> Never seen this in the US. I don't even know what the cable would be. The cable I have is like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/MENNEKES-36213-c%C3%A2ble-%C3%

> Never seen this in the US. I don't even know what the cable would be. The cable I have is like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/MENNEKES-36213-c%C3%A2ble-%C3%A9lectrique-Bleu/dp/B00TGGWWK0 https://www.amazon.co.uk/MENNEKES-36213-c%C3%A2ble-%C3%A9lec... Then the chargers (and the car) just have a socket - but the sockets have locking pins on both ends. Thanks to your response I now realise that the stopping charging issue is related - the cables are locked in place until you stop. If the charging station provided their own cables all we'd have to do is disconnect from the car to stop charging. > Wow, that is awful. In general slow (AC) charging in the US is half the price or less of fast (DC) charging. In fact, usually public AC chargers are even cheaper than charging at home (for me, very expensive kwh at home). That sounds lovely. The cheapest slow charger in France that I used was €0.30/kWh ($0.33/kWh). A typical Tesla supercharger on the autoroute was a comparable ~€0.35/kWh ($0.39/kWh). Still, beats the socks off the £0.56/kWh ($0.75/kWh) I pay at the slow charger near my house. > This is annoying but necessary. If chargers let you idle for free, it would be impossible to find an empty space many places. I think the idle fees (usually $1-3/hour in the US) are a reasonable compromise. At home it's £3/hr ($4/hr), so if I charge overnight and don't play games with my charging rate I can easily spend more on idle fees than electricity.