Ask HN: Why EV chargers disallow charging a car without identifying yourself?

3 pointseimrine4 comments

I bet an executive was really proud of this. A lot of things in tech are dumb.

so you can't charge for free?

I haven't said I can't charge without paying money for electricity.

That's fair. Maybe to discourage vandalism? The phone company had a bad problem with people vandalizing phones to get the coins out.

If you let people use a credit card, you're right back to identifying yourself.