YAIRPORT 5 'BZZZSTOP'
QUICK INSTALL OFF GRID EV CHARGER + UAV VERTIPORT CONCEPT
Designed to be installed anywhere in about an hour, thanks to its built in batteries, the NetZero compliant BzzzStop would solve flaws with current on and off grid single 'pump' EV chargers, including:
- Digging up the ground
- Cables running across sidewalks from home chargers
- Lack of access to rapid charging capable grid energy
- Difficult to upgrade or adapt to future technologies
- Uninspired industrial design
Fig 2 - Front of BzzzStop showing: Solar roof + rain water collection gutter. Twin battery bays with independent electronics to ensure continued operation if one should fail. Mini wind turbine. Payment terminal. A Tesla Model 3. Housing for multi-standard drop down charging cable.
The LED rings near the top of each support column provide approaching drivers at a glance energy levels for each of the two BzzzStop batteries - (Green = full, Orange = half depleted, Red = Requires charging.)
The batteries would be charged using the following methods:
- A local grid connection
- Trickle charge top up from built in solar panels + wind turbine
NOTE: The solar panel and wind turbine will not deliver enough energy to provide anything other than trickle charging of the batteries. They will provide clean energy to the ancillary features of the BzzzStop via a smaller auxillery battery.
HOW A BZZZSTOP WORKS
- If not nearby and visible, driver uses app to book a BzzzStop, or if the app senses the vehicle battery is low, the driver will be alerted to the nearest BzzzStop or other suitable charging point.
- Driver pulls into space. The robust crash barrier ensures that if the driver or other motorist accidentally collides with the BzzzStop, the vehicle does not hit and damage the batteries.
- Charging cable automatically lowers from roof spool
- Driver plugs cable into vehicle
- Payment can be made by the contactless terminal or app
- Driver exits BzzzStop
VALUE PROPOSITION
- Off grid installations reduce strain on the grid network
- Two high capacity batteries allow BzzzStop to be installed almost anywhere
- Each battery features an independent regulator, transformer and other associated electronics to ensure if one bay fails, the other continues to operate
- Adjustable angle solar roof with wind turbine provides power to ancillary equipment and multiple connected BzzzStops
- Ultra violet rainwater purifier
- REKARRY vending machine
- Charging perch for future delivery drones, including those from YAIR
- Pedestrian bench + USB-C + Wireless charging ports for personal gadgets
- HEYYU Digital Signage offers share in advertising revenue to BzzzStop owner or leaseholder
- To help birds avoid a collision, the wind turbine blades are black
- IP54 rating protects electrical systems from inclement weather conditions
- Crash barrier protects the batteries from accidental vehicle impact
- For temporary intallations or those without a suitable anchor point for the two support columns, weighted feet can be fitted to the base of the columns
- Upgradable with under vehicle wireless charging pad
- Familiar design will attract passing EV drivers
REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES
- Charging fees
- Overstay parking fees
- Advertising on the HEYYU Digital Signage displays
- REKARRY vending machine energy bars
FAQ
- Why does the BzzzStop roof not extend over the parking bay? The driver of a tall truck or other vehicle may misjudge the height and impact the roof. A taller BzzzStop would defeat the object of providing somewhere for people to seek shelter during inclement weather.
- How quickly do the solar panel and wind turbine charge the BzzzStop batteries? Very slowly! Both are too small to provide anything other than a trickle charge. But they will provide more than enough energy to ancillery features of the BzzzStop such as the video displays, terminal and vending machine that will draw power from a seperate dedicated battery. If several BzzzStops are installed in close proximity to one another and connected with cables, then the sustainable energy sources could be pooled to charge the main batteries of one or more BzzzStop to provide a faster off grid emergency top up.
- How much would a BzzzStop cost? Based on technological progress in 4th QTR 2021, we estimate this to equal the cost of a mid market EV and for the price to fall at the same rate as the price to performance ratio of batteries improves.
- Why are YAIR revealing a conceptual product? BzzzStop is what we call a SUDDEN VENTURE. Whilst one or more of our other innovations are available (such as PiCosm), we felt that most other single or even most multi-vehicle charging solutions are not innovative and forward thinking enough. They are clunky, visually dull and Tesla asside, lack an intuitive user experience and flexible business model. Further, the UK government has called for a curbside EV charging solution that is visually recognisable - like the old red telephone boxes.
As a result, in a period of approximately one man week, YAIR carried out a technology feasibility study and completed the design for a solution that whilst expensive and ambitious in 2020, takes a more thoughtful and long term approach.
Whether the BzzzStop ever becomes real will depend on the response from authorities world-wide as well as the EV industry and community.
SPECIFICATION
Capacity: 300 kWh (Proposed minimum)
Charging rate: 7.5-150 kW (Minimum)
Plug standards: CCS, NACSTelemetry: Cellular or StarLink®, depending on location
Width (Roof): 6250mm
Height: 3000mm (Approx)
Depth: 3000mmSolar panel energy output: 900 watts
Mini wind turbine energy output: 500 watts (at 18 knot windspeed)
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