Marketplace®

Daily business news and economic stories

Solar phone chargers to come to NYC

It's happened to all of us. Your phone loses its charge in that one place you can't plug it in. Now, New York City is about to get solar chargers in many of those places.

It’s happened to all of us. Your phone loses its charge in that one place you can’t plug it in. Now, New York City is about to get solar chargers in many of those places. The Street Charge project will provide 25 new solar charging stations across all five city boroughs. AT&T, design firm Pensa, and solar tech company Goal Zero partnered on the project.

Joe Atkin, CEO of Goal Zero, joins Marketplace Tech host Ben Johnson to discuss. Click on the audio player above to hear more.

 

Related Topics

Latest Episodes

View All Shows
  • Marketplace
    5 hours ago
    25:19
  • Make Me Smart
    11 hours ago
    19:00
  • Marketplace Morning Report
    13 hours ago
    6:55
  • Marketplace Tech
    18 hours ago
    8:33
  • This Is Uncomfortable
    3 days ago
    56:05
  • Million Bazillion
    24 days ago
    32:45