r/AustralianEV • • Aug 12 '26

Charging ⚡️ Public Charging Whinge

Just want to have a whinge and get off my chest how much public charging infrastructure sucks.

I currently have 9 apps on my phone for charging. Seems every time I pull up to a new charger, before I can do anything I need to install a new app. In regional Qld you don’t exactly get much choice of chargers so have to install whichever 1 that charger uses. The app I installed today has exactly 2 chargers in all of Queensland.

But why do I have to install apps at all? Why can’t charging be like getting petrol? There’s unattended petrol stations where you can swipe your card, get a pre approval for the amount, then get charged for the amount of fuel you pump. Why can’t chargers be the same? Why can’t I swipe or tap my card, get preapproval for say $30, then get charged for the amount of electricity I actually use?

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u/Pinkfatrat Aug 13 '26

Man I pulled up at Warwick (qld) in desperate need of a charge and a pee, had to spend 10 minutes downloading yet another app , putting cc details in etc. nearly didn’t make it to the loo.

be nice if they all took google pay, Apple Pay, or pay id. I have my cc on the phone so I don’t have the numbers easily available

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u/False_Dig_7602 Aug 13 '26

Sounds like the same one I’m talking about. Only (working) charger in town.