Autonomous Vehicle Solar Charging Station

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designed and built a prototype charging station that would allow an autonomous car to autonomously detect its existence before driving itself in to begin charging. The source of the charge is primarily be a solar charge controller connected to a solar panel, but there is a wall charger as a secondary charger in cases where charging is needed at night or in inclement weather. The power efficiency of the station is about 13.29%. A final charge station could be built in a separate location with its own solar panel that would charge a docked vehicle or would feed excess energy produced back to the grid. The estimated energy generated by such a system and its value to be about 271 kWh and $34. Given a 20 year average solar panel lifespan and a cost of $200-$300 for the panel, the energy generated will pay for itself within 10 years.
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