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What's Going On With Blink Charging Stock Today?
Thursday, December 5, 2024 - 3:40pm | 425Blink Charging Co. (NASDAQ:BLNK) shares are trading slightly up on Thursday. The company announced a new partnership with Power Design, one of the largest design-build multi-trade contractors in the U.S. The agreement involves Blink providing 429 EV chargers, totaling 723 charging plugs, for...
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Ford CEO Jim Farley Brings European Insights Home, Offers Free EV Chargers for US Buyers Till Jan 2
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 - 5:47am | 588Ford Motor Co (NYSE:F) will provide home chargers for free to customers who buy or lease a new electric Ford vehicle in the U.S., company CEO Jim Farley said on Monday. What Happened: On buying or leasing a new Mustang Mach-E, F-150 Lightning, or E-Transit, customers will get a complimentary home...
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Tesla Cybertruck Lead Engineer Warns Against Using Extension Cord On Superchargers
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 - 8:03am | 507Cybertruck lead engineer Wes Morrill on Wednesday took to social media platform X to advise Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) supercharger users against using extension cords to charge their EVs on the network. What Happened: “Would recommend AGAINST using an extension cord on a supercharger (or any...
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Blink Charging To Lay Off About 100 Employees To Cut Costs As EV Demand Softens
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 - 5:12am | 490Electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment manufacturer Blink Charging Co. (NASDAQ:BLNK) said on Tuesday that it will lay off about 14% of its global workforce in an attempt to reduce operational costs. What Happened: The layoff will begin immediately and is expected to result in annualized savings...
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US Says Public EV Chargers Doubled After Biden Took Over White House From Trump, But Data Shows That Most Are Privately Owned
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 - 6:27am | 521The number of publicly available EV chargers has doubled since the start of the Biden-Harris Administration with about 1000 public chargers being added every week, the U.S. Department of Energy said on Tuesday. But who owns these chargers? What Happened: The department said in a statement on...
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What's Going On With ChargePoint Stock After Collaborating With Airbnb?
Wednesday, May 22, 2024 - 8:06am | 372ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CHPT) shares are trading higher in the premarket session on Wednesday. The company inked a partnership with Airbnb, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABNB) to meet Airbnb guests’ growing demand for EV charging. The collaboration seeks to streamline EV...
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BP Wants To Buy Tesla Supercharging Stations After Elon Musk Fired Hundreds Of Employees Responsible For Charging Network Expansion
Thursday, May 9, 2024 - 4:33pm | 474BP plc (NYSE:BP) and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares are moving in different directions Thursday. New reports indicate BP’s electric vehicle charging unit is aggressively looking to buy Tesla supercharging sites, which would include the workers at the locations. What To Know: BP is “...
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Blink Charging Stock Climbs After Better-Than-Expected Q1 Results
Thursday, May 9, 2024 - 4:25pm | 317Blink Charging Co. (NASDAQ:BLNK) reported its first-quarter financial results after the bell Thursday. Here's a look at the highlights. The Details: Blink Charging reported quarterly losses of 13 cents per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of losses of 24 cents by 45.83%....
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How Much Do Americans Save By Charging EVs At Home? Tech Enthusiast Joanna Stern Breaks Down Numbers
Thursday, March 28, 2024 - 5:49am | 779Joanna Stern, senior tech columnist for the Wall Street Journal, shed light on the cost-effectiveness of charging electric vehicles (EVs) at home. Despite the initial high costs, Stern found that home charging led to significant savings over time. What Happened: Stern recently wrote a column on WSJ...
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Tesla Moves Towards Wireless Charging: Inductive Home Charger In Development
Monday, December 18, 2023 - 5:58pm | 348In an off-hand comment made during a YouTube video with Jay Leno, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) seemingly confirmed the development of a wireless inductive home charger for its electric vehicles (EV). This shift marked a significant move away from traditional charging methods. Historically,...
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Ford's Q2 Beat Gets Overshadowed By Slow EV Progress
Friday, July 28, 2023 - 10:00am | 533After its Detroit peer, General Motors (NYSE: GM) raised the with its quarterly results earlier this week, Ford Motor (NYSE: F) delivered second quarter earnings that topped Wall Street’s estimates while also raising its full year guidance. However, the results that Ford reported on Thursday...
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Tesla Competitors Make Move: BMW, GM, Honda, And More Join Forces To Challenge Elon Musk's EV Charger Dominance
Thursday, July 27, 2023 - 2:03am | 419Seven automakers now seek to develop a new charging network joint venture in a bid to develop charging infrastructure across the country and compete with EV giant Tesla’s supercharger network. What Happened: The seven automakers include BMW Group (OTCPK: BMWYY), General Motors (NYSE:GM),...
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Tesla Chargers Required At State-Funded Charging Stations: Texas Mandate
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 - 10:57pm | 417The state of Texas reportedly requires all electric vehicle charging companies to have both Tesla Inc‘s (NASDAQ:TSLA) charging standard NACS and rival charging standard CCS to be part of the program to electrify highways using federal dollars. What Happened: Texas, where Tesla headquarters...
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500M EV Chargers Will Be Globally Deployed By 2040, EV Industry Moving At Lightning Speed: Benzinga TV
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 - 3:08pm | 288On today's (Oct. 11) episode of the "Stock Market Movers," host Mitch Hoch spoke to Michael Farkas, Blink Charging founder, executive chairman and CEO, about how fast the EV trend was moving. "It's moving incredibly fast, by 2040 we are looking to deploy 500 million EV...
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Ford Said To Be Deploying Tesla-Supercharger-Like EV Charging Stations At Dealerships
Tuesday, November 23, 2021 - 11:34pm | 451Ford Motor Co (NYSE: F) is installing charging stations at its dealerships that resemble Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) Superchargers, Electrek reported on Tuesday. What Happened: The Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford is said to be deploying these chargers ahead of its upcoming F-150 Lightning electric...