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> ICE cars also need gas stations, also need to pay for their fuel To be able to access a wide range of charging points, you will have to set up some accounts
by EspressoGPT 3y ago
> ICE cars also need gas stations, also need to pay for their fuel
To be able to access a wide range of charging points, you will have to set up some accounts with multiple providers. There are more and more charging points that support debit cards because they have been made mandatory in several countries, but it is still recommended to register with at least one provider to get lower charging prices. Not all charging points require an account, but you'll still need an app.
Again, this is just not the same experience and process as with ICE cars – you could somehow try to replicate it, but you will find that those "high tech features" make life easier.
> and also get cold when it's cold
Which isn't a problem because an ICE car doesn't lose a third of its range when it's cold, as opposed to an EV.
- WorldMaker 3y agoThere's no technical reason the charging networks couldn't just swipe cards like gas pumps and almost all of them decided that they needed (weird, terrible) custom apps and (overly complicated) sign up procedures. Setting up the charging points on the current networks in my experience happens in phone apps and you couldn't use the car's screen if you wanted to anyway. As everything moves to NACS in the US "plug-and-charge" should get a lot more common where you don't need to fiddle with a charging point's network's app any longer, because the car stores your payment info for you and transmits it when you plug in.