UPDATE - City of Los Angeles StreetsLA Division Previews EV ARC™ Charging New Plug-In Hybrid Street Sweepers
18 February 2022 - 2:53AM
Beam Global, (Nasdaq: BEEM, BEEMW), the leading provider of
innovative sustainable technology for electric vehicle (EV)
charging, outdoor media and energy security, today announced that
the City of Los Angeles StreetsLA Division held an event
demonstrating its new plug-in hybrid street sweepers and EV ARC™
sustainable EV charging systems at the StreetsLA North Hollywood
Depot. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held February 15, 2022 to
inaugurate the City’s Center for Green Innovation. Beam CEO Desmond
Wheatley was present alongside Mayor Garcetti, Congressman Cardenas
and City officials where the EV ARC™ powered the new plug-in hybrid
street sweepers.
The EV ARC™ systems support LA’s Green New Deal that targets
100% net zero by 2050. Each EV ARC™ system generates and stores its
own clean electricity and delivers that electricity to power City
fleet vehicles day or night, and during inclement weather and power
outages. The optional Emergency Power Panel can provide vital power
to first responders in an emergency or grid outages, adding to the
City’s energy resiliency and disaster preparedness. The charging
system is transportable and can be relocated as City charging
patterns emerge and change.Speaking on the EV ARC™ system’s ability
to continue to deliver EV charging and emergency power during a
disaster, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said, “If God forbid,
during an earthquake or something our power lines go down, we can
continue to be there for our City and deliver what our City
needs.”“We need to take advantage of our incredible natural
resource: the sun to charge our vehicles. Los Angeles is the
perfect place for this. The Beam Solar Charging Canopy, right to my
left over there, just standing under it I felt supercharged,” said
Councilmember Mitchell Farrell. “This does not require an
infrastructure to build out as the Mayor just said, and we need to
purchase many more. The equipment can also be easily transported to
other locations. So this is efficient in terms of both costs and
practicality. In the event of a power outage, the battery can be
used to power communications equipment, as well other tools needed
to respond to an emergency.”
EV ARC™ systems will be deployed in Los Angeles StreetsLA
locations with zero electrical upgrade costs, zero construction
costs, and no disruption to city operations that can occur with
construction projects, saving the City budget and downtime.
“This exciting event gave us an opportunity to demonstrate, once
again, the multiple layers of value delivered by the EV ARC in
advance of delivering the first systems for active deployment in
Los Angeles,” said Beam Global CEO Desmond Wheatley. “Today we
charged the City’s new electric street sweepers and demonstrated
that StreetsLA can provide charging and emergency power in any of
their multiple depot locations without having to rely on grid
connections. Mayor Garcetti, who recently spoke at COP26 in
Glasgow, Congressman Cardenas, and the other City officials, all
spoke about the fantastic benefits of using the locally generated
solar power and energy storage that our products provide, to save
money and ensure continuity during disasters. We are already
broadly deployed in the largest MTA in the nation, New York, and
now we are entering the second largest, Los Angeles. It was a great
day for Los Angeles and another great day for Beam.”
The City of Los Angeles’ Green New Deal strives to be carbon
neutral by 2045 and 100% net zero by 2050. The plan increases the
percentage of zero emission vehicles in the City to 25% by 2025 and
100% by 2050. Beam products can be purchased through the California
Department of General Services (DGS) Contract #1-18-61-16, which
serves to simplify the government procurement process and make
chosen solutions available statewide at the best negotiated
pricing.
About Beam Global Beam Global is a CleanTech
leader that produces innovative, sustainable technology for
electric vehicle (EV) charging, outdoor media, and energy security,
without the construction, disruption, risks and costs of grid-tied
solutions. Products include the patented EV ARC™ and Solar Tree®
lines with BeamTrak™ patented solar tracking, and ARC Technology™
energy storage, along with EV charging, outdoor media and disaster
preparedness packages.The company develops, patents, designs,
engineers and manufactures unique and advanced renewably energized
products that save customers time and money, help the environment,
empower communities and keep people moving. Based in San Diego, the
company produces Made in America products. Beam Global is listed on
Nasdaq under the symbols BEEM and BEEMW (formerly Envision Solar,
EVSI, EVSIW). For more information visit BeamForAll.com, LinkedIn,
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