Blink Charging Co. is an American
electric vehicle charging network operator headquartered in
Miami Beach, Florida
Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on natural and artificial island, man-made barrier islands between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the ...
. A smaller EV charging network in the United States, it has over 51,000 chargers globally.
History
Blink was incorporated October 3, 2006, as New Image Concepts, Inc. (a shell company) to provide consulting services around personal appearance and entertainment. On November 20, 2009, it changed its name to Car Charging Group, Inc. in a merger with Car Charging, Inc. before settling on Blink after acquisition of the titular asset in 2013.
In March 2023, Blink was one of three EV charger suppliers chosen by the
U.S. Postal Service
The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the U. ...
as part of its
electric vehicle fleet upgrade; Blink will supply up to 41,500 EV chargers.
Acquisitions
Blink Network
In October 2013, the Blink network was acquired from
ECOtality
ECOtality, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, was an electric transportation and storage technologies company. ECOtality was the parent company of ECOtality North America, Innergy Power Corporation, Fuel Cell Store and ECOtality Au ...
after its chapter 11 bankruptcy.
SemaConnect
In June 2022, Blink acquired
SemaConnect
SemaConnect was an electric vehicle infrastructure company located in Bowie, Maryland founded in 2008 by entrepreneur, Mahi Reddy. The company and its assets were acquired by Blink Charging in June 2022. On June 23, 2023, Blink Charging official ...
.
Envoy Technologies
In April 2023, Blink announced its subsidiary Blink Mobility, LLC, purchased electric vehicle sharing platform developer, Envoy Technologies.
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Electric vehicle infrastructure developers
Electric vehicle industry
Companies based in Florida
Companies listed on the Nasdaq
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