Electric vehicles have increasingly become mandatory across the globe due to their positive impact on the environment. The government encourages drivers to use electric vehicles, which have less environmental impact than internal combustion engines. Typical charging stations are used to charge electric vehicles; however, it uses 40% to 60% of the country’s national grid power to charge vehicles made with non-renewable energy. Electric vehicles are more environment friendly, although they still use the grid power to charge the vehicle battery, which uses fossil fuels and other non-renewable energy sources.

EVs still reduce their environmental impact, however, using EV charging stations running on non-renewable energy sources has continuous negative impact on the environment. Therefore, electrification alone is not enough to decarbonize transport. A solar charging station for electric vehicles is the solution to zero this emission. Not only it is good for the environment, however, it is also a big advantage for the vehicle fleet. A solar car charging station guarantees a 100% carbon-neutral footprint.

Solar charging stations consist of solar panels made up of photovoltaic (PV) cell blocks that are responsible for generating electricity from sunlight. The solar panel can charge multiple vehicles at the same time. Electric vehicles can be charged during power outages. Electric vehicles can be parked under the unit, so no parking space is lost.

The global solar charging station market is expected to experience significant growth due to increase in costs associated with the production of electricity, rise in demand for EVs worldwide, and surge in costs of fossil fuels worldwide. However, excessive costs associated with the equipment requirements of solar stations and the high space needed for solar energy-based stations hamper the growth of the market.

The overall costs associated with electricity production have been rising for the past couple of years. Electricity production is linked to variables such as procurement, transport, and storage of fossil fuels, as more than half of the worldwide production of electricity is through the medium of fossil fuels.