Introduction
Solar power is another technology with tremendous promise that has had a difficulty crossing the chasm to main street.In San Mateo, California, a company named Swiftmile is aiming to bridge solar power's last mile gap by becoming a premier infrastructure provider for what Swiftmile calls the “Personal Electric Transporter” market, or PET for short.
Reason to Be Selected
It's sloping roof made out of solar panels that could also provide some shelter from the elements. Bicycles, scooters and other PETs are neatly organized into charging stalls. The facilities became even more interesting from there, with talk of being able to foster peer-to-peer sharing of the PETs using other enabling technologies like an app on a mobile device.The Swiftstation Model 1 is the smallest charging station. It safely holds and charges two bikes under a post that supports a solar panel. The Model 1 can connect to more Model 1's to build any size station desired.
Swiftstation Model 2's are larger and can accommodate more eBikes, scooters or other PETs. This model is best suited for higher traffic metro areas.
Swiftstation Model 2's are larger and can accommodate more eBikes, scooters or other PETs. This model is best suited for higher traffic metro areas.
Details
It's based on the IoT (Internet of things) and the sharing economy which are both driving growth stories in urban transportation. It's as close to the UBER reservation process as you can get for the personal electric transportation market.
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OG Power Station makes the OG SunCycle that is designed to recharge the e-bike battery. It uses a 250 watt solar panel to charge the included battery. After charging all day, the SunCycle battery then charges the e-bike battery. The SunCycle system can be used as a backup power source in case of power failure. It has a traditional plug attachments in addition to USB and cigarette lighter options.
The University of Tennessee is working on an electric bike sharing program. They have a design for a battery charging “vending machine” and they are using solar power.
The University of Victoria has some charging stations setup around it's campus.
Kyocera has a solar ebike charging station.
Sanyo has setup solar charging “parking lots” in Japan.
Sanyo has also set up a solar charging station in Portland at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
Sol Design Lab is a company that makes solar charging stations for ebikes and mobile devices.
Bosch is working on a solar charging canopy.
| Lat: | 48.8589 |
| Lng: | 2.34756 |
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| Region: | Europe |
| Scale: | District |
| Field: | Infrastructure |
| City: | Paris |