MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Nov. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --  Car Charging Group, Inc. (OTCQB: CCGI) ("CarCharging"), a nationwide provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging services, announced a new partnership with the Town of Surfside, a beautiful oceanfront community located in South Florida.  Through this relationship, EV charging services are now provided at the Surfside Town Hall, located at 9293 Harding Avenue, which is behind the town's Community Center and two blocks from the beach.

Incorporated in 1935, the Town of Surfside includes a tranquil and attractive residential neighborhood, multifamily condominium and apartment buildings, a traditional "home town" business district, as well as tourist facilities that welcome visitors year round. Surfside has earned a superb reputation as a family community and destination, offering a wide range of accommodations, resort facilities, shopping opportunities, and leisure activities. The town is also within close range of all of South Florida's world-renowned attractions.

"As the largest independent owner and provider of public electric car charging services, CarCharging is dedicated to providing charging services wherever EV drivers work, live, and play," said Michael D. Farkas, CEO of CarCharging.  "By partnering with the Town of Surfside, we now provide EV drivers charging services all the way from Aventura to Miami Beach."

"The focus of the Town of Surfside's economic development plan is to encourage business retention, while maintaining and enhancing the characteristics that attracts residents and visitors," said Daniel Dietch, Surfside's Mayor. "We are confident that by implementing CarCharging's EV charging services, the Town will support local EV drivers as well as draw new visitors and we are pleased to provide free parking for electric cars charging at this location."

The EV charging services at the Town of Surfside utilize Level II EV charging stations, which provide 240 volts with 32 amps of power to quickly recharge an electric vehicle's battery. To initiate use and payment at this location, EV drivers can make direct payment via credit card.

Users can pinpoint additional EV charging station locations using the maps at
www.CarCharging.com and www.BlinkNetwork.com.

About Car Charging Group, Inc.  
Car Charging Group, Inc. (OTCQB: CCGI) is a pioneer in nationwide public electric vehicle (EV) charging services, enabling EV drivers to easily recharge at locations throughout the United States. Headquartered in Miami Beach, FL with offices in San Francisco, CA; New York, NY; Phoenix, AZ; and Barcelona, Spain; CarCharging's business model is designed to accelerate the adoption of public EV charging.

CarCharging provides a comprehensive turnkey program to commercial and residential property owners for EV charging services. CarCharging owns and operates the EV charging equipment; manages the installation, maintenance, and related services; and shares some of the EV charging revenue with the property owner. Thereby, eliminating most capital costs for the property owners, and providing a potential additional revenue stream.

CarCharging has strategic partnerships across multiple business sectors including multi-family residential and commercial properties, parking garages, shopping malls, retail parking, and municipalities.  CarCharging's partners include, but are not limited to Walgreens, IKEA, Wal-Mart, Simon Property Group, Equity One, Equity Residential, Forest City, Cinemark USA, Fox Studios, Facebook, PayPal, Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants, Mayo Clinic, San Diego Padres, University of Pennsylvania, Ace Parking, Central/USA Parking, Icon Parking, Rapid Parking, Parking Concepts, CVS, Related Management, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, City of Phoenix (AZ), City of Philadelphia (PA), and City of Miami Beach (FL).

CarCharging is committed to creating a robust, feature-rich network for EV charging and is hardware agnostic.  CarCharging's owns the Blink network, and owns and operates EV charging equipment manufactured by Blink, Aerovironment, ChargePoint, Efacec, General Electric, Nissan, and SemaConnect. CarCharging's Level II charging stations are compatible with EVs sold in the United States including the Tesla Model S, Nissan LEAF, Chevy Volt, Mitsubishi i-Miev, Toyota Prius Plug-In, Honda Fit EV, and Toyota Rav4 EV, as well as many others scheduled for release over the next few years.

For more information about CarCharging, please visit www.CarCharging.com.

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