The same reason everything is being replaced by fancy screens VS just a hardware interface with buttons and LEDs:
You can change the UI and UX after deploying it. Say you want to illustrate the charging differently, you'd just deploy software updates rather than having to switch out a bunch of hardware panels. Company branding changed color and now you want to display those instead? OTA updates, instead of replacing charging station hardware.
Not saying it's great, I prefer good old interfaces myself, especially outside of the internet, but I can totally understand why companies consistently make this choice over and over again.
You could do the same with LEDs, just like the LED ring around a Tesla charge port changes color to indicate status (red or amber = fault, white = ready to charge, blue = preparing to charge, green = charging).
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I don't understand why they even have fancy screens. Why can't they just put a payment card tap thing and some LEDs and be done with it?
Marketing says we'll make a fortune with ads on a big screen! Plus we can upsell related products and charging packages!
The same reason everything is being replaced by fancy screens VS just a hardware interface with buttons and LEDs:
You can change the UI and UX after deploying it. Say you want to illustrate the charging differently, you'd just deploy software updates rather than having to switch out a bunch of hardware panels. Company branding changed color and now you want to display those instead? OTA updates, instead of replacing charging station hardware.
Not saying it's great, I prefer good old interfaces myself, especially outside of the internet, but I can totally understand why companies consistently make this choice over and over again.
Its a dumb gas pump.
Tesla superchargers have no screens OR buttons. Everyone wins. Just plug in and go pee.
They rely on the screen in the car to confirm that you are actually charging.
You could do the same with LEDs, just like the LED ring around a Tesla charge port changes color to indicate status (red or amber = fault, white = ready to charge, blue = preparing to charge, green = charging).
https://service.tesla.com/docs/Public/diy/modely/en_us/GUID-...