Totem streetlight poles to combine wireless with power on city streets
Many companies are developing smart streetlights for cities that combine energy-efficient LED lighting with wireless communications and sensors.
A startup called Totem Power is taking that concept a step farther by adding battery storage to each pole and an electric vehicle charging port.
Each pole, called a Totem, would also incorporate solar cells for energy generation with LED lighting, and would communicate via 4G LTE wireless -- and eventually -- 5G wireless.
Totem Power announced the product in November.
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