Blue Corner, a Blink Charging Company (Blue Corner), and pioneer of electric vehicle charging in Europe, announced it has signed a 10-year agreement with BluePoint, a leading venue and workspace provider and subsidiary of Belgium’s Technology Trade Federation AGORIA, to deploy 280 EV charging ports to support more than 2,000 member companies at BluePoint’s business & network centers throughout Belgium.
Blue Corner will install, operate, and maintain the new EQ 200 EV chargers at selected BluePoint business & conference centers located in Brussels, Antwerp and Liege. The installation of the fast Level 2 chargers will be phased in over the next couple years, providing much needed charging services to meet the increasing demand as EV sales continue to grow throughout Belgium.
“We are proud to partner with BluePoint and AGORIA to install the right chargers in the right places to ensure we are meeting the needs of EV drivers,” said Olivier Van Schap, Managing Director at Blue Corner. “We welcome the employees of the more than 2,000 AGORIA member companies to our expanding EV charging network throughout Belgium and helping drive the adoption of EVs everywhere.”
AGORIA brings together 2,079 technology companies and all those who are inspired by technology. With more than 321,000 employees, this technology sector is the largest sector in Belgium with a clear focus on digitalization, the manufacturing industry of tomorrow, infrastructure, climate, environment, and energy.
“We want to support and engage our members to develop a mobility plan leading to the modal shift so that by the year 2025 at least half of our members have made this important step. By the same year, we want to help prepare our members so that every new car company in the sector is powered by a zero-emission technology,” Jean-Marc Timmermans, AGORIA Business Group Leader Manufacturing, Transport & Mobility Technologies said.
Philippe Vanwichelen, BluePoint Technology and Project Manager said: “Today, we are sending a clear message that the transition to a more sustainable and connected future is a step closer to reality. Our agreement with Blue Corner today is part of our national strategy to making concrete and strong commitments to ultimately create as much value for society as possible.”
Scheduled for installation is the newly released EQ 200, designed by Blink Charing with flexibility in mind, to fit any location with its compact form and multiple installation options. This three-phase AC charging station produces a powerful 32 amps at 22kW of output and offers a simplified management experience with networked remote support for configuration, maintenance, and hassle-free control of the charging station. This impressive charger is able to connect to Wi-Fi and to interact with various Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS), with comprehensive access to remote controls. Users will also have access to, and communicate with the Blink Charging Mobile App as well as providing visibility on the Blink Map to over 440,000 active EV drivers registered on the Blink Network across 27 countries.
Additionally, the EQ 200 is focused on providing efficiency and intelligent scalability, with growth in mind with supporting technologies such as Plug & Charge (ISO 15118) functionality, enabling an electric vehicle to automatically identify and authorize itself to a compatible charging station on behalf of the driver, to receive energy for recharging its battery. The only action required by the driver is to plug the charging cable into the EV and/or charging station.
