Ionna is doing it right. Most sites have covered parking. They don’t always rely on neighboring businesses for things like restrooms. Trash cans to empty the car out into. CREDIT CARD READERS SO I DON’T NEED AN APP AND ACCOUNT TO JUST FILL UP.
GM’s partnership with Pilot and Flying J is the next best in my opinion. Usually covered, usually takes credit cards, and you are right next to a good travel center for trash, restrooms, snacks and food, windshield cleaning, etc. Ditto for Buc-ees, though they don’t seem to cover any of their chargers and that walk is really, really long. At least the Mercedes chargers take CC’s.
I still prefer the Tesla chargers. Pull car in, plug in, it starts charging almost immediately, unplug, drive away. No app to open, no credit card to swipe, nothing at all. I suppose if the credit card in my Tesla account expires I may have to update it someday, but sometimes those even update on their own.
I can’t plug-and-charge at Tesla. I can only do that at EVgo unfortunately. Why the industry hasn’t made this universal, everywhere with everyone yet, is unforgivable.