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Analyst · UBS. Chris, your line is open
Thank you, Brett. And thanks everyone for joining us today. During the call today, I will review highlight from the fourth quarter and full year 2021. I will also summarize key commercial partnerships, product developments and what is top of mind for our leadership team, as we look forward. I will then turn the call over to Jordi, who will provide a more detail review of our financial results before returning to share some thoughts on what we expect for 2022. We will end with Q&A session 2021. 2021 marked an inflection point for our industry, and more importantly for Wallbox. According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, there are more than 17 million electric vehicles on the road today and almost 11 million more are expected to be sold in 2022. Governments, enterprises and consumers alike have woken up to the new reality for mobility, and that reality is electric. And this electric evolution starts at home where 70% to 90% of charging occurs. Impressive growth in the demand for these means that Wallbox mission to accelerate the adoption of EV's through smarter, simple charging and energy management solutions has never been more relevant. In the six years, since our inception we have expanded into 98 countries, delivered rapid product innovation cycles, achieved key operational milestones, continuously expanded to meet global demand, and built a resilient, vertically integrated supply chain. We completed a successful transaction with Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp II in October against a challenging market backdrop, resulting in more than $250 million in proceeds and becoming the first Spanish Tech company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. 2021 was a busy and exciting year, and we’re grateful to all our employees, customers, partners and investors who have helped us get to where we are. While we’re extremely proud of our accomplishments, we’re even more excited about what lies ahead. The fourth quarter of 2021 marked our first full period as a public company and it was a landmark quarter in many ways. Fourth quarter revenue was approximately $31.3 million, up 165% year-over-year. Our record quarter was fueled by outstanding execution by our sales teams across Europe, APAC, and North America which notably was double the global EV market growth. This outpaced growth is due to significant expansion in newer markets for Wallbox such as Germany, where our team grew quarterly revenue by 5x from fourth quarter 2020, and in the U.S. which grew its revenue by more than 12 times over the prior year period. These sales were also supported by key partnerships with utility clients such as Iberdrola, fleet partners such as Uber, and high volumes of partnerships at the installer, re-seller, and distributor level, such as SunPower. We sold approximately 44,000 chargers in the quarter, with 88% in Europe, 7% in the U.S., 4% in APAC, and 1% in LATAM, and most of these units were sold with energy management features enabled. We began production in our new, 121,000 square foot state of the art manufacturing facility in Barcelona, internally called D26, which is equipped with cutting edge industrial IoT assembly lines and automated workstations. These upgrades have helped us improve our production capacity by 400% per shift versus legacy facilities. We anticipate D26 to have production capacity of 750,000 chargers as we exit 2022, ramping up to 1 million chargers in 2025. We will play a short video that showcases the capabilities of this facility after our prepared remarks. While hardware is important, software is equally critical and in Q4 we doubled down on investment. We launched new features like Eco-Smart, Sirius, and Power Boost; energy management functions that allow our users to get the most out of their charger. The architecture we’re building, and that customers, partners, and auto manufacturers are increasingly demanding, is one that delivers an intelligent, efficient, and holistic solution. Competitors solve one problem, delivering electricity to the battery. But at Wallbox, we see the larger picture. How does the consumer, as a participant in a much larger ecosystem that includes utilities, renewable infrastructure, governments, auto manufacturers, and home builders, ensure that they are an active participant in how energy is delivered, stored, utilized, and monetized? The answer is software. A great example is the installed base of almost 200,000 Wallbox devices. This network provides a level of insight into behavioral and utilization data, which increases our visibility and improves the platform. The more connected devices, the more valuable the ecosystem. And you’ll see some exciting announcements from us on this front as we make our way through 2022. Turning to some key milestones from the full-year 2021. We’re pleased to report 2021 revenue of $86.5 million, exceeding our expectations and more than tripling our results from the full year 2020. In a year filled with many unexpected obstacles, we are extremely proud of our global team for helping us grow more than 260% year-over-year. These results were driven by exceptional strength in new strategic markets for Wallbox, including Germany, the UK, and the Netherlands in which we generated $14.5 million, $8.0 million, and $6.5 million of revenue respectively. The U.S. is quickly becoming a key revenue contributor too, and generated $5.7 million for the year. Additionally, we saw outstanding results from more established markets for Wallbox such as Italy, Spain, and Norway with $8.9 million, $8.4 million, and $6.4 million respectively. We sold a record 129,000 units globally in 2021, and while Pulsar Plus accounts for the majority of that volume, younger products will quickly change our mix. For example, during the full year, we saw an increased sales mix of Copper SB, our premium socket charger, increasing 300 basis points to 10%, largely a result of a stronger presence in France. Please note that the 66,000 units reported in Q3 represented units into Europe only. On a global basis, Q3 year-to-date units delivered was approximately 85,000. That convention had no impact on any reported financial results. As you’ll hear more about in a moment, operational excellence is a key element of our strategy. It has enabled us to minimize the disruption from the global supply chain issues many have experienced. It incorporates the vertical integration of many points within the ecosystem, allows us to ensure exceptional quality and availability, and control costs. It also enables us to accelerate the innovation cycle and bring more intelligent products to market faster and more frequently. On this note, I am very pleased with the fact that in the current inflationary environment, we delivered gross margins of 38%, in-line with our projections. Given the challenges and uncertainty many manufacturers have experienced, this resiliency is a testament to the operational capabilities I previously mentioned. Our in-house engineering, manufacturing, certification, and validation allows us to rapidly substitute components based on their availability, providing flexibility to execute a broader and more diversified supply chain. A summary of the year would be incomplete without mentioning our loyal partners. Iberdrola doubled down on their plan to install 150,000 chargers throughout Europe by 2025. They provided a letter of intent for 6,500 Supernovas and later announced their intention to purchase the first 1,000 units. We introduced a pilot program in California to provide Uber drivers with a discounted charger, installation, and financing, as part of their Road to Net 0. Based on demand, Uber announced the roll-out of the program to all cities around the United States and Canada with the potential to expand to Europe. And, lastly, we continue to serve long-time customers such as Hyundai, Nissan, and Mercedes, as they accelerate their electrification efforts around the globe. And lastly, we are proud of the various successful global pilots in 2021 with Quasar, our award-winning bi-directional DC charger for the home. Customers include Octopus Energy and Crowd Charge in the UK, Jet Charge in Australia, and Nuvve in Iberia. Quasar’s powerful energy management capabilities, small form factor, and attractive price point allow us to participate in these innovative pilots around the world and constantly be leading the conversation on vehicle to home and vehicle to grid. As we look forward into 2022, we have three key focus areas: new product innovation, operational excellence, and profitable growth. Starting with new product innovation, I’m very excited about our product development roadmap and evolution of our energy management products. We have been a product-centric company since day one, obsessing over how best to combine cutting-edge technology with modern design. At CES in January, we introduced Quasar 2, the second generation of our at-home bi-directional charger. Quasar 2 builds on the features and functionality of its predecessor and introduces blackout mode, which in instances of power outages, allows EV owners to use their car as an emergency generator for more than three days. And Quasar 2 will be compatible with CCS standards. When paired with solar and back up batteries, our energy management software will optimize the consumption of green energy and ensure customers consume the lowest priced power available. This comprehensive view of solving a very complex problem through both hardware and software, is what we believe will set us apart from others. Today, we are thrilled to announce a new platform that we believe will revolutionize our future generations of chargers. This new platform called ATLAS is Wallbox’s own proprietary embedded CPU. This platform is highly scalable, flexible, and secure. It allows us to develop more intelligent software features and incorporate a broader array of components so we can further diversify our supply chain. Additionally, it ensures we can provide a charger future-proof to any change in cyber-security standards. ATLAS will serve as the basis of all of our new hardware, software, and firmware developments in the coming years and will have a crucial impact on our entire product suite. This is just one example of our in-house R&D, allowing us to deliver innovative products at a faster rate with higher quality. A key strategic differentiator that is very difficult to replicate. In addition to the residential and semi-public segments, we are heavily investing in scaling our DC fast charging lineup of chargers. Supernova is our first public DC product, which delivers up to 60 kW of power, providing 100 km of driving, in under 15 min. It delivers improved performance at half the typical cost due to our patented power electronics and modular design, and we’re pleased to report that we have delivered the first batch of units to select customers at the end of 2021. We’ve started producing these at D26 and we anticipate achieving manufacturing capacity of 1,000 units per month by the end of the year. We expect to deliver the first units certified for the U.S. in-time to participate in government subsidies. By entering the DC Fast Charging market, we dramatically expand our total addressable market and complete the circle of the EV charging ecosystem, now offering solutions at home, work, and in public environments. Turning to operational excellence. In addition to what you’ve seen from us on this front in 2021, our intention is to continuously identify opportunities that increase productivity, decrease cost, and improve quality. This has allowed us to mitigate some of the disruptions others have experienced, and will only improve with time. Over the last year, we announced our two new manufacturing facilities, the Barcelona facility previously mentioned and our first U.S. manufacturing facility in Arlington, Texas, which we expect to be operational early in the second half of 2022. In addition to improving delivery time and reducing freight cost, this new facility will allow us to qualify for subsidies being offered by the U.S. government. Between our facilities in Barcelona, the U.S., and China, Wallbox will have a global production capacity of over 1.1 million chargers per year by the end of this year. And finally, onto growth and profitability. While we have spoken at length about product innovation and operational excellence, we are also hyper-focused on executing our plan to deliver positive EBITDA in 2024 and free cash flow by year end 2025. As part of this path, we intend on continuing to vertically integrate, bringing in-house components that impact our cost of goods sold, many of which have proven sensitive to supply chain shortages. By taking this production in-house rather than buying from suppliers, we believe that we can achieve meaningful cost savings. We anticipate more announcements on this front as we make our way through 2022, with potential positive benefit in 2023. This is another example of our goal of exploring all opportunities, both organic and inorganic, to further expand margins, drive innovation, and capture share. Now, over to Jordi to comment on our financial details.