Since Tesla’s database is not up to date and Plugshare info is constantly being deleted, can supercharge.info accept Destination Charger entries? Just the Desti chargers at Superchargers would be nice.
I don’t think it would be a good idea, nor a worthwhile use of site/editor energy, to keep track of ALL Destination Chargers. There’s a reason Plugshare and Tesla’s map exist and SC.info doesn’t need to try and duplicate those resources. But I thought it would be a reasonable thing to have at least a Yes/No as an added datum on a supercharger’s flag as is currently done for Solar Canopies and Battery Storage at superchargers with those features. So, could the presence of co-located Destination Chargers be added to the info tracked for supercharger locations?
Another possibility would be to list the number of co-located Destination Chargers instead of just Yes/No as that number would also likely be of interest. However, that will also mean more work which may not be entirely worth it; users interested in the details can just go to Plugshare to find them. However, it probably would be a “nice to have” thing if the idea to track this data gets approved/added.
Some concerns I could see to doing this would be a need to define what counts as “co-located” and what counts as “Destination Charger” for SC.info’s purposes–e.g. if the L2 stations are in a different part of the parking lot/garage and not right next to the superchargers are they “co-located”? Do the Chargepoint L2 stations that Tesla often installs next to superchargers that are hosted by Target stores count or does the hardware have to be a Tesla Wall Connector? Also, does adding another line to the supercharger flag start to overwhelm the user with data or take up too much screen space?
This would certainly make me happy. And it would be a good aid to trying to keep PlugShare up to date if there was another place you could check where all the Destination chargers are.
I would point out that most Superchargers in Plugshare are NOT editable so if you are adding Destination chargers you need to create a new location adjacent to the SpC. This is also helpful as it prevents finding SpCs as FREE just because the Destination chargers are so tagged.
I feel it became a recent trend that DeC are built with new Supercharger locations. However there are nowhere or not easily to be found. An example is Hell, Norway - it is documented on Plugshare, but not on any Tesla sites. It would make me so happy to see an icon or any filter possibly on this site!
This is something we have considered on our list of things we might do.
At the moment we probably have just too much data to keep on top of so some of the team here see this as not welcomed at this time. Personally I would like to see it as it gives some useful information.
The Hell one is interesting as that is a site we would have been unlikely to notice as it doesn’t appear in any tesla data.
I strongly support this idea. Last month I charged at the San Giuliano Milanese, Italy Supercharger which is relatively a new location that is V4 and currently expanding with 8 more stalls. This location features Wall Connectors which I believe are free of charge but they aren’t mentioned anywhere including Tesla’s website, Plugshare and in this case supercharge.info as well.
I’m aware many other Superchargers feature Wall Connectors but they aren’t mentioned anywhere. If they’re located near shopping malls (which in most cases they are), if people knew before coming they might prefer free of charge AC charging too.
