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In Ecotality's investor call, they talk about charging a "membership fee" starting in the end of their Q2.
Would you pay this fee for access to their Public L2 EVSEs?
For me the answer is heck no. I can't believe the government is paying them to install and deploy L2 and then allowing them to charge for us to use the infrastructure. If they go to some system like ChargePoint and charge per transaction no monthly fees I would definitely use it! Chargepoint recoups their money by charging the "host" some transaction fee. It’s a model that is very similar to credit cards.
(Mods maybe a poll should ensue on this. Maybe someone from ecotality is taking note and we can influence them to do something rational.)
Would you pay this fee for access to their Public L2 EVSEs?
For me the answer is heck no. I can't believe the government is paying them to install and deploy L2 and then allowing them to charge for us to use the infrastructure. If they go to some system like ChargePoint and charge per transaction no monthly fees I would definitely use it! Chargepoint recoups their money by charging the "host" some transaction fee. It’s a model that is very similar to credit cards.
(Mods maybe a poll should ensue on this. Maybe someone from ecotality is taking note and we can influence them to do something rational.)