Nothing like charging a rental EV to spark a deep hatred of the app ecosystem we live in.
- First download the car rental app which also unlocks the car.
- Then download the car charger app for your origin area
- Drive to destination, stopping for a charge on the way. Charger at gas station is a new app. Download and make new account
- Get to destination. Different charger, so new app with new account. Have now given my credit card number to three new companies as none of these apps take apple pay.
- Destination charger is much slower than gas station charger. Will need to allocate 4 hours to charge the car.
Like I accept longer charging times with an EV, but surely someone must understand for people to feel comfortable with this as a transportation system, the user experience can’t suck this hard.
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