I finally read through
both sections of Tom M's rundown on this. It's likely inaccurate
to say that EA independently decided to do this -- more like, the customer base [and
the *missing* customer base of people rightly boycotting them] made the decision
for them. Time-based simply isn't sustainable without being engaged in unending
battles about fair business practice, and they'd already milked a captive market
effectively dry. They saw a dead end coming, and are hopefully swerving in time.
I was amused by the observation that 24 cents/kWh seemed a reasonable price
for on-the-road rapid charging. Exactly what I already had on my
concept sign!
As for plug & charge, what they're talking about there leaves ALL present vehicles behind.
However, also implementing Autocharge based on CCS interface MAC addresses could
accomodate them NOW. A simpler protocol, and in the real world, unjustly decried as "less
secure" by the PKI fanatics. We don't need that, and frankly I'd rather be able to simply
register a car to an account with them than mess with apps or broken card-readers.
[edit: speaking of broken, that Disqus nonsense for comments on insideevs is total crap.]
_H*
which can suck range,depending on ambient temp.,wind,elevation again. 
Test the elevation changes to learn the tolerance of your range,charge...
