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Coulomb Technologies ChargePoint Network and Carbon Day Automotive Deliver Solar Plug-In Stations

CHICAGO – Carbon Day Automotive announced the unveiling of the first solar-powered electric vehicle charging station in the City of Chicago.

by Staff
April 9, 2009
3 min to read


CHICAGO – Carbon Day Automotive 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 5 where guests were able to see the nation's foremost Solar Plug-In StationT 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 ChargePointT 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."

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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 of 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, visit www.carbonday.com.

About Coulomb Technologies

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Coulomb Technologies, headquartered in Campbell, Calif., offers a family of products and services that provide a plug-in vehicle charging infrastructure, which includes ChargePointT 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, visit www.coulombtech.com.


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