of next year, we’ll be selling our bi-directional charger on our fast charger. So we needed to quickly, fast to stop the production on the second part of next year. So what we seen, you know, looking for we’re still finishing the last part of the agreement but, you know, for tax breaks and subsidies in general.
Ed Ludlow 3
So this is a pretty crowded market right there are all kinds of charging companies in the US and Europe, Alex is absolutely right, you guys are kind of more focused on the residential at home charges. My question is how do you sell these things do you partner with the car makers themselves or the working on EVs try and get partnerships so that when I buy an EV, I get one of your charges included, do you guys spend heavily on marketing, how do people actually get to know about your box and choose your technology?
Enric Asunción 2:02
So, we sell through all channels, you know, of course partnerships are critical for us, we partner with some of the most important government factors in the world, and utility companies, this is of our sales but we also have our direct sales through Amazon, through our website, and through installers and distributors, all over the world so we also do partnerships for example, we recently announced a