Beam Global, maker of the EV ARC solar-powered charging system, has acquired Europe-based Amiga DOO Kraljevo, a manufacturer of specialized structures and equipment including street lights, communications and energy infrastructure. Beam Global hopes the acquisition of Amiga, which will be re-branded as Beam Europe, will fast-track its growth into the European market. Beam sees Europe… Read more »
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Los Angeles orders more Beam Global EV ARC off-grid solar charging systems
The City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks has placed a third order for Beam Global EV ARC solar-powered charging systems, the agency’s largest order thus far. The off-grid systems will be used to fuel the city’s growing fleet of electric vehicles. Each EV ARC charging system fits in a standard parking space… Read more »
US Army orders 367 EV ARC solar-powered EV chargers from Beam Global
Orders is orders, and the US Army is going electric. Executive Order 14057 (signed by President Biden in December 2021) calls for all new federal fleet vehicles to be zero-emission by 2035, and all light-duty vehicles must go green by 2027. That’s going to require federal agencies to get a lot of charging infrastructure set… Read more »
New York City orders 71 more EV ARC solar charging systems from Beam Global
New York City has placed an order for an additional 71 of Beam Global’s EV ARC solar-powered EV charging systems. This is the city’s seventh order, and it brings its fleet of EV ARC EV charging systems to 160. The new units are flood-proof to 9.5 feet, wind-rated to 125 mph, and feature an emergency… Read more »
Beam Global delivers 23 EV ARC charging systems to national labs
San Diego-based Beam Global makes a portable, grid-independent charging station called the EV ARC. This handy gadget is an off-grid solar-powered EV charger with on-board energy storage that can be transported on a trailer and deployed “in minutes,” with no trenching or electrical work required. Beam says it has sold its EV ARCs to more… Read more »
Beam Global acquires energy storage firm AllCell Technologies
Beam Global (Nasdaq: BEEM), a provider of technology for EV charging, outdoor media and energy security, will acquire energy storage specialist AllCell Technologies in an all-stock transaction. Beam’s corporate headquarters and factory will remain at its current location in San Diego, and the AllCell team and manufacturing facility will remain in Broadview, Illinois. The Beam… Read more »
Florida police department deploys BeamPatrol electric motorcycle charging system
Beam Global makes a variety of innovative EV charging products, including solar-powered portable EV charging stations. One variant of this product is the BeamPatrol off-grid eMotorcycle charging bundle, one of which has just been deployed at Dolphin Mall in Miami, a major hub for holiday shopping. The BeamPatrol system will charge the Sweetwater Police Department’s… Read more »
Pueblo, Colorado deploys off-grid, solar-powered EV charging systems
The City of Pueblo has installed solar-powered EV charging systems for use by the general public as well as the Pueblo Police Department, Parks and Recreation and the Fleet Department. The systems are from Beam Global, a San Diego EV charging infrastructure and technology company. Beam’s wireless, grid-independent EV ARC units, which generate and store… Read more »
How ridesharing can help solve the challenge of urban EV ownership
Q&A with Revel COO Paul Suhey. New York-based Revel is riding two timely trends. Because rideshare vehicles log so many miles, electrifying them can deliver outsize emissions reductions—and drivers for the likes of Lyft and Uber will need strategically located urban charging hubs. Meanwhile, millions of drivers in dense cities like New York live in… Read more »
Solar-powered off-grid EV charging stations offer surprisingly attractive cost advantages
Q&A with Beam Global CEO Desmond Wheatley During periods of rapid technological change, it often turns out that certain new products have highly useful applications that few—perhaps not even their inventors—originally foresaw. This may well be the case with the EV ARC, a solar-powered off-grid charging station made by Beam Global. When we first covered… Read more »