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All I have seen on here is cynical thinking, whether it's merited or not; so I will add something novel to the discussion. This could be a cool feature! What i

All I have seen on here is cynical thinking, whether it's merited or not; so I will add something novel to the discussion. This could be a cool feature! What if the Supercharger stations broadcast that frequency as you pull up to save you a step! ...or... In the "Fully Automated Future!"© The robotic arm that connects your Tesla to the charger emits that signal to access your charging port! I drive an ICE car that does not have a lock on the fuel port. The gas cap doesn't have a lock either. This Tesla feature is more secure then my car. And fuel can be siphoned out of my car.

Animats 5y ago
The robotic arm that connects your Tesla to the charger Tesla demoed that in 2015, but didn't make it into a product.[1] Apparently too many people thought it was "creepy". (That's a good way to do the job. Snake arm robots are quite simple. The tube just contains some pull cables running through disks with holes.[2] All the motors are in the base. So you can build one of these with a protected base and an easily replaced arm tube. The usual problem with snake robots is that the cables wear out. But that's in painting applications, where they're in constant motion all day. A charging robot moves, slowly, for maybe one minute per hour. They're not very repeatable, which is fine in this application. The car won't be in the same place every time anyway. There's a TV camera in the end to find the socket. It's too bad that didn't ship as a product.) [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMM0lRfX6YI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMM0lRfX6YI [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUEp-AfvvzE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUEp-AfvvzE