Re:Tesla’s charging stations left other manufacturers in the...
by starfallg on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @02:03PM
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>I just want to pull up, plug in, and tap my credit card.
That's exactly the way that all Polar rapid chargers work, and there's a lot of them scattered around now. The rate is lower if you join as a member though.
Electric Highway (Ecotricity) has a high rate of broken chargers. When you find one, they seem to charge a minimum fee of £12 regardless of how much you use.
Most chargers are slow. Either 7kw or 11kw is common; 20kw is considered rapid in some places.
The fragmentation of networks means you need at least four crap apps just to get around and then you’ll probably need to install a new app if you’re going somewhere new.
What you call convenient locations are a mixed blessing. Spaces for chargers are often ICEd in my experience because they’re in busy car parks.
I just want to pull up, plug in, and tap my credit card. The charge networks seem to go out of their way to make using the service painful.