Blink Charging Signs Agreement With General Motors to Offer GM EV Customers More Seamless Access to Public Charging
April 30 2021 - 8:15AM
Blink Charging Co. (Nasdaq: BLNK, BLNKW) (“Blink” or the
“Company”), a leading owner, operator, and provider of electric
vehicle (EV) charging equipment and services, has signed an
agreement with General Motors to make public charging more
convenient for GM vehicle owners. As part of GM’s Ultium Charge
360, EV customers will soon be able to easily see real-time
charging information, find stations along a route, and initiate and
pay for charging across EV charging networks directly through GM
vehicle mobile apps1.
“We at Blink are proud to work with General
Motors to continue to enhance the public charging experience ,”
said Michael D. Farkas, Blink Charging’s Founder and CEO. “We are
starting to see the results of years of work in our industry to
move transportation toward full electrification. Blink will
continue to work to make the EV charging experience as simple and
familiar as possible for EV drivers. This will drive
significant traffic to both Blink owned and host owned Blink
locations will considerably boost utilization rates as well as
attract new EV drivers.”
“Blink looks forward to continuing our work to
bring network interoperability with other EV charging providers, as
we’ve already done with SemaConnect to make the EV driver
experience seamless. We will continue working with anyone
interested in moving the transportation industry toward that
all-electric future we all aspire to,” added Farkas.
1Available on select Apple and Android devices.
Service availability, features and functionality vary by vehicle,
device and the plan you are enrolled in. User terms apply. Device
data connection required. See onstar.com for details and
limitations.
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ABOUT BLINK CHARGING
Blink Charging Co. (Nasdaq: BLNK, BLNKW) is a
leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment and has deployed
over 23,000 charging stations, many of which are networked EV
charging stations, enabling EV drivers to easily charge at any of
the Company’s charging locations worldwide. Blink Charging’s
principal line of products and services include its Blink EV
charging network (“Blink Network”), EV charging equipment, and EV
charging services. The Blink Network uses proprietary, cloud-based
software that operates, maintains, and tracks the EV charging
stations connected to the network and the associated charging data.
With global EV purchases forecasted to rise to 10 million by 2025
from approximately 2 million in 2019, the Company has established
key strategic partnerships for rolling out adoption across numerous
location types, including parking facilities, multifamily
residences and condos, workplace locations, health care/medical
facilities, schools and universities, airports, auto dealers,
hotels, mixed-use municipal locations, parks and recreation areas,
religious institutions, restaurants, retailers, stadiums,
supermarkets, and transportation hubs. For more information, please
visit https://www.blinkcharging.com/.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking
statements as defined within Section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements, along with
terms such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “will,”
“should,” and other comparable terms, involve risks and
uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on
circumstances that will occur in the future. Those statements
include statements regarding the intent, belief, or current
expectations of Blink Charging and members of its management, as
well as the assumptions on which such statements are based.
Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve
risks and uncertainties, including those described in Blink
Charging’s periodic reports filed with the SEC, and that actual
results may differ materially from those contemplated by such
forward-looking statements. Except as required by federal
securities law, Blink Charging undertakes no obligation to update
or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed
conditions.
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