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		airstrike on Jan 9, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Road Tripping Around Europe in a Tesla Is Less Fun... > Even better would be if the car had secure handshake so once you’ve registered once for a network, you can just plug in and be done. I'm really surprised this isn't how it works... Surely if they can figure out autopilot they can make charging seamless. Wait... never mind.

sxates on Jan 9, 2019 [–]

This is how the Tesla superchargers work - authorization and billing is all in-car and takes place automatically, so all you do is plug in and it immediately begins charging.

For other charging networks, however, it seems to be needlessly more complicated.

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