EV Charging Site Integration
EV Site Integration
Site Integration
Project Description
The environmental benefits of plug-in electric vehicles will become widespread only if an infrastructure for charging, wayfinding, and incentives is in place at a scale that can compete with the ubiquitous gas station.
The requirements for successful EV infrastructure present opportunities for integration with specific sites, facilities, and communities that far surpass the level of integration currently possible with gas/food service stations. CGD’s design services for EV site integration are grounded in the following principles:
1. Planning solutions will interface with the existing parking and transportation capabilities of a specific community.
2. To accommodate the connection times typically needed for developing battery technologies, all charging venues will offer the user “In-Parallel” opportunities. While the parked vehicle charges, the user can work, shop, eat, sleep, watch a film, attend a concert, visit an exhibition, or explore other cultural amenities.
3. All solutions will respond to, and enhance, core values of successful downtown urbanism for a specific community.
4. Charging opportunities will offer incentives for both users and providers.
Gas, 1940, oil on canvas, by Edward Hopper
Mobil’s early integration of corporate logo with pump architecture, as immortalized by
Edward Hopper, provides a useful paradigm for an envisioned union of the illuminated E
logo with a retractable charging unit.
“Charge’n Shop” Drive Through “In-Parallel” Convenience Store
offers an electric fill-up, a loaf of bread, and no running
from car to store in the bitter cold.
Load Management:
Overnight at-home charging supports efficient use of Off-Peak power.
Shop Keene and Park Free!
“EV Only” Parking Garage serves commuter and shopper with full charging
24 hours a day.
Preferred Parking surface lots offer long-term low power charging from light poles,
eventually employing photovoltaics for “solar” charging.
Multi-Fuel Service Centers team up with “In-Parallel” food, shopping and entertainment
activities to occupy long-distance travelers.