During long trips in an electric car, the fear of queuing at the charger has gradually replaced that of running out of fuel. That’s good: Tesla will warn you of the number of cars that will arrive at the Supercharger at the same time as you.
The fast charging network is now sufficiently well supplied that the fear of cutting the road has dissipated. Unfortunately, another has replaced it, especially during holiday weekends: that of waiting in line when having to load. Even if this is not really the case, as we proved during our summer cross-country trip.
Still a pioneer in the sector, Tesla has just added interesting information to the central screen of the brand’s cars.
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When planning your big electric car trip, there remains one difficult variable to anticipate. This involves occupying the charging station at the precise moment when it is needed. Indeed, what’s worse than having to wait several tens of minutes before charging for just a few minutes?
Although this case is quite rare, it remains very real during long cross-country weekends, particularly when the number of charging stations at the station is low. Tesla is a good student in this regard, since we frequently find 16 or more terminals on its Superchargers.
Regardless, as the post below reveals, Tesla is deploying valuable information directly on the vehicle’s central screen.
In addition to the number of terminals available live, you can see the number of terminals estimated to be available at the time you are due to arrive. In addition to this, the number of vehicles en route to the Supercharger is displayed.
Of course, this means that Tesla drivers entered the Supercharger, which does not cover all cases, but should still represent the majority of people.
The problem is that in Europe, Superchargers are open to everyone, and Tesla currently has no way of knowing how many vehicles from other brands are on their way to the same Supercharger. This is still reassuring information, which above all allows us to plan a plan B in the event that the Supercharger initially envisaged finds itself congested.