There must be reasons why there aren’t at least SOME areas are doing this, since it essentially doesn’t exist.
They aren’t yet common but more are built all the time and they are far from non-existent.
You probably don’t realize how many of them there are. Here’s a link showing dozens of Solar Canopy projects done by just Lumos Solar. There’s dozens more companies across the United States doing these kinds of projects you just don’t hear about them. As examples did you know about the the solar canopy parking lots at Dell, Intel, Cincinnati Zoo, and Rutgers University? There’s also solar canopies in Omaha, Kansas City, Chicago, and Denver that you probably have never heard of.
Don’t feel bad for not knowing about them either; these kinds of project simply aren’t newsworthy unless they are tied to some major project or entity.
I’m not the person you were replying to but I’ve also been in tech since 1996 and lots of things have worked just like that. All successful technology starts off barely functional and improves over time until nearly all members of it’s intended audience can successfully use it.
As an example in 1996 setting up a router was a specialty task that required training, by 2016 any moron could buy one off the shelf and have it running in an hour. As another example basic HTML was a specialty skill in 1996 but by 2003 you could do it with Microsoft Word. Smartphones are another example, they went from barely functional Windows Mobile and Blackberry devices which required ridiculous amounts of back end skill to deliver email to iPhones and Androids that any numskull can use for nearly anything at all.
My point is this; too many people are stuck on the “What use is a newborn baby?” question without realizing that the infant is growing-up at blinding speed. It’s also the first technology to carry the promise, real or not, of self-improvement when it reaches sufficient maturity. Assuming that happens all further improvement will be increasingly automatic and happen even faster.
AI isn’t going away and it’s only going to get better as time goes on.