First they will ask link your credit card for quick payment for fuel. You will do that. Then they will use that to collect tax for the miles traveled on road, carbon emission tax, fossil fuel tax everything. As Tim always says, "It is in the pipeline".
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Fuel Purchases Directly Within Apple CarPlay to Be Available This Fall
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You can do this in Google Pay without another app but I'm not sure about Android Auto.
Do you get all various fuels from the same pipe in the USA or something? Don't you just lift off the one you want..? At least that's how it was during the many visits to USA I had... Initiative sure, but I'm not sure I want the fuel company having "always on" tracking just to let me know when to open their app.. Just opening their app and say putting in what pump # your on should suffice.. It would know which station your at..
This is how the Mobil app works. You just open it when you're at the station, it uses GPS to tell where you are and you put in the pump number. Location access is set to "while using the app". Pretty slick, and allows the user to initiate payment without interacting with the pump's buttons at all, except to select the fuel type. Also 3% cash back with Apple Card, which is a nice bonus.
I don't have any gas stations near me that take ApplePay or any tap to pay formats
I find it hard to find a pump that doesn't support NFC/Apple Pay these days. Most of the gas stations that support this new feature coming to CarPlay already support NFC so I don't see the point.
I'd prefer Apple Maps to do navigation to charging stations in an useful way…
This could be cool. We'll see I guess. As it stands using apple pay to pay for gas at the pump is pretty easy and I'm definitely voting with my (Apple) wallet by almost exclusively paying for gas that way. Neither of my vehicles has car play right now but I'm always looking at what's coming.
I used to use Mobil's app and found it to be a great user experience, especially in bad weather. Pull up to the pump, open the app. It used location services and knew what station I was at, and prompted for the pump number. Tap that, double-click for Apple Pay, wait for the authorization to go through, then step out of the car, grab the handle, pump, get back in the car, drive away, receipt is in the app. Having that on the car display instead of the phone would have added even more convenience.
*Apple Pay not in the NFC sense but in the application-uses-Apple-Pay sense.
*Apple Pay not in the NFC sense but in the application-uses-Apple-Pay sense.
I’ve done this in NJ with the Wawa app! They were having a 15 cents off special. It wasn’t the fastest interaction and the guy walked me through it at the pump haha, but if I had to do it again it was pretty straightforward
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Curious if it may actually be BETTER in NJ. You'd never even have to hand the attendant your card.
IMO, this sounds mostly pointless for everywhere else where you are still standing at the pump.
Is this a reference to fuel-station attendants?
There's another way to look at that… have always loved the depiction of fuel stations where you stop and someone refuels your vehicle as part of the service. Seems to make even more sense in this modern era of contactless payment technology.
I suppose at some point there will be refuelling droids to connect chargers for us.
Hmmh, a lot of gas stations have NFC nowadays, pull up, hold my watch, enter zip code, all within less than 15 sec… and with the Apple Card, Using Applepay I get 3% at Exxon/Mobil…
it's just another feature, another app, no need to touch the keypad and interact with the point of sale at the pump under extreme cold or heat.
Agreed. Apple should be making it harder to get gas. Get more people on bikes and public transportation.
Yes, most stations are single pipe/hose and you pick your fuel via a button