Blink Charging and the City of San Antonio Launch EVSA Program with First Electric Vehicle Charger Deployments and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the San Antonio Zoo
September 22 2021 - 11:25AM
Today, Blink Charging Co. (Nasdaq: BLNK, BLNKW) (“Blink” or the
“Company”), a leading owner, operator, and provider of electric
vehicle (EV) charging equipment and services, and the City of San
Antonio held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the San Antonio Zoo to
announce the installation of its first publicly accessible Blink EV
charging station. The first deployments at the San Antonio Zoo are
part of a comprehensive EV program to advance the city’s climate
action and air quality goals.
The unique public-private agreement between
Blink and the city allows for the deployment of 202 Level 2
charging stations and 3 DC fast- chargers throughout the city,
furthering the city’s Electric Vehicle San Antonio Program
(EV-SA).
In the city’s announcement of the ceremony,
Mayor Ron Nirenberg said, “I’m excited to see this project come to
fruition. As the Mayor and EV driver, I support these new charging
stations being installed on City property not only as an amenity
for our residents but also as a visible sign that we are committed
to clean and technologically advanced transportation choices.”
The Blink chargers were funded, in part, through
the state-wide Texas Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Program
(TxVEMP) through the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
(TCEQ). The $10.4 million fund is tasked with deploying Level 2
charging across Texas to make EV charging accessible and improve
air quality.
At the Event, Blink Central Region Manager Ryan
Durbiano remarked, “Blink is honored to support the City of San
Antonio and the build-out of its EV charging infrastructure and
help the city achieve its climate, sustainability, and air quality
goals.”
In addition to the deployments already completed
at the San Antonio Zoo, Blink is currently working to deploy five
additional sites in the coming weeks.
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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 30,000 charging ports in 13 countries, 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/.
San Antonio: America’s 21st Century City
San Antonio is a global city with a dynamic
economy and workforce, deep cultural heritage, and diverse,
resilient, and welcoming communities . It is one of the strongest
fiscally managed cities in the country, nurturing entrepreneurship,
encouraging investment, and funding infrastructure. America’s
seventh-largest city offers a vibrant business climate and growth
opportunities in bioscience, financial services, aerospace,
cybersecurity, energy, transportation, manufacturing, and
healthcare. In 2015, UNESCO designated San Antonio’s 18th-century
Spanish colonial missions as a World Heritage Site – the first in
Texas. Proudly called Military City, USA®, San Antonio is home to
one of the largest populations of active duty military, veterans,
and crucial military commands. For more information, visit
www.sanantonio.gov.
About San Antonio ZooSan
Antonio Zoo®, operating since 1914, is a nonprofit zoological
facility committed to securing a future for wildlife. Through its
passion and expertise in animal care, conservation, and education,
the zoo's mission is to inspire its community to love, engage with,
act for and protect animals and the places they live. The zoo
welcomes more than a million visitors each year and is open
year-round. San Antonio Zoo operates the largest nature-based
preschool in the country, Will Smith Zoo School, the Center for
Conservation and Research, and Kiddie Park. San Antonio Zoo is
accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, the Zoological
Association of America, and Humane Certified by American
Humane.
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