| Ah, Scotland is a whole different country... :) Charging networks in the UK evolved from a set of regional schemes commissioned by the Government under the Plugged-In-Places programme. At that time, it couldn't be assumed that drivers had smartphones and contactless payment was still fairly new, so RFID cards were the exclusive route for accessing chargers. Many of these networks then folded into commercial providers in time, such as Source East being taken over by BP Pulse. During the programme you'd pay £10 for the card for the year, then all charging was free. Charge Place Scotland continued to be run by the Scottish Government. > non-British billing addresses I can feel your pain there. >And they do not charge your card per session, they randomly bill your card based on usage predictions. ChargePoint has an auto-topup mechanism when your balance drops below a defined amount. The trick is to set the top up amount to be small. > And again, no receipts anywhere. In the app go to "Account" then "Monthly Statement". Select the month you care about, then share it using your email client. A PDF will be attached. > All in all, it was an awful experience. The big issue we've had has been with broken chargers and, at least in the past, a proliferation of charge networks. There's more roaming coming now, partly mandated by law, but the reliability issue still remains. And yes, renting an EV in a market you're not familiar with is a pain. I've had that landed on me when visiting the USA, too. > I only now notice that I wrote _most_ stations only link with your credit card. Right - that's what I was disagreeing with. |