The High Desert Charging Station
The High Desert Charging Station is a proposal for a large steel, solar powered electric vehicle charging facility, designed to promote and celebrate the use of electric vehicles. The facility was created especially for high desert environments with predominantly hot and sunny weather.
The charging stations design is formed into of a large circular configuration. At the center and top of the structure there is a large circular shaped solar panel that converts sunlight into electricity. That electricity is used directly to charge the vehicles, and/or the excess solar electricity is sent into the local power grid. When electricity from the sun is not available, electricity is sent from the local power grid back to the charging station in order to charge the vehicles.
There are 16 specific locations around the perimeter of the facility where vehicles can plug into the charging station. Each of these locations is marked by a docking pad, two yellow security bumpers, and a charging pedestal. Walkways lead from the docking pads in toward the center of the structure through patches of green synthetic grass, yellow colored seats, and a yellow colored restroom. Mounted above the restroom and seats, is a large shade canopy roof.
Conceptually, electricity made from the sun is captured by the center solar panel and sent down through the structure into the waiting vehicles. As this is going on, visitors can sit on the yellow colored seats under the shade canopy and/or use the restroom while their vehicles are being charged.
Status: Unbuilt
