What is the size of a standard parking space, provides some overhead protection, and can charge an electric vehicle without needing to be plugged into the electrical grid? That’d be the EV Arc, a clever EV charger from Envision Solar that can be deployed anywhere the sun shines and cars can park. The Arc has been updated for 2020 with a fresh, more space-efficient design that is now “flood-proof” to 9.5 feet and offers more parking area beneath it. Envision Solar also modified the Arc so that its\u00a0solar array\u00a0can be positioned to fit in angled, perpendicular, and parallel parking spaces.<\/p>\n
The Arc consists of a parking pad, a pleasantly arcing structural post, and an umbrella-like solar array. Envision carved out more parking space below by lifting the the Arc’s electrical bits and energy storage off the ground; it now nestles up under the solar array, at the top of the structural post\u2014like coconuts on a palm tree. (This move is also responsible for the Arc’s newfound flood-proofness, at least so long as the water depth doesn’t reach the solar array.) The solar canopy can move to any angle through a 360-degree range to maximize\u00a0energy soak from sunshine\u00a0in any parking space, no matter its orientation, following the sun throughout the day.<\/p>\n
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