Blink Charging

Blink Charging Co. is an American electric vehicle charging network operator headquartered in Bowie, Maryland.^[3] One of the top three EV charging networks in the United States, it has over 90,000 chargers globally in 25 countries.^[4]

Blink Charging Co.

Blink Charging stations for electric vehicles in Syracuse, New York
Company type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq: BLNK
Industry	Electric vehicle charging
Headquarters	Bowie, Maryland , United States
Number of locations	106000 publicly accessible chargers[1] (2024)
Key people	Brendan S. Jones (president & CEO)
Revenue	US$61,139,000 (2022)
Operating income	US$(89,271,000) (2022)
Net income	US$(91,560,000) (2022)
Total assets	US$362,542,000 (2022)
Total equity	US$260,957,000 (2022)
Website	blinkcharging.com
Footnotes / references Financials as of December 31, 2022[update]. References:[2]

History

Blink began as a brand name for the charging infrastructure of the now defunct company, Ecotality. Following Ecotality's bankruptcy the distressed assets were acquired by Michael D. Farkas and his company, Car Charging Group. The company was renamed Blink Charging on Aug 29, 2017. In March 2023, Blink was one of three EV charger suppliers chosen by the U.S. Postal Service as part of its electric vehicle fleet upgrade; Blink will supply up to 41,500 EV chargers.^[5][6]

Acquisitions

Blink Network

In October 2013, the Blink network was acquired from ECOtality^[7][8] after its chapter 11 bankruptcy.^[9]

SemaConnect

In June 2022, Blink acquired SemaConnect.^[10]

Envoy Technologies

In April 2023, Blink announced its subsidiary Blink Mobility, LLC, purchased electric vehicle sharing platform developer, Envoy Technologies.^[11]