- General Electric Energy’s Industrial Solutions group announced that it will partner with PayPal to process payments for its WattStation electric vehival charging platform.
- Customers who charge their vehicles with WattStation will be able to pay through PayPal using the WattStation Connect mobile app.
- The app will be able to read and process charges by reading QR codes on the charge stations.
From the article:
The question of how electric vehicle drivers will pay for charging outside of their home or immediate network has many answers. At the moment, it doesn’t really matter, as most charging happens at home, and many companies that have installed a charger for their employees pick up the tab.
But if EVs and plug-in hybrids are taken up by mass market, that will change. In an effort to think ahead, General Electric Energy’s Industrial Solutions group announced an agreement between its WattStation EV charging platform and PayPal. ...