During the “Latam Mobility Regional Summit 2023″, held on February 7, Blink Charging representative Patricia Baires assured that the company will consolidate its expansion and development of charging infrastructure in Latin America this year.
“We want and we will contribute to new markets to learn about electromobility and to have charging stations that can be intelligent. We are in the process of teaching how to do business from electromobility, because there can be an economic return from it,” she said in her speech.
What Baires pointed out is beginning to materialize in Costa Rica with the installation of 14 public charging points throughout the country, as a result of alliances with local companies.
Through partnerships with GBT (a CAPRIS Group company), RQL and SBS, Blink Charging will expand its presence to promote electromobility in the region.
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Agreement Details
The agreement includes the installation of a public network of Blink Charging stations throughout the country, as well as the retail sale of Blink HQ 150 and HQ 200 home chargers.
The first 14 electric car charging stations will include single- and dual-port Blink IQ 200 chargers at strategic locations, which will be available to all EV drivers.
Initial Blink Charging supply points have already been installed at Bocadito del Cielo Restaurant in Cartago, RQL Ingeniería in San José, El Jardín restaurant chain -at its San Ramón, Sarchí, Liberia and Orotina locations, covering the provinces of Alajuela and Guanacaste.
For now, the installation of the IQ 200 is planned, while the new HQ 200 domestic charger will be available for retail sale.
High-tech
The IQ 200 is a level 2 charger with J1772 connector and output capacity of 80 amps or 19.2 kW. The HQ 200 offers 50-amp output, ideal for home charging.
The chargers connect to Wi-Fi and communicate with the Blink Charging mobile app, displaying the Blink map to more than 440,000 active EV drivers registered with the Blink Network in 27 countries.
