If they aren’t a service you want or need then I don’t get why you’re so upset about it.

Chargers are at places I want them, that place being other cities when I’m away from home. It is a service I am willing to pay for, and it’s not expensive. The OP has a bill of $4!

They made the thing, it’s pure profit for them, they aren’t renting them lmfao.

They don’t make them… They buy existing designs from a manufacturer and put their logo on it. They also have all the costs of running a business, like staff, maintenance, IT costs, and they have to replace units as they break or as technology changes. Not to mention that income from existing chargers funds the rollout of more chargers.

Normally it’s the land owner, why would you rent land?

Because the owner of the mall you mentioned doesn’t want to sell you a square of their land?

Insurance dude….

That’s not how insurance works… if you’re constantly getting copper stolen (they are), then they would have to pay more in insurance to cover this risk. I’d be almost certain it would be cheaper to treat it as a maintenance expense and pay for it out of pocket.

If it’s not getting to -30 to -50c, no, you really aren’t, and the vast majority of people refuse to acknowledge that.

Every sensible EV conversation I’ve ever seen has had the caveat that they don’t yet make sense for everyone. That doesn’t mean we have to drag down the people who it does make sense for.