I thought I'd split this discussion out from another thread!
The discussion was about different payment methods used by fast chargers in Australia. Chargefox has their own card/app, as well as Evie and some smaller networks.
I thought I'd highlight a few others:
Electric Highway Tasmania will both accept Chargefox card/app, but also direct credit card payment (Paypass/Paywave and presumably anything else using the same tech such as Apple Pay). In their presentation from May, their spokesperson Clive goes into detail about this being in consideration of tourists who are non-EV owners, who hire an EV while they are on holiday here.
I found one called EVup - I've seen some of their AC sites on Plugshare, but they seem to be planning to do DC as well. On their "charge now" page they say: "As monetised sites are added they’ll have paypass (Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Google Pay, credit or debit cards) facilities included so you can quickly and easily tap and go (without having to download or log into an app). Setting up EV charging in this way supports universally accepted cashless payment methods that EV drivers use every day."
NRMA is still free, but they will be eventually free only for NRMA members and paid for non-members. Their plan was to integrate this into their existing NRMA app. However I'm not sure how that works. If you aren't a member, you won't have their app installed. Seems like a great method to attract new members!
And of course Tritium has recently announced their new units support Plug and Charge, which is even easier than touchless card payments!
The discussion was about different payment methods used by fast chargers in Australia. Chargefox has their own card/app, as well as Evie and some smaller networks.
I thought I'd highlight a few others:
Electric Highway Tasmania will both accept Chargefox card/app, but also direct credit card payment (Paypass/Paywave and presumably anything else using the same tech such as Apple Pay). In their presentation from May, their spokesperson Clive goes into detail about this being in consideration of tourists who are non-EV owners, who hire an EV while they are on holiday here.
I found one called EVup - I've seen some of their AC sites on Plugshare, but they seem to be planning to do DC as well. On their "charge now" page they say: "As monetised sites are added they’ll have paypass (Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Google Pay, credit or debit cards) facilities included so you can quickly and easily tap and go (without having to download or log into an app). Setting up EV charging in this way supports universally accepted cashless payment methods that EV drivers use every day."
NRMA is still free, but they will be eventually free only for NRMA members and paid for non-members. Their plan was to integrate this into their existing NRMA app. However I'm not sure how that works. If you aren't a member, you won't have their app installed. Seems like a great method to attract new members!
And of course Tritium has recently announced their new units support Plug and Charge, which is even easier than touchless card payments!