Tesla is planning a brand new “Supercharger queue” function at choose Supercharger websites in an effort to finish one uncommon concern: confrontation or confusion relating to who’s subsequent in line.
Whereas it’s an unusual concern, Supercharger congestion does happen in closely populated areas the place a excessive focus of EVs may cause intensive wait occasions at charging piles.
These strains can generally develop into a difficulty as drivers will, now and again, develop into combative in the event that they really feel they’ve arrived at a charger earlier than one other proprietor. Folks reducing in line is one thing that may happen, particularly at busy Superchargers.
Consequently, Tesla has confirmed that it’s going to roll out a brand new “Digital queuing pilot” program beginning in Q2 at choose Superchargers:
“Digital queuing pilots beginning in Q2 at choose websites. Objective is a web buyer expertise enchancment for the ~1% instances of a wait time. Wider rollout this 12 months if suggestions is optimistic. We additionally proceed to develop the community 20%+ year-over-year, carefully monitoring site-level demand.”
Whereas it’s one thing that does occur, Tesla will fight the difficulty with two totally different methods in an effort to remove it.
The primary technique is the pilot program, which can assist drivers decide the proper order to strategy a plug and get charging. Nevertheless, this doesn’t utterly remove the issue, and since some persons are petty, they could really feel that the queue is inaccurate and pull into the spot anyway, inflicting an excellent greater delay.
The second technique has been happening for years: increasing the presence of Superchargers all through.
As Tesla expands its infrastructure, strains and delays at Superchargers will develop into much less frequent. This doesn’t utterly remove the difficulty, although. EVs are nonetheless promoting, and persons are adopting electrical automobiles daily.
Now that Tesla additionally permits EVs constructed by different producers to entry Supercharging, the difficulty is technically even greater than ever. Will probably be a continuing battle to construct as many Superchargers as doable to make the issue develop into so uncommon that it’s primarily a non-issue.
The queue may even want to speak with automobiles made by different corporations. We requested Tesla about this in response to their put up on X. The corporate has not but answered, but when they do, we’ll replace this text.
It is going to doubtless by no means be utterly out of the query, although, as fuel station strains nonetheless exist. That is true despite the fact that fuel stations can be found on a large foundation.
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