A solar carport similar to this one in a school parking lot at a school that's part of California's Milpitas Unified School District will charge EVs in the City of Industry, Calif.

The aptly-named City of Industry, Calif. Friday wiill unveil what it says is the largest solar carport in Southern California.

The carport, which will integrate solar and EV charging, will be revealed at a grand opening ceremony at the city's Metrolink station, 600 S. Brea Canyon Road.

An artist's rendition of one of the 16 solar EV charging stations I-GO plans to build in the Chicago area.

I-GO CarSharing, a nonprofit car sharing organization based in Chicago, has officially announced the locations where it will build 16 solar EV charging stations. Once completed, the solar EV canopies will boost the total number of solar EV charging canopies in the U.S. by 10 percent or more.

In addition to officially announcing the locations of 16 future PV + EV charging stations I-GO has added three all-electric vehicles to its fleet—two Mitsubishi i-MiEVs and a Nissan LEAF, a move that the nonprofit says makes it the first Chicago-area car sharing organization to offer all-electric vehicles to its members.

“We’re excited to be adding these vehicles to I-GO’s fleet, and to have finalized agreements for all 16 solar canopy electric vehicle charging station sites. This project exemplifies I-GO’s commitment to innovation in carsharing and to providing our members with the most fuel efficient vehicles available,” said Sharon Feigon, CEO of I-GO.

Pflugerville, Texas' new solar EV charging station. [Photo Credit: KXAN.Com]

Solar-powered EV charging stations continue to go up at a faster and faster rate here in the United States, and increasingly in other countries as well, including, as we note below, Australia, which recently saw what some news reports claim is the country’s first solar EV canopy.

In fact, while keeping track of all the solar-powered EV charging stations going up in the U.S. was relatively easy when we started SolarChargedDriving.com about 2 ½ years ago, now they’re going up so fast that it’s impossible for us to keep track of them all, though we continue to try :-)

Here’s our latest news round-up on new solar-charged EV charging stations.

The brand new solar EV charging canopy at Phillips Chevy in Frankfort, Illinois, with 10 Chevy Volts underneath it. [Photo Courtesy of Phillips Chevrolet]

Phillips Chevrolet in Frankfort, Illinois, has officially opened a solar charging station for electric vehicles. According to Phillips, the solar EV canopy is the first of its kind at an auto dealership in Illinois.

The solar EV-charging station has five charging stations and is free to the public.