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Correct me if I'm mistaken, but even if it becomes a paid service, you might still have to wait for other paying customers to leave? Unless right now there is a
by kelvin0 10y ago
Correct me if I'm mistaken, but even if it becomes a paid service, you might still have to wait for other paying customers to leave? Unless right now there is a problem of people taking their sweet (inconsiderate) time in the parking spot since they are not getting charged?
If that is the case, some HN posters had an interesting theory: once some customers start paying, they might feel entitled to stay at a charging station even longer (which would not fix your issue of waiting forever to access it).
Hope your charger gets fixed soon!
- johnward 10y ago> Unless right now there is a problem of people taking their sweet (inconsiderate) time in the parking spot since they are not getting charged? Per r/teslamotors that seems to be the bigger issue. Once a vehicle is charged people don't move it promptly because they have no incentive to do so.
- kardos 10y agoIsn't that the case at a gas station too?
- bdcravens 10y agoAs another commenter pointed out, gas fuel times are so short that you typically don't wander off far. Additionally, there are some safety concerns around leaving the fuel hose attached when you're not there.
- Anasufovic 10y agoAt the Santana row shopping mall in San Jose people pretty much just use them as parking spots.
- xavi 10y agoTo solve that problem Tesla recently introduced a Supercharger idle fee https://www.tesla.com/blog/improving-supercharger-availability https://www.tesla.com/blog/improving-supercharger-availabili...
- prplhaz4 10y agoThis will be a great social experiment...even more so when there are 500k Model 3s around, competing with the Model S/X crowd for the same superchargers. Paying $10 for an extra 20 mins to finish their coffee may be worth it to someone in a $100k Model S, less likely for a $40k Model 3...
- kelvin0 10y agoMaybe Tesla should consider the following: All the time passed the point your battery is charged is deducted from you next charging session. For example: Your battery charges in 30 minutes, but you stay at the station for an hour (30 minutes of charging + 30 minutes of idling). Next time you go to a charging station you get penalized for a certain amount of time (percentage of you idle time). Of course, this will probably never happen, but it would get the point across!
- CptJamesCook 10y agoI get the sense that the charging stations are being used by people who would charge at home, but instead drive to Menlo Park to save the $10-$20 in electricity. I could be wrong, though.