as much as that sounds great, that reality is a long way off. Cars are only going up and price and are still a requirement in most of the USA. Lowerclass wealth and middle can't afford EV's and bikes are not an option on a 20 mile commute.
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I can't believe not being able to pump your own gas is still a thing...
Sure, that makes sense. As long as the fuel inserts itself into my car by itself. When I have to get out of the car anyway it's just as much work to hold my watch or phone to the fuel pump to pay.
Plus, gas companies will probably prefer me to visit their shop. And fossile fuels are on the way out - but this will work with charging statikns as well. I just don't get it - when I already have to give my data to gas companie's apps - why not just make it completely touchless and use the data from their surveillance cameras to recognise my number plate. This seems just like a convenient way of tracking users.
Plus, gas companies will probably prefer me to visit their shop. And fossile fuels are on the way out - but this will work with charging statikns as well. I just don't get it - when I already have to give my data to gas companie's apps - why not just make it completely touchless and use the data from their surveillance cameras to recognise my number plate. This seems just like a convenient way of tracking users.
Erm, in Malaysia we have been using this app on the iOS to buy gas for past 3 years. Named Setel, developed by Petronas. Recently we can even use Apple watch to pay for it. Location based, payment by e-wallet or linked credit card. It detects the station and you just need to enter the pump number.
Petronas : https://www.thestar.com.my/business...tion-as-world039s-strongest-oil-and-gas-brand
Petronas : https://www.thestar.com.my/business...tion-as-world039s-strongest-oil-and-gas-brand
This statement reminds me of wealthy celebrities telling the peasants to get $50,000+ EVs if they can’t afford the rising cost of gasoline.
Out of touch and unrealistic.
I thought this too until I tried it. And your probably don't live in a place where it goes down to -40 Celsius and every second outside matters.
The 1-2 mins matters but more so it's the smoothness of the process. Everything is seamless and less work
It is much faster:
- Drive up to pump
- Open app
- Enter Pump Number
- Press confirm
- Get out
- pump
Other Way:
- Drive up to pump
- Get out
- Take out wallet
- Tap card
- Possibly insert & enter pin
- Answer questions about do you want a car wash
- Select Octane
- Pump
Apple Pay is basically “wave your phone or watch” and people have problems with that. I would assume that the folks taking advantage of this will be few
I would love this if it were somehow on a family plan where I could authorize my kids to fill up the car.
If it’s anything like the current Chevron app, it’ll ask what pump you’re at first before you pay.
I need an Indy car pit experience. I select where I want to fuel up. As I approach the station, a crew member holding a giant sign with my name on it waves me in. A fuel jug quickly dumps petrol into the tank while another crew member hands me a cold beverage. A third crew member cleans the windshield. 30 seconds later, two slaps on my trunk and I pull back onto the road.
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I'm wondering if Apple is selling this while requiring they put ApplePay in at the pump (completely understanding that people will not use the pump)...
I think what's ultimately unrealistic is having a system where each individual -- regardless of their economic status -- is responsible for buying, maintaining, insuring and fuelling an expensive privately owned vehicle in order to participate in the workforce or live with any decent quality of life in most of this country. Because viable public transit has been neglected for decades, and because so much development has been created to be meaningfully accessible only by people in cars. On an individual level, most people simply have no choice but to drive. It's a systemic issue, not an issue of individual behavior.
Find this funny sat here in the uk , that you have to pre authorise a card before filling up ! in the uk pull up, fill up ,pay ! It must be though living in the USA …
These kind of services have been available in the UK for years via mobile phone apps. The way it works is:
You pull up to a pump
Open app and type in the pump number
Pre-authorise payment with card or Apple Pay
Pump is now enabled so fill up the car
Finish filling up, you’ll be billed automatically and can simply drive off
All Apple’s doing here is allowing that kind of process to work via CarPlay (Which is very cool) vs just from a phone. There’s no NFC or anything else to this.
Don’t forget I don’t see why this couldn’t work for electric car chargers. Most of those need a card you swipe to enable the charger. This isn’t going to be just fossil fuels I imagine, that’s up to the developers what they use this for.
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