Blink Charging fully integrates SemaConnect services
Blink Charging today announced it has transitioned all former SemaConnect chargers and services to the new Blink Network. The transition also marks the final step in integrating SemaConnect into Blink Charging following its acquisition in June 2022.
“The integration of our SemaConnect chargers into the Blink Network is a significant milestone, symbolising the culmination of our efforts to fully merge the two companies after rebranding the units and operations earlier this year,” said Brendan Jones, President and CEO of Blink Charging.
The company acquired SemaConnect in the summer of last year. The deal gave Blink Charging access to Sema’s hardware development and manufacturing capacity. SemaConnect’s plant in Maryland enables Blink to comply with the Buy American mandates to capitalise on the $7.5 billion Biden Administration EV infrastructure bill. Over 10,000 EV chargers are currently in production and they plan to scale up to 50,000 annually.
The deal also included SemaConnect’s charging network, which was now transitioned to a single network developed by a joint engineering team with Blink.
The latter was “rebuilt from the ground up”, and the new Blink Network offers an expandable platform with regular feature additions. Blink added that former SemaConnect customers can manage their chargers, customise charging rates based on user groups and zones, and track energy usage and fees for each charging session.
The platform also empowers site hosts to onboard and connect chargers globally, providing international management capabilities in multiple languages, including English, Spanish, French, French Canadian, Greek, and Hebrew. Additional languages will be added, said Blink. Multiple currency support is also included, and CPOs may create dynamic pricing protocols tailored to application, location, and schedule.
“The rapid integration of SemaConnect’s hardware and features into this platform demonstrates the iterative nature of our platform and marks the beginning of continuous process of enhancing, improving, updating, and expanding our software capabilities,” commented Harjinder Bhade, Blink’s Chief Technology Officer.
The acquisition nearly doubled the Blink network size.
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