How EVERWASH-1 Works — Operator's Guide to the Autonomous Car Wash Robot

Architecture

Two coordinated bots in a single bay.

EVERWASH-1 is a dual-bot deployment — a vision/scan bot and a wash bot cycling in parallel inside one self-contained bay, so the next vehicle is already in flight while the previous one finishes.

Bot 01

Vision / scan bot

Owns the front of the cycle. Mounted 4D vision arrays survey the vehicle the moment it enters the bay — body geometry, panel curvature, trim lines, glass, sensors, plate location.

Detects vehicle silhouette and class
Maps damage, dust, and soiling severity
Plans a wash path tailored to that specific car
Hands the path + dwell map to the wash bot

Bot 02

Wash bot (mist + microfiber)

Owns the cleaning pass. A two-segment arm executes the planned path: proprietary mist spray first, then a microfiber wipe pad with controlled pressure and dwell time across every panel.

Applies waterless mist + microfiber wipe cycle
Adapts pad pressure to surface curvature in real time
Runs unattended — no attendant handoff per vehicle
Returns a quality score to the operator dashboard

How they coordinate: the scan bot finishes its pre-wash pass and releases the vehicle to the wash bot. While the wash bot is mid-cycle on car #1, the scan bot is already mapping car #2 at the entry. This handoff is what delivers the ≈ 3-minute end-to-end cycle and the ≈ 40 washes/hour throughput at the bay level.

Scan-to-Clean Sequence

Every car runs the same seven-step sequence.

From the moment a vehicle enters the bay to the moment it leaves — the EVERCORE AI vision pipeline, the cleaning cycle, and the quality check that closes the loop.

Vehicle detection Entry sensors confirm vehicle position and class. The system picks a wash profile (sports car, SUV, pickup, sedan) and warms the relevant tool path.
4D vision scan EVERCORE AI fuses RGB, depth, and motion-capture geometry into a live 3D model of every panel — body curvature, glass edges, trim gaps, sensor housings, plate recess.
Damage assessment The scan is checked against the wash plan: pre-existing scratches, dents, loose trim, or after-market accessories are flagged so the arm avoids applying pressure where it shouldn't.
Wash path planning An adaptive path is generated for this specific vehicle — wash order, pad angle, dwell time per panel, and the mist-then-wipe phasing tuned to the dust load detected at scan.
Mist spray The arm applies a proprietary waterless mist across every planned panel — a controlled pre-loosening pass that breaks the bond between dust and paint without runoff or reclaim.
Microfiber wipe A microfiber pad follows the same path with controlled pressure and dwell time, lifting the loosened contamination off the surface. Pad pressure adapts panel-by-panel to curvature.
Quality check A post-wash vision pass compares the cleaned panels to the scan model and scores the result. Score feeds the operator dashboard and the closed-loop cleaning-sequence log.

Water & Chemistry

Zero potable water per wash.

The dual-bot cycle is fully waterless — proprietary mist + microfiber, no rinse, no reclaim discharge. That eliminates three line items off your P&L at once.

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Potable water per wash

EVERCORE cleaning cycle uses mist spray + microfiber pads. No potable water is consumed during the wash itself — and no sewer line is required.

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Reclaim discharge

No rinse means no reclaim blow-out — and no periodic reclaim-filter or chemistry compliance testing. The water/sewer line item drops to zero.

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Chemical rinse additives

No surfactants or rinse chemistry are flushed downstream. The mist chemistry ships in sealed consumable cartridges swapped weekly by your team.

Same water-and-chemistry profile cited across the operator docs and FAQ: at 900 washes/month, fleets stop spending the roughly $2,250–$3,150/month on water/sewer/reclaim that a conventional wash carries as fixed cost.

Site Requirements

What your site needs to host an EVERWASH-1 bay.

Minimal infrastructure — standard electrical service, a level pad, and basic connectivity. No fixed tunnel, no water line, no reclaim trench.

Requirement	Specification
Electrical service	Standard 120V/240V single-phase service. The dual-bot unit draws well within a typical dealership service-bay circuit — no dedicated three-phase upgrade required.
Water supply	None required. EVERWASH-1 is fully waterless — no potable water inlet, no sewer tie-in, no reclaim trench. The bay can sit anywhere on the lot.
Connectivity	Cellular or Wi-Fi coverage for telemetry uplink. Used for remote diagnostics, quality-score sync, and the operator dashboard. Standard dealer-lot coverage is sufficient.
Surface	Level concrete pad — the same surface your existing service bays sit on. No foundation work, no trenching, no permitting beyond a standard equipment install.
Footprint	Single self-contained dual-bot bay. Deploys unit-by-unit as fleet demand grows — no fixed-tunnel infrastructure, no multi-year build commitment.
Integration (DMS / CRM)	No required integration during pilot. The unit runs standalone and reports through the operator dashboard. DMS/CRM integrations are available post-pilot as a separate workstream.
On-site maintenance	A weekly 15-minute microfiber-pad swap by your team. Consumable pads are included during the pilot term. Predictive telemetry handles everything else remotely.

Site requirements match the operator FAQ: standard 120V/240V electrical, a level concrete pad, and basic cellular/Wi-Fi coverage. From delivery to first wash, typical install runs about two weeks including site survey, electrical check, and team onboarding.