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October 1, 2020 | New Mobility
Electrify America Launches Solar-Powered EV Charging Stations in Rural Fresno County
This charging infrastructure is part of Electrify America’s $2 million investment in solar-powered EV charging stations intended for deployment in rural parts of the state. Each of the 30 Beam Global EV ARC charging stations will offer two Level 2 chargers with the ability to charge up to 3.5kW. The units come equipped with onboard ARC Technology energy storage that enables them to operate at night, in inclement weather and during grid outages. EV ARC units are independently rated to withstand winds up to 120 mph and floods up to 9.5 feet and can operate in the event of a blackout or power outage.
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October 1, 2020 | Clean Technica
Electrify America Goes Solar In Rural Fresno County
“This infrastructure is an important part of Electrify America’s commitment to expand access to clean and financially sustainable EV charging to low-income, disadvantaged, and rural communities within the state of California,”
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September 30, 2020 | Forbes
Solar-Powered EV Chargers Go Where Grid-Tied Stations Can’t
While you can build a gas station pretty much anywhere zoning codes allow, electric vehicle fast-charging stations need to be placed in close proximity to dedicated service transformers to support their heavy draw from the grid. Access to that type of infrastructure isn’t always available in rural areas, which means that large swaths of California have few public charging stations, if there are any at all. Electrify America is filling in the service gaps with off-grid electric vehicle charging stations powered only by the sun.
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September 24, 2020
California to Ban Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars Starting in 2035
Yesterday, California’s Governor Gavin Newsom joined seventeen countries including Canada, the UK, Germany and France, when he signed an order that aims to ban the sale of gasoline and diesel cars by 2035. History shows us that as goes California, so goes the rest of the U.S. (where things to do with cars are concerned…
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September 16, 2020 | Real Money
Shark Bites: Beam Me Up With This EV Charging Stock
The competition is heating up in the electric vehicle space and the ultimate winners are hard to know, but one certainty is that no matter what company does dominate the space, there will still be a need for ways to charge EV batteries. Battery charging needs are growing quickly and so far there are very…
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September 15, 2020 | Government Fleet
Envision Solar Announces Rebranding As Beam Global
Envision Solar International, Inc., announced Sept. 15 it is changing its name to Beam Global. The new name, along with new branding and visual identity, reflect the Company’s continued commitment to lead the cleantech industry as the developer of products, solutions, and business models that accelerate the global transition to a clean transportation sector.
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September 8, 2020
Envision’s CEO Desmond Wheatley to Feature at Proactive One2One Investor Forum 9 September 2020
We welcome you to join Envision’s CEO Desmond Wheatley at Proactive’s first sustainable technology and electric vehicle-themed event, which promises to be fully charged with investor interest. The electric vehicle (EV) market is hot and growing. Despite some slow-down (understandably) due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, sales of such vehicles are expected to reach 45 million units a…