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The car is self-driving and self-parking, right? For the problem of supercharger bays being hogged by unattended fully charged (commercial) cars, then perhaps the car can move itself to a non-charging parking bay once it is fully charged?

EDIT: Ah, there's still a cable plugged in the side!

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> EDIT: Ah, there's still a cable plugged in the side!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMM0lRfX6YI

Umm, can tesla look around and identify parking spots it can take? That itself seems like an impossible problem based on current computer vision capability.

Then what about reading signs on the parking lot, if it parks on a reserved or handicapped spot?

Tesla's self park at home (forgot what they called it) is basically meant to just drive straight into a garage. That's not going to do that job.

>Umm, can tesla look around and identify parking spots it can take?

Yes.

https://youtu.be/A5QFXrpQ-ps?t=2m27s

That's a demo for future technology.

And it's more of a concept video. I wouldn't be surprised if it was exaggerated with assumptions (like say Tesla knowing the maps layout + sign placements on the roads+lot), because the real problem is far from being solved. Even google uses high resolution maps for it's cars.

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