AUTOChargit Automated @ Inclave Project, Marina del Ray, CA

The largest fully automated operational parking garage in the Americas is the AUTOParkit System at the Inclave located in Marina Del Rey, CA. Over a half-decade has passed since its inception which included EV charging stations for residents. Fully automated EV Charging Stations are located on both subterranean levels and allow for expansion to meet future market demand.

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AUTOChargit Automated @ PRESS/321 Project, Detroit, MI

The original Free Press Building built in 1925 never had a parking garage. Additionally, according to the US Department of Energy, “Better roads and discovery of cheap Texas crude oil help contribute to the decline in electric vehicles. By 1935, they have all but disappeared.” Source: Timeline: History of the Electric Car Department of Energy

Both of these conditions changed in August 2022 when Dasher Lawless Automation installed an AUTOParkit System in the building’s basement for autonomous parking along with AUTOChargit Automated to charge tenants’ Electric Vehicles.

Request a tour to see both technologies that are seamlessly integrated into one solution at the PRESS/321 Building formerly known as the Free Press Building.

AUTOChargit Mobile @ Precision Vehicle Holdings Midwest Region

The AUTOChargit Mobile UTV Twin L2 EVC was delivered to Precision Vehicle Holdings to service their Midwest Region. The UTV is tailored to transport 2 EVCSs to stranded EVs regardless of location: trains, truck haulers, massive lots, or roadside.

“All of our competitors or the people that are in our marketplace are not embarking on this type of technology[AUTOChargit Mobile UTV], they are waiting to react to what is being forced down their throat rather than being proactive and trying to provide solutions to their customers, …this makes us unique today, … but more importantly indispensable tomorrow.”

Jason Wilson VP of Precision Vehicle Holdings

“The functionality of being able to get a dead EV charged and moving without having to be right next to it is worth its weight in gold in our industry”

Jason Wilson VP of Precision Vehicle Holdings

AUTOChargit Automated, Switching @ Gateway Green Parking Facility Raleigh, NC

Gateway Green Parking Facility is located along the southern edge of downtown Raleigh, NC. This project turns a former brownfield site into a vibrant mixed-use district. The current masterplan includes over 1,400 market-rate apartments, approximately 50 rent-stabilized workforce apartments, nearly 150 luxury hotel suites, roughly 140,000sf of office, over 30,000sf of retail, and a 648-student K-8 public charter school. The new centrally located Parking Facility is targeted to a regional charging hub and will provide over 60% of the district’s projected parking needs. The project aims to reduce energy consumption by over 40% with a 19.1 energy use intensity (EUI) target compared to the baseline 31.8 EUI of a conventional parking garage.

The 5-level, 775 parking stall facility provides an estimated 702 automated parking stalls using an AUTOParkit System serviced by 10 vehicle Load Bays, 4 Lifts, 16 Shuttles, and 10 Shuffles. On the ground level, an estimated 73 conventional parking spaces equipped with AUTOChargit and PARKSentry solutions increase overall capacity and provide operational efficiency.

• 702 Stalls use an AUTOChargit Automated System
• 73 Stalls use an AUTOChargit Switching
• 73 Stalls use a PARKSentry for PARC
• All Stalls are supported with monthly maintenance and 24/7 monitoring via GarageFloor24

AUTOChargit Automated @ Taha Marina Pompano Beach, FL

Nearly every marina has insufficient parking for cars. As the owners maximize boat storage using AUTODockit they are integrating AUTOParkit to increase vehicle parking. The advent of EV charging is now requiring AUTOChargit solutions. Such is the case with the Taha Marina leveraging AUTOChargit Automated to charge EVs.

Boats are lifted from the intercoastal directly into the boathouse while cars enter from the street by driving into a Load Bay. EVs are then charged using AUTOChargit Automated solution.

AUTOChargit Fleet @ Automotive Assembly Plants (Automation Alley), USA

AUTOChargit has multiple products that include  Switching Chargers, Automated Solutions, Mobile Solutions, and cloud-based Middleware that integrate the various product lines to control, configure, and collect information. The ability to integrate these disparate systems for a cohesive view feeds productivity throughout the entire asset lifecycle is provided by AUTOChargit Fleet.

Yard Management Systems connect directly via the AUTOChargit Cloud-Based Middleware to an AUTOChargit Switching EVCS.

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Jason Wilson VP of Precision Vehicle Holdings explains the challenges the logistics industry faces transporting Electric Vehicles and the key Partnership with Dasher Lawless.

“The logistical network is being put under strain due to the inability to move an EV that has gone dead. The reason they [EVs] are going dead is because of the (i) vast network, (ii) the distances, and (iii) the time it takes for these vehicles to travel.”

“When they [EVs] get to a destination sometimes they’re just not operable, they need to be charged and they need to move. In that scenario, they are not in the most ideal position to facilitate that, they are still on their modes of transportation whether that be trucks, or trains, or they’re stuck in storage facilities or areas that are hard to get to. The mobile unit represents the ability to get into those areas and as a whole provides a solution to the [logistic] network that doesn’t exist today, giving a short-term solution to get these vehicles moving and ultimately into customers’ hands”

Additionally, the labor required to recharge dead EVs or ready an EV for travel has to be efficient. The way to drive that efficiency is to have vital information about which type of EV, current location, and charging level. That information is gathered and distributed using a YMS linked directly to the AUTOChargit Cloud-Based Middleware.

AUTOChargit Automated @ Maribel Los Angeles, CA

AUTOChargit Automated using 32 DC Fast Chargers is integrated with an AUTOParkit System to charge all 450 EVs in 12 hours. The adoption of EVs in California is unmatched by any other state in the union resulting in developers planning to way ahead to meet market demand.

To charge 450 EVs conventionally in 12 hours using DC Fast Chargers would have required over $11M in capital expenses. An AUTOChargit Automated solution is approximately one-tenth the cost.