Be careful at insisting on gaspump-charge-station equivalence. EV charging is so different there are pitfalls to trying to make them equivalent.
A gas transaction is from $30 to $50. An EV charging event is from $1 to $5. A full order of magnitude difference. Demanding credit cards, RFID's Wireless payment and all the other stuff drives the cost up higer than the reader in a gas pump and for only 10% the ptotential transcation. The at 5% of the payback and being charged $.50 translaction fee on a $2 purchase might price EV charging stations out of the market. I'm not saying it is a bad idea, but we sure do EV"s a disservice when we clamor for equivalence when there is none. It can bite us in the foot later. maybe Bob On Sun, Aug 18, 2019 at 4:39 PM EVDL Administrator via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > On 18 Aug 2019 at 15:11, brucedp5 via EV wrote: > > > a bill currently pending in the California Legislature sponsored by > > companies that operate proprietary charging networks would undo the > > regulations ...forcing drivers who donTMt have contactless cards to call > > 1-800 numbers if they want to pay for charging with a credit card ... > > Screw 'em. > > No, I mean it. Screw 'em. Don't give them your business until they allow > EV drivers to pay for charging as easily and with as much portability as > ICEV drivers can for liquid fuel. > > EVs NEED that flexibility not just in California, but everywhere, all over > the US, all over the world. > > Heck, if I had my way, not only would they be required to accept standard > credit cards, they'd be required to accept cash for charging. > > I'm not kidding. If they won't quit with their proprietary lock-in games, > screw 'em. > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > EVDL Administrator > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not > reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my > email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20190818/3e8a5437/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
