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Do the chargers indicate when the car is not drawing current any more? Either with a light or something internet-enabled? (Are we at webcam filter coffee time
by nodata 13y ago
Do the chargers indicate when the car is not drawing current any more? Either with a light or something internet-enabled?
(Are we at webcam filter coffee time again?)
- mikestew 13y agoLeafs have blinky lights on the dash that quit blinking when the car is charged. I don't know about Tesla. Conceivably coworkers could know when is safe to unplug someone else's car and charge their own. Then again, we can't even get people to make a new pot of coffee when they drain the last of it, so who knows how considerate your fellow plug-in owners will be.
- randallu 13y agoModel S has a fast pulsing green light around the charge port when it's charging.
- killion 13y agoThe chargers and the car itself indicate whether it's charging or not. With the Chargepoint chargers mentioned in the article you can see if they are in-use or not online. But in-use just means plugged in, not drawing current. As an individual you can see if your car is charging online, but you can't see if others in the same bank of chargers are charging. You also can't see if a car is blocking the parking space. This is something where an webcam would help, but without a way to contact the owner of a car in a space it's hard to do something about it.
- Crito 13y agoDo any of the electric cars have a feature that the car will text you when it is charged? I imagine that might be nice to have, so that when your car is full you can go out to the parking lot and move it into a regular space.
- mikestew 13y agoThe Leaf will send you a text/email when it is done charging. I've never used it, but it is a settable option in the Carwings mobile app.
- tdiggity 13y agoMost stations have indicators to say if they are charging, but it depends on the model/manufacturer.