Now, to offer that data to the desktop for someone about to leave work to see what the "supercharger weather" is like on their possible routes home. "Gotta go, boss. The SC en-route is filling up fast."
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Supercharger Live Status
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rxlawdude
Active Member
What's weird is the Fountain Valley SpC, which has been marred by locals leaving their cars for long periods shows "0 of 6 stalls available" but there is NO mention of an idle fee. Contrast with Santa Ana "4 of 12 stalls available" which states the $.40/min idle fee.
Hmm.
McManX
Member
Very cool!
Next time anyone is at a SC plug in / unplug and see how long it takes to update!
Next time anyone is at a SC plug in / unplug and see how long it takes to update!
EVERYBODY: Dog Pile on the least loaded Supercharger!
Welcome addition, and about time! However, there could be a downside, no?
Now, lets add how many cars are navigating to a given charger to the map, and the race is on!
There's just no pleasing some people.
It seems pretty cool, and I don't even own a Tesla yet or plan to use the superchargers much (if at all) but hopefully it turns out to be useful for many people.
Yeah, nothing like seeing the crowding situation in California live and in graphic form.
Petra
Member
At least living in the AV means that we don't have to deal with it very often... so, there's that.
Todd Burch
14-Year Member
So I haven't checked my car since news broke. Was this in a specific update, or did it magically just start for people in their existing version?
It looks like the functionality was added a couple of versions ago but just stayed displaying data today.
It just started - I think they added it to the navigation data that the car is pulling down from the server. I'm actually still on a version of 8.0 from last year (2.52.22) and I have them today.
Magic. My car's software hasn't been updated for a several weeks. I'm still on 2.50.114
I suspect some of the data isn't accurate. I don't think I've ever seen the Lone Tree, Colorado location with fewer than 2 or 3 cars charging, let alone empty. It's shown as empty every time that I've checked it this evening. It's a nice new feature but I'm sure there are probably a few wrinkles to iron out.
As Tesla adds redundant chargers the significance of this feature will grow. For instance, in CA there are a few places spaced minutes apart where this kind of information would prove extremely useful.
jcaspar
Member
This would require new hardware and is very, very long down the line.
Much more useful,IMHO, and something they can do now is show max amps available at each stall. It would take the guesswork out of identifying the correct stall to use.
How do you know the functionality was added in previous versions? Do you have root? Any goodies to share?
I believe it only works for locations within driving range.
The OP is on 2.52.22 and I'm on 17.5.28. Since 2.52.22 came out weeks ago then I believe the underlying code to support the live supercharger status was rolled out weeks ago and was turned on today.
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