Wait Time if All Superchargers Stalls In Use

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Description

If all the Supercharger stalls are in use at a location, it would be nice to get an idea of how long it may be until one is available.

Competitive/Pricing/Notes

While we can’t guess what an owner may be doing or how long they may take, in most cases, when the car is charged, the owner will return.

The change would allow any Tesla owner with a FOB to press the supercharger cable button on anyone’s car. The inside instrument display would appear, just like when an owner sees it and leaves it up for 30 seconds. That allows another Tesla owner (but only another Tesla owner) to get an idea of when the car should be done charging.

For someone who is really concerned about privacy (I can’t think why), this option might have an option to allow/disallow, but I think that would not be necessary.

A plus would send the owner an SMS or the app a note that someone checked the time left, presumably because they are waiting to get a slot.

Status

Implemented in May-2021.  When full, on the map, a clock face appears instead of the available stall count. Selecting it shows a rough estimate of the wait time as Short,  Medium, or Long wait time.  Presumably, Tesla is detecting how many Tesla cars are nearby the Supercharger when all stalls are in use.


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     Created 1-Jul-2013
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3 Comments

It would be much better to have the Model S send an SMS to its owner when the charge is done, and encourage owners to do the right thing and move their car when charged enough.
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    Created 30-Dec-2013
AndyM
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also if you when on site can add you car to the queue of waiting cars

you will then get a notify on your screen/phone when it will be available

this mean that if ther is 3 cars wating you can go inside and shop/wait and then it is your turn come out wait shortly for the other car to clear the charging bay

this also mean that a driver aproching know that there are 3 cars wating for a charger and can then drive on to the next location (if posible)

if you leave ther area before charging your car will remove it self from the list
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    Created 5-Oct-2013
valhalla
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I can see where you are coming from but there should really be better ways to achieve the same and more. For a start, this information should be available for every supercharger that is displayed on the Model S' screen or app, allowing to check in advance without having to physically show up at the supercharger site.
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    Created 12-Jul-2013
Volker.Berlin
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