Re:Tesla’s charging stations left other manufacturers in the...
by corty on Thursday January 28, 2021 @05:02AM
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I also think they should adopt the gas station law of displaying the general price big and readable for passing cars. Currently often even customers in the network don't know what they will be charged because mostly nothing is displayed at all.
Re:Tesla’s charging stations left other manufacturers in the...
by fossuser on Thursday January 28, 2021 @11:43AM
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I don’t agree - if this were the case we wouldn’t have EVs or a charging network at all.
Tesla built this in spite of all the attacks against them, at this point it should be their competitive advantage.
I’m sure the others will try and complain that it’s unfair to customers now though that they’re screwed.
This is the problem. Nobody asked _me_, the consumer.
In reality this should be strictly regulated. Just as there are no manufacturer-specific gas stations, there shouldn't be manufacturer specific chargers either.
If somebody builds a charger network, they should make it possible for anybody to charge there (of course, the prices can be different for each customer).
This is in essence what Ionity does in Europe. I'm surprised that the EU regulations have not caught up with this yet.