Same here.  Never had need for antivirus on my phone.  I’ve had pretty much every kind of phone, since the days of the “motorola brick”.  I use to root, flash all sorts of roms back in the day, but anymore, at the end of the day, I rarely touch my phone til the next day.  WTH are people downloading that they would get…

Wait... so people actually put anti virus apps on their android phone? Serious fucking question here people. Why? What the hell are you downloading that you need to worrry about shit like this? - Dad.

This is a terrible idea. Not only is automation orders of magnitude more expensive, it’s also less reliable. Not to mention the varying heights of clearance that vehicles have or the fact that undercarriages get absolutely hammered driving down the road.

What problem is trying to be solved here? Do people really want to pull into a charging station and NOT get out? And just sit there for an hour?

Huge potential problem - you’re putting all the critical electronics inside a main body unit that is intended to have automobiles driven up onto it.

I believe this idea will not work here in Ohio where road salt is the State Mineral, especially between November and April.

I don’t have the time to go into all the problems with a design like this, but as someone who had actually designed a charge port for a Tesla vehicle, I can tell you that there are a lot of reasons why you want those big, flexible cables that let you plug a handle into a socket, and not a spring-loaded lever-arm.

Nice try, but that thick unwieldy cable you hate, is necessary and not as difficult as a gas pump hose to deal with. People are just lazy. Your suggestion won’t work any better than wireless charging for stationary, public charging scenarios. Here’s why: Internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles and their drivers will…

Just saying... The reason they don't do that is what if you go through a puddle or mud or bottom out your car... It's just unpractical to have it that close to the ground yet alone facing the ground.... It's a nice thought but I don't think it would execute well

It’s not a bad idea, for much of the US. For the northern States, and Canada, this is going to be an issue in the winter time.  Keeping ice and snow buildup off of something like this would be insanely difficult.

Mud, water, snow, ice, sand. I see issues with the location on the bottom of a vehicle.

I could see issues in northern states when the entire bottom of the car is being sprayed with road salt, sand, and possibly covered in a sheet of ice down there. Still an interesting concept nonetheless.

What about ice, snow and mud build up?

Do you really trust the average driver to be able to park the thing correctly without breaking it?

ideally, this location would become a standard that all carmakers would agree on.

You wrongly assume people can park where they’re supposed to.

People can’t figure out to drive into automated car washes. What makes you think they can accurately park a car on a slightly raised platform with a plug-attachment that looks like the refueling sequence for a fighter jet?

Manufacturers can’t even agree on a single plug, let alone an entire charging system.

I think corrosion on the car’s connector would be an issue in the rust belt. I’ve killed a few iphone chargers with salt tracked in from my feet. If it has a door covering it freezing shut could be another issue.

The flaw in your plan is this: