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Please folks, for anyone using the Harris Ranch single Supercharger, go into the store and sign in at the desk with your cell number. I arrived Saturday evening to a car plugged in, a second Model S waiting, and then me. Nobody knew when the original car plugged in or how long it had been there. We waited almost an hour before they showed up after eating at the steak house across the street. I have no idea if they were plugged in for 2 hours or more. Anyway, until they open the 6 chargers, we really need to think about everyone else.
Even with multiple chargers at all the other locations, we will start to see those fill up as well. Seems like there needs to be some common etiquette like maybe leaving a card on your dash with your cell number? That might work for now so that at least you can be contacted in case a line is forming. However, I don't understand how the Superchargers were created without the following features built in:
1. The ability for me to see how many units are available or in use at any location in real time - on my Model S screen, and on my phone app.
2. The ability to reserve a charger ahead of time, based on my GPS location being within 50 miles (or something) of the charger location. I should be able to do this from the Model S and the phone app.
3. The ability to go to a central screen at the charger location and sign up for a spot (assuming all currently in use), thus keeping everyone in order based on reservations or walk up sign ups. I really think this will be more of a problem VERY soon - I bet this calendar year. I drove from San Jose to Los Angeles and back on Saturday and met up with 7 other Model S drivers at Harris Ranch and Tejon in one day. Somehow, this central screen (system) would be able to automatically call and text the next person in the queue. Maybe each person needs to input how many miles they are charging for when they plugin, this would allow the system to be even more accurate on wait times for everyone in the queue, or people on the way. This all seems pretty simple really, but if it's not done now, it will lead to major issues when there are 6 cars charging and 8 cars queued up, and nobody really knows the order in which they arrived. Tesla needs to think big on this before we have 20,000 cars roaming around in several more months.
Even with multiple chargers at all the other locations, we will start to see those fill up as well. Seems like there needs to be some common etiquette like maybe leaving a card on your dash with your cell number? That might work for now so that at least you can be contacted in case a line is forming. However, I don't understand how the Superchargers were created without the following features built in:
1. The ability for me to see how many units are available or in use at any location in real time - on my Model S screen, and on my phone app.
2. The ability to reserve a charger ahead of time, based on my GPS location being within 50 miles (or something) of the charger location. I should be able to do this from the Model S and the phone app.
3. The ability to go to a central screen at the charger location and sign up for a spot (assuming all currently in use), thus keeping everyone in order based on reservations or walk up sign ups. I really think this will be more of a problem VERY soon - I bet this calendar year. I drove from San Jose to Los Angeles and back on Saturday and met up with 7 other Model S drivers at Harris Ranch and Tejon in one day. Somehow, this central screen (system) would be able to automatically call and text the next person in the queue. Maybe each person needs to input how many miles they are charging for when they plugin, this would allow the system to be even more accurate on wait times for everyone in the queue, or people on the way. This all seems pretty simple really, but if it's not done now, it will lead to major issues when there are 6 cars charging and 8 cars queued up, and nobody really knows the order in which they arrived. Tesla needs to think big on this before we have 20,000 cars roaming around in several more months.
