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But there are many more chargers than tank stations. And there are a lot of electronic components which could fail due to age, weather or cheapness (economy of

But there are many more chargers than tank stations. And there are a lot of electronic components which could fail due to age, weather or cheapness (economy of scale), the charging station is a complicated product. One pump will serve many dozens of people per day, way more than a charger. There is just not enough motivation for business to properly maintain them, I totally agree.

WorldMaker 2y ago
> the charging station is a complicated product No, it's not. We've got the workings of electric plugs and electric circuits down to a science in the 19th century. Higher voltage complicates things a bit, but not nearly as much as most people think, and again we've had the technology for that for decades and decades at this point. Most of the parts of an electrical circuit/outlet are solid state and don't hardly age/weather at all. You are more at risk of someone stripping it for parts (like copper wiring and capacitors) than it failing due to age. We accidentally let "car safety standards" turn a boring electrical outlet into a gas pump-looking plug that looks way more complex than it actually is. A charger is a fancy electrical outlet with a weird costume, and then often over-complicated payment software installed on top. That's most of how "complicated" it is, just over-complicated payment software on USB Power Delivery High Voltage Edition ports.