Adding to the rant
Like many countries, France has an near infinite number of charging stations, all of which require a different card and paid membership.
All of those companies used state funds to build their infrastructure.
Vehicle charging is such a complete worldwide shit show. Could you imagine if it was the same for getting petrol? “Ah, can’t fuel up at this station, the nozzle is the wrong size” or “you can’t fill up here, you need to use the Exxon app” or “sorry, half the pumps are currently broken and won’t be fixed anytime soon”
On the other hand, Anazon once shipped me a lightbulb for my oven in and envelope. It came nice and flat, in many, many pieces.
Thats about right, I once worked at a company and the postie wanted to see what was in massive box.
It turned out to be 3 sticker signs at the bottom of a box the size of a 3 consoles, it was 99.9% air
I believe EU regulations say that at least fast charging stations is required to have credit card payment option
I would love to hear more about this. I’ve tried so many times.
I think this is the regulation: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1804/oj/eng
This only applies to fast chargers built after a specific date because they wouldn’t or couldn’t force companies to add it retroactively. Though I suspect most did so anyways, especially those near touristy roads like the péage network.
Yes if course, not required retroactively, but as you, I think some will simply update all their stations anyway, simply so their customers know they will always be able to pay with a credit card at their stations.
