Tesla has also recently added wi-fi to their existing chargers, and will facilitate payment processing:
> With a growing number of Tesla cars on the road, a Wall Connector can pay for itself over time. Property managers will soon be able to set the price of charging sessions while Tesla handles payments automatically and securely – with no monthly fees. [1]
This is a model similar to what chargepoint offers, though I suspect it will have lower fees as their main goal is to sell more cars.
chargepoint, blink, evgo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle_network
My (US-based) experience:
- chargepoint is a good service - people own the chargers, but they can be public or private.
- blink is a terrible service - people own the chargers but in my experience the fast public ones are always broken.
- evgo is a good service - they own the chargers but will install high-kw fast chargers and slow chargers at every location.