Germany has legislation coming into effect in 2023 requiring credit/debit card readers on all new EV chargers: https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/new-ev-chargers-germany...
As far as payment for charging is concerned, EVs seem to be really backwards compared to to the existing fuel station networks.
Also intriguing how Tesla is able to sell a legal requirement as a great initiative on their behalf.
Because these obscure methods of paying usually work out a lot cheaper than paying directly by credit card (usually they have a QR code with a website).
It also makes chargers more expensive both in production cost and in maintenance, as you have to support a display and physical buttons and stuff, all that for a "legacy payment method".
Are you implying you are able to can use a card to pay in a German bakery?
I was specifically talking about Germany and its love for cash. It can be tricky to pay with cards in restaurants and small stores. It is a well known quirk.
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200520-will-coronavir...
I know, purely anecdotal. But it goes to show that we Germans maybe aren't as backwards-thinking ;)
I can pay by card in chain bakeries and most non chain bakeries around me.
My supermarket recently upgraded their card reader to a model which doesn't take an eternity to process a nfc transaction.
Restaurants are the biggest hold outs and there many which still only take cash (presumably for "tax reasons").
As others have mentioned, Covid was a huuuuuuge boost for the acceptance of cashless payment systems in Germany. Even small business now have card readers and don't raise an eye when you want to pay 7,83 by card.
If anything good came out of Covid it might be this.