Battery-exchange service station

A battery-exchange service station comprising:

• a ground-supported self-standing structure to receive a vehicle to be serviced, including:
• a plurality of side walls;
• and
• a roof attached to the side walls, the sidewalls and the roof defining a service area;
• a motorized platform having an adjustable size according to dimensions of the vehicle, the motorized platform located within the service area;
• a plurality of lasers spaced along a length of the motorized platform, each laser located at a predetermined position relative to a target position for the front tires of the vehicle;
• a plurality of light detectors, each light detector configured to detect laser light produced by a respective laser;
• a plurality of lights on or in the ground-supported self-standing structure;
• and
• a computer in communication with the light detectors, the lights, and the motorized platform, the computer including a processor and non-transitory memory operably coupled to the processor, the non-transitory memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• automatically determine dimensions of the vehicle in response to receiving data corresponding to the vehicle;
• automatically send first control signals to the motorized platform to adjust a size of the motorized platform according to the dimensions of the vehicle;
• and
• automatically send second control signals to the lights to adjust a state of the lights in response to an output of the light detectors.