Serving as a great model for integrating solar technology with natural forms, Neville Mars designed an Electric Vehicle charging station that takes the form of a grove of evergreen solar trees.
Aside from providing an excellent source of shade to parked cars, each of the trees in Mars’s solar forest is made up of a set of PV leaves that are built onto the tree’s branch-like structures. Another interesting component is that the PV leaves rotate with the motion of the sun to ensure maximum efficiency. Meanwhile, the core of each trunk features a power outlet that can be used to power your electric car.
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