The same could be said about 100+ superchargers in the southwest. I don't think it's that they aren't aware of the issue, but rather that it is only an issue for 1/4 of the superchargers during 1/4 of the year for 1/4 of the day. It should be noted that there is a simple solution: using a rag, shirt or even napkins or paper towels to handle the charge cable. I mean in a perfect world this wouldn't happen, but if the choice is between constructing more superchargers and constructing canopies over existing superchargers, I'd prefer they focus on the former not the latter. Maybe by next summer or the summer after, superchargers will be so ubiquitous that they can go back and focus on improving the facilities with niceties such as canopies.
Too bad that 'cooled' cable trial in the bay area did not, evidently, result in acceptable results. That could have helped on the cool cable front.
If I were to speculate--and this is pure speculation:
(1) Expansion of the current location from 10 to 16 or more. There is ample room adjacent to the current installation, either directly across from them or to the south.
(2) We are slated to have a Sales and Service Center soon (that is Musk-speak for whenever.) Perhaps Tesla will have Superchargers at this putative location.
(3) There is a lot of new construction just off freeway 41 near the Friant Road exit. Freeway 41 is the road that goes to Yosemite and Bass Lake. Since the existing Supercharger is off highway 99 and a 20-minute detour for those going to and from Yosemite from El Lay or the Central Coast, Tesla might decide to install Superchargers off this freeway.
(4) None of the above.
