We are all waiting for the time when electric vehicles become commonplace, but until that happens we must build an infrastructure to recharge those EV’s.
To date there have been some innovative solutions and using the sun is one that seems to be taking hold.
Chicago based Carbon Day Automotive has recently unveiled the first solar powered EV charging station in the city of Chicago. The Solar Plug-in Station is designed by renowned architects Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill and built by Carbon Day Construction.
Carbon Day integrated the charging station into the P.V. panels, integrated the battery storage component for shady days, and created enough structural flexibility to replace the panels as new technologies develop in the solar industry.
Pure Energy, LLC, Northbrook installed the sculpted piece and interfaced it with the concealed underground battery pack enhanced to store solar energy, specially designed and developed by All Cell Technologies, a thermal management and power pack solutions manufacturer.
The Solar Plug-in Station will pave the way to fuel PHEV’s, EV’s and will be used daily by the City of Chicago Dept. of Fleet Management.
Carbon Day Automotive is the sole Midwest distributor for the Charge Point system made by Coulomb Technologies.
