AndyH said:ranchleaf said:Also here is why I am so excited about the carstations site. It can be more than just where sites are. As I mentioned before we hope to allow folks to use current technology to "check-in" at these sites, letting people know where and how long they'll be charging.
The last thing I'm going to want to do when looking for a charge is get into a "Facebook/Twitter-wanna-be" state of mind and let me friends know that I'm cooling my heels at exit 14 waiting for the car in front of me to move. Am I missing the gene that requires I regularly tweet? :shock:
Surprisingly people do like letting their friends know where they are at. However, I think the most important factor for this is knowing how long someone is going to be charging. This is the virtual dashboard piece of paper with a "I'll be back by 12:00". this way you'll at least know a station is occupied so you don't have to drive all the way into the parking garage to find it full. I'll look into a possible "anonymous" type timer option. We just don't want spam gunking it up.