JonathanB wrote:I got my BEV on the basis that I’ll very very rarely have to charge away from home. It’s about time all the networks did away with their membership cards etc and just went contactless debit/credit card. That said I have GeniePoint as that’s the work system and I just got a Shell card (which I don’t think needs topping up, just takes the charge from your credit card per-use). Not worth signing up for PolarPlus as I won’t use it anywhere near enough to be effective.
There are some single card solutions slowly gaining traction for charging.
The Charge Your Car network is a reasonable one, which also covers ChargePlace Scotland. And vice versa if you happen to have a ChargePlace Scotland card but not CYC.
Octopus are slowly building up their Electric Juice coverage, though still a ways to go it’s promising.
And I think I possibly read somewhere that public charge points in future are going to have to offer a straightforward contactless payment option. Though that’s likely to mean more two tier pricing... pay less if you’re a “member”, more if you’re not.