The early days of electric vehicle (EV) ownership can be challenging for drivers who have transitioned away from diesel and gasoline cars. Range anxiety aside, a lasting frustration has been the requirement to become a member of numerous charging service providers.

Those who can frequent the same public charger each time will not be familiar with such inconvenience, but those with less of a set routine can find public charging a real hassle. It is not uncommon for EV drivers to have a wallet full of membership cards, and a smartphone with numerous apps, to ensure they can access any given public charging station.

Steps are being made to eliminate much of that hassle by offering a single payment method that covers multiple providers….