There’s an EU legislation that says all charger above 47kWh have to accept credit card but in Spain it was simply ignored. I know chargers that were installed after this was passed, they were partially financed by the government and they don’t accept credit cards, app only. Another issue besides reliability is that lots of chargers are in the middle of nowhere. Gas stations always have someone working there, not to mention that you can use a bathroom or get a coffee. Majority of charges in Spain are just a charger with nothing around. For me it’s just inconvenient but I imagine how women must feel using them during the night… Still, if all chargers accepted card payment I would be able to live with it because as you say, EVs are great overall but the fact that I have to deal with incredibly frustrating apps on top of bad infrastructure is a bit too much for me.
I was thinking about filing a complaint to the EU but I’m not sure it would actually help. They already are preparing next rounds of financing to enable card payments in the chargers. I don’t think they will do it faster when threatened with a fine. The worst thing is that it’s the leftist government handing full control over the charging infrastructure to private companies. When the right wing government wins the next elections any progress will probably slow down even more.
There’s an EU legislation that says all charger above 47kWh have to accept credit card but in Spain it was simply ignored. I know chargers that were installed after this was passed, they were partially financed by the government and they don’t accept credit cards, app only. Another issue besides reliability is that lots of chargers are in the middle of nowhere. Gas stations always have someone working there, not to mention that you can use a bathroom or get a coffee. Majority of charges in Spain are just a charger with nothing around. For me it’s just inconvenient but I imagine how women must feel using them during the night… Still, if all chargers accepted card payment I would be able to live with it because as you say, EVs are great overall but the fact that I have to deal with incredibly frustrating apps on top of bad infrastructure is a bit too much for me.
Hmm, well if it’s an EU law, then it should be enforced. I bet they will implement credit card support faster if threatened with a fine if they don’t
I was thinking about filing a complaint to the EU but I’m not sure it would actually help. They already are preparing next rounds of financing to enable card payments in the chargers. I don’t think they will do it faster when threatened with a fine. The worst thing is that it’s the leftist government handing full control over the charging infrastructure to private companies. When the right wing government wins the next elections any progress will probably slow down even more.