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I've driven EVs since 2013 across several states and I've never once encountered a functioning public charging station in the US that has a credit card reader and does not require payment and/or access via an app. I'm all in favor of it, and I understand they technically exist, but perhaps your specific locality requires that? It's in no way my experience.

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I've driven EVs in the US across several states since 2021 and I've run across several dozen DCFC that accepted nothing but a credit card reader.

You should consider yourself a lucky individual who has had a very different experience than many of us longtime EV drivers have had.

(I should note that I have occasionally encountered charging stations that had integrated credit card readers, but they have all been out of service.)

Electrify America doesn't require you to use an app in the Pacific Northwest. You can just pay with a credit card.

There's an EVGo station near me which works with a credit card reader. Since my car supports plug and charge on that network, I used that.

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