HankLloydRight
No Roads
If 8% of the male population was prior to Viagra, the number is going to climb.
Why implement a system you know will fail for 8.5% or more of your customers, when there are alternatives that will work for everyone?
Why not just have a single light on each pedestal, and turn it on when it's a "good" charger to use. If there are 8 stalls, initially only 4 lights would be on (one from each pair). When one charger from each pair is filled, light the paired stall with the most power available, etc.. The rule for the drivers is simple: pick any stall with the light on, and everyone is guaranteed to get the fastest possible charge.
As I said above, yes, an intelligent charging stall is optimal. But that's not the priority for Tesla to retrofit 300 SC stations with new electronics, hardware, and software.
Stickers, OTOH, cost $4.
As I said, we've been through all this before. I'm not saying one system is better or worse, but in terms of bang for the buck and simplicity? Yes, I could sit here and architect the perfect SC charging stall notification system that integrates all of the above, as well as approaching cars, their charge status, their destination, yadda, yadda, yadda... it would be enormously complex and beneficial. That would be cool.
But again, I'm talking about $4 stickers.