Comment on How do you charge an electric car without a credit card?
slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Depending on the country you may not need an actual credit card, we use debit cards via the MasterCard / visa networks and have no problem with it.
PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 2 days ago
The only minor problem with debit or charge cards in Europe is that the initial preauthorisation amount is actually debited from your account - so if the preauth is £15 or £30 or £40 - regardless of whether you put £1.50 of juice in or £14.99, the £15 is debited until the transaction finalises and the remainder is refunded a few days later.
As much as I like using contactless payment to avoid using an app or an RFID or NFC card, I do have more problems with failed attempts to charge using a bank card.
Using the ChargePlace Scotland card to tap in seems to work way more consistently for whatever reason, across that network.