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Re:What Tesla owners are doing while you sleep by scoofy on Monday August 25, 2014 @06:25PM (#8224562)
Here's a hypothetical: Do you think it would be feasible to create a plug that has a unique id such that an electric car could be charged remotely, but billed to the owner of the car rather than the person providing access to the power grid?
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Re:What Tesla owners are doing while you sleep by maxbrown on Monday August 25, 2014 @06:44PM (#8224653)
Isn't that in effect what happens at charging stations? Not a unique plug id, but public access "billed to the owner of the car".
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Re:What Tesla owners are doing while you sleep by photojosh on Monday August 25, 2014 @09:12PM (#8225159)
Yup. This is done on mining vehicles already for (liquid) fuel security... a big issue in 3rd world countries. It's pretty easy tech.
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Re:What Tesla owners are doing while you sleep by windowsworkstoo on Monday August 25, 2014 @06:57PM (#8224714)
yeh you could do it but what a hassle. Would require new meters at the premises, as well as each individual circuits for each charging station that you wanted to bill (otherwise there would be no way to separate out the usage).

IOW yes, but no.

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Re:What Tesla owners are doing while you sleep by lutusp on Monday August 25, 2014 @06:59PM (#8224724)
Yes, absolutely, that wouldn't be difficult at all. A car's charging plug could have a chip such as is present in newer credit cards, and the transaction would be automatic.
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