In the small Tennessee city of Paris, the American EV manufacturer’s first solar-powered EV chargers have been turned on by Rivian and solar company Clearloop.
The city, which features a 70-foot replica of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, and has a population of about 10,000, is the first in the United States to make use of Rivian’s solar-powered EV charging stations.
Rivian’s top-up booths, known as Waypoints, are powered by a nearby solar farm with a total capacity of 1 megawatt (MW), but the company hopes to raise more funding for a larger 6.75 MW project that will power all Waypoints chargers in the state.
The Waypoints chargers, according to Rivian, are Level 2 stations accessible to all EVs that can offer up to 11.5 kW of power and are situated “near shops, restaurants, hotels, parks, and more.”
11 Tennessee state parks now have Rivian’s Waypoints EV stalls…
Rivian and solar energy company Clearloop installed Its First Solar-Powered EV Chargers
