Florence Regional Airport Collaborates with BETA Technologies “to Install South Carolina’s First Electric Aircraft Charger” 

Flo­rence Region­al Air­port (FLO) is col­lab­o­rat­ing with BETA Tech­nolo­gies, the U.S‑based elec­tric aero­space com­pa­ny based in Burling­ton, Ver­mont, to install elec­tric-charg­ing infra­struc­ture at its air­port, reports a press release. The charg­er, designed to pow­er the NextGen elec­tric air­craft, is the first instal­la­tion of its type in the state of South Car­oli­na. 

Designed and man­u­fac­tured by BETA, these charg­ers are mul­ti­modal and inter­op­er­a­ble, capa­ble of pow­er­ing var­i­ous forms of elec­tric air­craft as well as elec­tric ground vehi­cles like cars, vans and trucks. 

The release explains, “FLO has installed a Lev­el 3 fast-charg­er on the air­side of the air­port, where it will pri­mar­i­ly charge elec­tric air­craft and sup­port vehi­cles. The air­port has also installed a two-port Lev­el 2 charg­er in the park­ing lot, which is open for pub­lic use.” 

Mike Miller, Pres­i­dent of the Flo­rence Cham­ber of Com­merce, com­ment­ed, “This is a great invest­ment for our air­port to jump into this new tech­nol­o­gy. It keeps us grow­ing and cre­at­ing new trans­porta­tion options to ser­vice the region and state of South Car­oli­na.” 

Gregg Robin­son

Gregg Robin­son, CEO of Flo­rence Coun­ty Eco­nom­ic Devel­op­ment Part­ner­ship, added, “My office stands ready to help indus­try part­ners take advan­tage of FLO’s unique set of assets to estab­lish new busi­ness ven­tures that will cre­ate inno­v­a­tive new jobs for our region along­side new trans­porta­tion ser­vices for our res­i­dents and busi­ness­es.” 

The release con­tin­ues, “BETA’s Charge Cube is UL-cer­ti­fied, designed to opti­mise for safe­ty, effi­cien­cy, and sim­plic­i­ty. With a 50-foot cord, the Charge Cube can accom­mo­date a vari­ety of air­craft, regard­less of their unique designs and ground oper­a­tions. The cord is also com­pat­i­ble with BETA’s Ther­mal Man­age­ment Sys­tem, a solu­tion focused on cool­ing bat­tery packs and cab­ins between flights.” 

Nate Ward, BETA Tech­nolo­gies, Head of Net­work Devel­op­ment, remarked, “This infra­struc­ture is key to enabling the avi­a­tion tech­nol­o­gy of the future.” And Brad Bea­dles, Flo­rence Region­al Air­port Direc­tor, enthused, “We warm­ly wel­come BETA cus­tomers, busi­ness part­ners and oth­er elec­tric air­craft users to take advan­tage of the resources we offer and part­ner with us as we build out a tran­sit hub for our region.” 

Flo­rence Region­al Air­port joins a grow­ing net­work of BETA charg­ing infra­struc­ture, as it expands across the U.S. The com­pa­ny has already brought charg­ers online at 47 site loca­tions from Ver­mont to Flori­da to Arkansas, with more than 20 addi­tion­al sites in devel­op­ment for pub­lic and pri­vate use by com­mer­cial, mil­i­tary and med­ical enti­ties. 

Flo­rence Region­al Air­port

These sites have been installed in part­ner­ship with air­ports, FBOs and OEM part­ners across the coun­try, to bring elec­tric avi­a­tion to both urban and rur­al loca­tions, con­nect­ing com­mu­ni­ties across the coun­try. 

For more infor­ma­tion

https://www.beta.team/

https://flyflo.us/

(Top image: BETA Tech­nolo­gies Charg­er)

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