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Is it? I think it's a problem in the UK too. Every charging network seems to have its own associated app. Planning long journeys means having an app for ever
by Lio 1y ago
Is it? I think it's a problem in the UK too. Every charging network seems to have its own associated app.
Planning long journeys means having an app for every stop.
It really shouldn't.
- formerly_proven 1y agoYeah, basically every public charger in the continental EU is going to be on the intercharge network.
- Lio 1y agoI'd love it if that's now true, has there been some change in this? Last time I looked into it InterCharge (OICP) was still just 1 of 4 competing protocols along with OCPI, OCHP and eMIP. Has OICP displaced the others now or are they still fighting it out?
- formerly_proven 1y agoI don't know and I don't think an EV driver has to care. Maybe it's not all intercharge, maybe there are more networks in the background. The salient point is the consumer perspective: I can have one generic app to handle charging payments for basically any public charge point and I interact the same way with all of them, I put the plug in my car and scan a QR code. The debate in that unified market is more about price discrimination, because prices at a given charge point may vary depending on who operates it versus who your e-mobility provider is. Which is quite annoying in itself and should be fixed. But paying 59 ct/kWh vs. 69 ct/kWh is quite different from having a dedicated "car charging apps" folder on your phone.
- dzhiurgis 1y ago0 accessibility and government happily funds these companies.