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  • February 16, 2021 | Autoevolution Exclusive Interview With the CEO of Solar EV Charging Company Beam Global We sat down with Beam Global CEO Desmond Wheatley about the trials and tribulations surrounding one of the most innovative EV charging infrastructures currently on the market. Here’s what you need to know about solar EV charging.
  • February 15, 2021 | Inside EVs California: Electrify America Adds 30 Solar Powered EV ARC™ Charging Stations Electrify America recently officially launched 30 new solar-powered, off-grid public charging stations in rural California. Unlike the DC fast chargers that are the main part of Electrify America's network, these stations are small AC Level 2 charging points (two stalls per station), supplied by Beam Global (formerly Envision Solar). The EV ARC charging stations are equipped with a 4.3 kW solar array (peak output) and, depending on the version, a 24, 32 or 40 kWh battery energy storage to remain operational even at night.
  • February 9, 2021 | Electrek Electrify America Opens 30 Solar EV Charging Stations in California They’re located in rural areas throughout Southern California’s Central Valley and inland areas, in places like Bakersfield, Riverside, and Folsom. Twenty of the 30 solar-powered charging stations are at health care centers. That’s because Electrify America identified educational and health care institutions as ideal charging points because of high amounts of traffic and extended hours of access.
  • February 8, 2021 | Clean Technica Electrify America Rolls Out 30 Solar-Powered EV Charging Stations In Rural California — And They’re Free To Use As Jennifer Sensiba and others have been pointing out recently, rural areas need electric vehicle charging stations too. Electrify America is stomping across the country building out a large ultrafast charging network, and it has clearly learned a great deal about these needs and the challenges serving these needs in the process. One challenge in rural areas is they may not have the best electricity capacity to power new ultrafast charging stations, or any charging stations at all. A solution? Good ol’ solar power.
  • February 8, 2021 | Green Car Congress Electrify America Increases Access to Solar-Powered EV Charging for Rural Californians with 30 Stations Electrify America, the nation’s largest public ultra-fast charging network, has added 30 solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging stations with two Level 2 chargers each to its network in the state of California.
  • February 5, 2021 | Conceptcarz Electrify America Increases Access to Solar-Powered Electric Vehicle Charging for Rural Californians
    Thirty off-grid solar-powered charging stations now available for complimentary use in 24 cities across the state
         Electrify America, the nation's largest public ultra-fast charging network, has officially added 30 solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging stations with two Level 2 chargers each to its network in the state of California. The off-grid, standalone chargers are strategically located throughout the Central Valley and inland areas of Southern California, intended to provide greater access to sustainable EV charging for drivers in rural parts of the state.
  • January 5, 2021 | Energy Cast Podcast Energy Cast Podcast Episode 102 | Changing Charging | Beam Global In this week’s episode, we discuss Beam Global’s solar-based #electricvehiclecharging solution, emerging business models, and new habits for old drivers with Desmond Wheatley.
  • December 20, 2020 | Government Fleet City Of Montebello to Deploy Beam Global EV Charging Terminals Beam Global has announced the City of Montebello, Calif., will deploy two EV ARC solar-powered EV charging terminals to serve city fleet vehicles and provide an emergency preparedness asset. The transportable solar-powered EV charging infrastructure products include an emergency power panel for first responders and are off-grid, requiring no construction, no disruption to city operations, no added utility bill, and providing a secure source of EV charging in the event of further utility grid interruptions.
  • November 24, 2020 | Cheddar San Diego, Beam Global Team Up to Offer Free EV Charging at Ad-Sponsored Stations Clean-mobility startup Beam Global last month joined forces with the City of San Diego to install 50 off-grid electric vehicle charging stations that will be available to the public free-of-charge. “San Diego is already a leader in clean technology and certainly in the adoption of electric vehicles,” Desmond Wheatley, CEO of Beam Global, told Cheddar.…
  • November 23, 2020 | Aero News Powered by Sunshine: Beam Demo’s E-Charge of Car, Motorcycle, Pipistrel Electro
    No Electricity – No Problem... EV Charging Stations Are Solar Powered
         An interesting company, Beam, positioning itself as a 100% sustainable EV charging solution for the world’s electric vehicles, is rapidly deploying EV charging stations all over the globe. To demonstrate it’s potential; Beam conducted the world’s first ‘Flying on Sunshine’ flight in a Pipistrel production electric aircraft, powered completely by Beam’s EV ARC solar-powered charging…