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Guess they had to follow EVs lol. Some EV stations near me have big ass signs that show advertisements. It’s not enough you’re paying to charge your car, you also need to be shown more ads.
I’m just grateful my car doesn’t show it inside.
Luckily the Tesla stations I've been too don't have advertisements like that.
Seem like charge station would be bad place to advertise because people have phones
AFAIK, the ones with ads are free to use. None of the Electrify America, Blink, Tesla, or Chargepoint stations I've used have them.
Also, you generally don't stand outside like a dope while charging. I think the ads are generally targeted to whoever is in the area.
That’s how it used to be in my area. Amazon Fresh stores and Kohl’s stores and some grocery stores had free charging through Shell with these big signs showing ads. Now Shell is charging but double dipping with the ads too.
But they have the absolute worst, unreliable network. I just tried charging tonight and the damn app didn’t even know there was a charger here. So I am watching the ads as I try to figure out how to pay to charge my car lol. Maybe that’s their trick since I can never seem to actually charge my car at one.
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