• timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    I guess Im old because having charging stations like gas stations where you can simply pay with cash or card and no app sounds so, so much better than the current situation.

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      1 day ago

      You guess right. Unfortunately many of you around to drag down improvements for the younger generations.

      EDIT: I read this comment as only wanting cash payment, which I find unreasonable. App use should be optional or non-existent, I agree (but connected infrastructure is necessary, just not having an app for each charging network)

      • ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml
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        1 day ago

        I don’t think charging stations requiring an app to use/pay is an improvement, but you do you I guess.

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          1 day ago

          I’m dumb and read the comment to which I replied as only wanting paying with cash “with no card or app”… I’m all in for avoiding app fragmentation and just use one card (cash is a real stretch… pretty unreasonable).

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        2 days ago

        Infuriatingly, that law only applies to charger 8kW and up. A lot of chargers, especially smaller destination chargers, are 7.5kW.

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      3 days ago

      im driving a ev for 2 years now and not even once used an app to pay. also i havent searched once for a charging station manually. (but that means that the car has internet access wich opens another can of worms. i really dislike that part since the car uses google services for that functionality and wish car manufacturers would allow alternative software for the infotainment system)