A surprisingly good series of events have unfolded, and this video is my mea culpa. Also, Sorry, John!Links 'n' stuffHere's a playlist to all of my EV-relate...
It doesn’t work that way. With rfid cards, you can have several of them, one for each charging network you have a contract with, so you can decide which one to use before charging. How are you going to do that if your car only offers a single id? If you have three contracts with networks and all three offer access to a charger and each of them is the cheapest for a particular duration or amount of charging, which one would be used?
You need mir than a single id. With plug and charge, there’s a standard for this whole issue that is already implemented in several cars and chargers. Just use that one.
It doesn’t work that way. With rfid cards, you can have several of them, one for each charging network you have a contract with, so you can decide which one to use before charging. How are you going to do that if your car only offers a single id? If you have three contracts with networks and all three offer access to a charger and each of them is the cheapest for a particular duration or amount of charging, which one would be used?
You need mir than a single id. With plug and charge, there’s a standard for this whole issue that is already implemented in several cars and chargers. Just use that one.