On: Charger outages leave northern Ontario EV drivers stranded

[seanmcdirmid]

But wouldn't adding a payment terminal to a tesla supercharger add another point where it could break? I think the future are chargers without any interface at all, as well as no apps, the car just negotiates payment when you plug it in.

[magicalhippo → seanmcdirmid]

Hasn't been an issue with the regular gas pumps, which have had card terminals for decades.

And they're only requiring to accept card. The chargers could still offer charging via app or sms like now.

[seanmcdirmid → magicalhippo]

I would prefer Tesla style, where it is negotiated via a protocol over the power plug rather than app, SMS, or POS.

[magicalhippo → seanmcdirmid]

Sure, but that won't happen without gov't intervention. Card is easy enough, just blip and you're done.