Apr 08, 2009 07:02 ET
Chicago Unveils First Networked Solar Plug-In Station for Electric Vehicles
Coulomb Technologies ChargePoint Network and Carbon Day Automotive
Deliver Solar Plug-In Stations
CHICAGO --(Business Wire)-- Apr 08, 2009
Carbon Day Automotive today announced the unveiling of the first
solar-powered electric vehicle charging station in the City of Chicago.
Located and operational at the City of Chicago Department of Fleet
Maintenance, it was one of the focal points of the recent IOC tour on
April 5th, 2009 where guests were able to see the nation’s foremost
Solar Plug-In Station™ that was designed to pave the way to fuel plug-in
electric vehicles. It will be used daily by the City of Chicago to fuel
the city’s electric vehicles with power from the sun. Carbon Day
Automotive is the sole Midwest distributor for Coulomb Technologies
ChargePoint™ Networked Charging Stations. When paired with Carbon Day’s
Solar Plug-In Station, it is a source of totally renewable and clean
energy that addresses the needs of drivers, utilities and governments.
“Carbon Day and the City of Chicago are demonstrating true innovation,
ingenuity and initiative,” said Richard Lowenthal, CEO of Coulomb
Technologies. “Solar energy and electric vehicles are an inevitable
partnership that is one more step to reducing our dependence on foreign
oil.”
The Carbon Day Automotive Solar Plug-In Station, built by Carbon Day
Construction, was designed by the world-renowned firm of Adrian Smith +
Gordon Gill Architecture. Wanxiang America Corporation, dedicated to
providing clean energy solutions for municipalities, manufactured the
solar panels that form a tree-like canopy built by Residential Steel.
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 grid
stores the sun’s energy, a renewable resource, to power zero emission
electric vehicles.
“Without these stations it would be like driving around in traditional
cars without the availability of gas stations,” said Scott Emalfarb, CEO
at Carbon Day. “The day of true plug-in electric vehicles will be here
sooner than most people realize and the world needs to be ready to
accommodate them. Carbon Day will build them and they will come.”
About Carbon Day
Carbon Day Automotive is a division of Carbon Day, an organization
dedicated to increasing environmental awareness by encouraging people to
play a part in saving the planet. A national Carbon Day Holiday is
planned for September 15th. Events in major cities and small communities
alike will be planned to connect people to the enormous but doable task
ahead of us. For more information please visit the Carbon Day website, www.carbonday.com.
About Coulomb Technologies
Coulomb Technologies, headquartered in Campbell, Calif., offers a family
of products and services that provide a plug-in vehicle charging
infrastructure, which includes ChargePoint™ Networked Charging Stations
that range in capability from 120V 15A to 240V 80A AC charging to 120kW
DC charging. Coulomb applies networking technology to the challenge of
charging electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids in order to fuel the
electric transportation industry. Coulomb’s ChargePointSM
Network addresses the needs of drivers, utilities, governments, and
parking space owners. For more information about Coulomb Technologies
please visit the Coulomb Technologies website, http://www.coulombtech.com.
Please note: To arrange for an interview or a tour of the Solar Plug-In
Station™, please contact Carbon Day’s publicist, Jane Kaplan at
847.433.8594 or via email, jane@jkaplancommunications.com.
for Coulomb Technologies
Anne Smith, 408-313-8089
anne@annesmithcommunications.com