Credit cards are expensive for a business. I hate laws like this people need to let business run themselves. Hell, the government won’t take a credit card most of the time for payment and if they do they charge an extra fee but they want to make charges use them.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 18, 2019, at 3:11 PM, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > https://www.nrdc.org/experts/miles-muller/california-moves-make-paying-charging-easier > California Moves to Make Paying for EV Charging Easier > August 12, 2019 Miles Muller > > [image > https://assets.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/styles/full_content/public/media-uploads/ev_charging_stress_blog_-_mm_-_v1_002.png?itok=a793M1l8 > / Jessica Russo, NRDC > ] > > If you drive up to a gas station, you can be relatively confident that > you’ll be able to pay with your debit or credit card—but that’s often not > the case at electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. Instead of just pulling > out a credit card, EV drivers are often forced to carry a mess of > proprietary key fobs and cards for all the different charging networks. > Fortunately, California recently approved regulations that will require > credit card readers at charging stations so people can pay for charging as > easily as they pay for gasoline. However, a bill moving through the > California Legislature, sponsored by proprietary charging companies, would > unwind those reasonable consumer regulations. > > In 2013, the California Legislature passed a bill to make paying for > charging as simple and convenient as paying for gasoline, sponsored by EV > drivers who were frustrated with inconsistent payment experiences at public > charging stations. Nearly six years later—after the industry failed to solve > the problem under initial, more-flexible requirements—the California Air > Resources Board (CARB) developed regulations that would set clear and > consistent payment standards for new public stations. The standards, > developed after a long public process, would require all new public charging > stations to offer the familiar chip card readers currently seen at gas > pumps, public parking meters, and even your local grocery store. > > Requiring these stations to accept credit and debit payment by chip card > readers would align them with existing customer payment preferences and > ensure more equitable access to charging for low-income drivers who lack > other payment options like mobile wallets or contactless cards. Recent > surveys show that three in four drivers in the U.S. pay for gas with a card > when fueling up and that the overwhelming preference is for payment by > credit, debit, or prepaid card, while only 0.1% of households prefer > alternative payment options like mobile apps—on par with money orders. > > While the regulations require chip card readers to ensure payment options at > public charging stations reflect the market where it is today, they also > allow flexibility for changes in technology and consumer preferences to meet > the market wherever it may be in the future. In addition to chip card > readers, the regulations also “future-proof” new stations by requiring them > to accept mobile payment. Notably, these payment standards merely set a > floor—charging station providers are still free to exceed these minimum > requirements and install any additional payment options they desire, such as > contactless card readers or network card/fob readers. The regulations also > provide for a “technology review” going forward, allowing the designated > minimum payment options to be updated if other technologies such as > contactless credit cards or mobile payment eventually become more prevalent. > > Assembly Bill 1424: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing > > While these standards would go a long way in making paying for charging a > more seamless and predictable experience for all EV drivers, a bill > currently pending in the California Legislature sponsored by companies that > operate proprietary charging networks would undo the regulations. Assembly > Bill (AB) 1424, the “Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Open Access Act” > would revoke the progress that EV drivers have already spent six years > waiting for and allow EV charging companies to offer contactless cards in > lieu of chip card readers—while forcing drivers who don’t have contactless > cards to call 1-800 numbers if they want to pay for charging with a credit > card (slogging through the same kinds of phone trees you may have used to > hunt down movie times in the 90s). > > Contactless cards account for only 5% of the market—and only 0.18% of credit > card transactions—today. Adopting a technology with such low levels of > adoption as the baseline for equitable payment access, on the speculative > promise that one day it might become more prevalent, is unwise. The > appropriate solution, as reflected in the technology review already > incorporated in CARB’s regulations, is to meet the market where it is today > while allowing for changes in the future if and when the market changes. > > Even if a contactless future does eventually come, it will likely be > unevenly distributed. While contactless cards already only account for a > minuscule percentage of cards on the market, low-income drivers are even > more likely to lack contactless cards. Many low-income drivers rely on > prepaid debit cards, which will be the last types of cards to integrate > contactless technology (possibly lagging by several years). If these drivers > can’t pull up and pay for charging with their prepaid debit cards without > calling a 1-800 number and navigating a frustrating phone tree, we’ll be > making EVs even less accessible to low- and moderate-income drivers. > > That’s partially why the Charge Ahead California Campaign (led by the > Coalition for Clean Air, Communities for a Better Environment, Environment > California, The Greenlining Institute, and NRDC), which works to bring clean > transportation options to the state’s most disadvantaged communities, is > opposed—along with every other public interest organization that has taken a > position on AB 1424. To meet California’s air quality, climate, and equity > goals, we simply can’t afford to make it more difficult to pay for EV > charging than it is to pay for gasoline or diesel. > [© nrdc.org] > > > https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1424 > Assembly Bill 1424 AB-1424 - California Legislative Information > The Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Open Access Act prohibits the > charging of a subscription fee on persons desiring to use an electric > vehicle charging ... > > > + > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Germany-Has-Many-EVs-On-The-Road-4k-rebates-tp4694588.html > Germany Has Many EVs On The Road> €4k rebates > Germany Has More EVs On The Road Than Any Other European Country > August 16th, 2019 There are more EVs (includes pih) on the road in Germany > than in any other nation in Europe... New vehicle owners can expect rebates > of €4,000 for purely EVs ... > https://cleantechnica.com/files/2017/10/25-Paris-to-Poland-Tesla-Shuttle-Road-Trip-e1565970402353.jpg > > > > > For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: > http://evdl.org/archive/ > > > {brucedp.neocities.org} > > -- > Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ > _______________________________________________ > 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) > _______________________________________________ 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)
