Blink Expands Employee Base 30% to Support Growth In Demand for EV Charging Infrastructure
Miami Beach : Blink Charging Co. (NASDAQ: BLNK, BLNKW) (“Blink” or the “Company”), a leading owner and operator of electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment and services, has strategically expanded its employee base to support the growing demand for EV charging infrastructure. Despite the ongoing pandemic, the Company has hired 25 people since March, with 19 being newly created positions.
“With the forecasted exponential growth in EV adoption, we anticipate significantly increased demand for EV charging infrastructure in the coming months and years. To ensure that we are positioned to fully capitalize on the opportunities we’re seeing now, as well as those farther out, Blink is strategically adding talented employees across our organization. In addition to new hires in operations and technology, we are expanding our sales team to drive network growth and support key partners such as Cushman Wakefield and Envoy Technologies,” said Michael D. Farkas, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Blink.
The new positions are located at the Company’s corporate headquarters in Miami Beach, its operations facility in Phoenix, sales and technology positions in California, and several sales positions across the country.
“According to Grandview Research, the global electric vehicle charging infrastructure market, valued at more than $11.74 billion (2019), is expected to grow by 32.0% from 2020 to 2027. We are fortunate that despite the economic challenges presented by Covid-related shutdowns during the past several months, we have been able to invest in the human resources to be a part of this global growth,” Mr. Farkas added
About Blink Charging
Blink Charging Co. (NASDAQ: BLNK, BLNKW) is a leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment that has deployed over 23,000 charging stations, many of which are networked EV charging stations, enabling EV drivers to easily charge at any of its charging locations worldwide. The Company’s principal line of products and services is its Blink EV charging network (“Blink Network”), EV charging equipment, and EV charging services. The Blink Network utilizes a 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 to rollout adoption across numerous location types, including parking facilities, multi-family residences and condos, workplace locations, healthcare/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/ .
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Source : globenewswire
