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I agree, a fairly reasonable essay on the current state of charging.
My only disagreement is at the end where he goes into the weeds a bit about how he doesn’t like plug and charge and would rather pay separately with a credit card or other payment system that’s not “tied to the car”. And tries to equate ev charging to filling up with gas (which is a strange angle as he’s been driving an EV for some time).
Almost seemed like a bit of John Cleese “would you like to have an argument?”
I also disagree with him on this point.
The premise of his argument is the the present day gas pump experience is perfect, and why do we want to diverge from it. Current day gas pumps have some REALLY big problems. Just the user experience is bad enough.
He says:
Except the real world is:
The alternative is a plug-and-charge situation like a Tesla Supercharger, where you just back in, press the button on the cord handle, your chargeport opens, and you plug in. Thats its.