The new solar charging station will be free of charge to the public and will be equipped with a standard Level II EV charger and power outlets to enable electric wheelchair charging. The Envision Solar EV ARC has been developed as a cost-effective and easy-to-install standalone solar charging station that requires no engineering, foundation, trenching, building permit or grid connection.
It has been invented, engineered and manufactured entirely in the United States and fits inside a standard parking space, generating enough renewable energy to provide an average of 55 electric miles per day and often as much as 100 electric miles per day.
The energy within the solar charging station is stored and ready for use in the 22kWh on-board battery storage facility. Its clean solar electricity generation is enhanced by a patented EnvisionTrak sun tracking system which enables the solar arry to follow the sun thereby generating 18 to 25 percent more electricity than a conventional fixed array.
Shasta Lake is located on the Interstate 5 corridor just north of Redding in northern California. The proximity of the solar charging station to the interstate is intended to contribute to Governor Brown’s initiative to create an EV charging infrastructure on California’s Interstate system.
“Clean and reliable energy is very important to the City of Shasta and so is being ready for the rapid growth in EV adoption” said Tom Miller, Assistant City Manager and Electric Utility Director for the City of Shasta. “We were very happy to find this unique product, which solves so many of the challenges associated with EV charger deployments and has no negative environmental impact. The fact that Envision Solar is a Californian company with American made, environmental sustainability products means that this is a win for the people of Shasta and California.”
Desmond Wheatley, CEO of Envision Solar, added that the deployment in Shasta Lake will further demonstrate the value of the EV ARC in a location where it is not economically feasible to run trenching and grid connections. The EV ARC can be deployed where traditional chargers cannot and it is also the first to include electric wheelchair charging.
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