Project EVIE Blog

So, I was looking through the events for Climate Week and I saw that Beautiful Earth was giving a private tour of their soon-to-be-released Solar-Powered Electric Vehicle Charging Station for the UN top brass and no press. I thought to myself, well, these guys will never let me in, but why not give it a shot, right? Turns out Beautiful Earth CEO Lex Heslin thought our mission at EVIE was pretty similar to his own and he (ever so generously) extended an invitation to Project EVIE to attend!

I promised Lex that I wouldn’t release any design details or post any photos before the public press release next month. Biting my tongue and trying ever so hard to hold back, let me say that from what I saw it looks like Beautiful Earth can really change the world with this thing. Lex’s charging station can be built for next to nothing out of supplies that are readily available around the world– most importantly, in the developing world. For an astoundingly minimal investment, solar charging stations like the one Beautiful Earth built in Brooklyn can be built anywhere (think the side of a road through the Gobi Desert) and will continue to charge several cars a day with no maintenance costs for a decade.

Anyway, I’ve probably already said too much, but definitely keep an eye out for these guys down the road!

P.S.: Did I mention they let me play with the first Mini-e ever produced? SOOO cool!