Park and Charge Station for Electric Cars:

A developer is proposing to transform an old gas station in the Bulfinch Triangle area of downtown Boston into a Park and Charge facility for Electric and Hybrid vehicles. This is a busy part of Boston, where 35,000 cars and pedestrians pass each day. Two electric-vehicle charging stations opened recently in Boston, and this would be the third one to open.

The new facility will open on August 1, and will be equipped with smart parking technology from Streetline, a California based company. The company will use patent pending sensor technology that will use low-power wireless sensors at each parking space to detect the presence of a vehicle and send it to Streetline’s web and mobile applications. “Users can tap into the Parker app to keep track of how much time is left for charging and to find their vehicle.”

Reference: Resende, Patricia, Boston to get eco-friendly park and charge facility, Mass High Tech, April 18, 2012

Photo Credit:  A charging station for electric vehicles by Runesand, released to creative commons.
 

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