Germany
In Germany each electric car driver should be able to charge and pay at the same time without requiring an agreement with a service provider beforehand. The regulation aims to ensure unhindered use of electric vehicles across operators, and municipalities can choose from the following payment mechanisms:
1) Cash or cashless payment (standard card-based payment system for instance credit card) in the vicinity of the charging point.
2) Web-based payment system (meaning a QR-code, app or website) including at least one variant of access to the web-based payment system (i.e., PayPal, credit card or others), which must be available free of charge.
3) The menu for charging should be available in at least German and English.
Similarly, regulations in Germany require chargers to have the ability to manage load as well which is a feature only available in smart chargers. For three or more EV chargers, load management features are generally required in multi-unit buildings in Germany. With the installation of EV chargers, the utilization of electricity increases and to keep the network from overloading and for smooth charging of multiple electric vehicles simultaneously, many OEMs have integrated load management in their chargers.