While the story is pretty uninteresting in the sense that it’s being fixed and there’s no sanctions, I find the story to be interesting in the technological use and regulation perspective.

- To use the charger you need the Tesla app.

- Tesla bills you through the app.

- Tesla shows you the charge rate in app.

- Tesla is in violation for not having the charge rate on the device.

This seems to be a case where the law is silly. In order to use the product, you need an app, and said app shows you the charge rate. The law says the product needs to show the charge rate.

It seems kinda silly to not include the app as part of the product. Maybe there’s an argument that the government office in charge of verifying that the machine bills at an accurate rate can’t reasonably audit an app, but it seems like the law is just “stuck in the past” in terms of how people use products and services today. Maybe the Germans would say this an intentional policy in some way (appify everything is bad for society?) but I’m not sure I’m convinced that’s intentional nor good.