Tesla owners may scoff at how long this took, but Volvo owners can finally pay to charge their electric vehicles just by plugging in. The Plug & Charge feature is now available on the Volvo EX90 SUV, and it will be ready on the Volvo EX60 when that model arrives later this year, sporting up to 400 miles of range.
For the uninitiated, Plug & Charge is a feature that automatically initiates payment for a charging session as soon as you connect the plug. Without it, EV owners typically need to trigger a charging session by swiping a credit card on the stall or opening a mobile app for the specific charging network.
Tesla Superchargers notoriously do not have screens or a method for accepting payment, which is why they rely on the Tesla app for non-Tesla vehicles or Plug & Charge for Tesla vehicles. The EX60 can natively use Superchargers because it has an NACS port, though Tesla’s V3 stations can not reach the car’s 370-kilowatt peak charging speed.
Volvo EX60
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