These gigantic solar-powered streetlights could be the answer to EV charging in dense urban areas

US clean energy company, Beam Global, has just announced its latest innovation, which it hopes can replace the archaic streetlight network with something genuinely useful, particularly as we enter an age of increasing EV adoption.

The BeamSpot sustainable curbside electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure system, to give it its full title, replaces a standard street lamp with a module that harnesses solar, wind and utility-generated electricity to top up an integrated 15 kWh battery pack.

As a result, Beam Global claims that each unit can provide up to 220 "e-miles" to vehicles every day, with the 5.76kW outlet able to provide admittedly very slow battery top-ups while EV owners pop to the shops, park up for work or leave their vehicles curbside for the evening.

Perhaps the biggest draw is the fact that Beam Global says it can tap into the existing infrastructure, with its ...