When is this clever idea coming to the USA with its MILLIONS of square feet of parking spaces in sunbelt areas?

Imagine every Wallmart and Home Depot, not only providing shade to all its parked cars to reduce their need for that initial AC blast, but also producing enough power from the overhead SOLAR PANELS that act as the roof to power the entire building, not to mention produce surplus energy for the grid?

“In Manhattan, we have so much roof space that is going to waste: these solar panels combined with wind turbines, could probably cater to at least 15-20% of our power needs,” says Leonard Steinberg, managing director of Prudential Douglas Elliman and publisher of LUXURYLETTER. “We will need this extra power soon as more cars convert to electrical use.”

Above is a version currently in use in Italy at a highway rest stop……