evTS Announces Agreement with Blink Charging to Distribute Its Portable EV Charger
The innovative FireFly EV Roadside Assistance Vehicle demonstrated at Texas Auto Writers Auto Roundup event
BOSTON : EV Transportation Services Inc. (“evTS” or the “Company”), an electric vehicle manufacturer focused on the essential services and urban mobility markets, today announced it has entered into a reseller agreement with Blink Charging (Nasdaq: BLNK, BLNKW), a leading electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) company that designs, manufactures, owns and operates EV charging products and services.
The agreement calls for evTS to distribute Blink’s EV charging equipment to fleet customers along with the Company’s FireFly ESV® essential services vehicle. The relationship is pairing Blink’s new IQ 200-M portable EV charger with the evTS FireFly and creates a fully electric EV Roadside Assistance Vehicle solution.
The two companies introduced the first-of-its kind roadside emergency EV charging solution this week at the Texas Auto Writer’s signature event, the Auto Roundup in Fort Worth, Texas. The two-day event brought together major automakers with key automobile media and influencers. Held at the Texas Motor Speedway, Auto Roundup proved to be an innovative and successful platform to launch the innovative and fully electric Roadside Assistance vehicle.
“We believe the combination of Blink Charging’s experience and industry leadership in automotive charging technologies and evTS’ experience in design, along with the recent extension of the FireFly platform into new sectors, creates the perfect environment to strategically collaborate on several market opportunities. It’s actually an ideal use case for our vehicles.
Blink’s Portable EV Charger allows us to offer urban roadside assistance capabilities, including emergency services, at airports, shopping malls and other multilevel parking structures where tight spaces, vehicle access and manuverabilty can be challenging and larger vehicles aren’t able to operate as efficiently,” said evTS Chairman & CEO David Solomont.
“This is an exciting development for Blink Charging, and the Auto Roundup event provided the perfect opportunity to showcase to the auto manufacturers how Blink is innovating to drive widespread EV adoption.
The combination of Blink’s IQ 200-M and the versatile evTS FireFly ESV will play an important role in further reducing consumers’ fears of range anxiety. The evTS product provides a zero-emission, rapid response solution for EV roadside assistance,” remarked Blink Vice President of Marketing Rebecca Gutierrez.
“We look forward to providing evTS with electric vehicle charging solutions as demand for urban essential services and last-mile e-mobility vehicles increases. In addition, we are happy to be providing evTS’ fleet customers with a broad array of charging solutions,” said Blink Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development Mike Battaglia.
