Around six years ago, while watching German docu-shows...this public TV news team came to this recharge station that was about 5 minutes driving from a autobahn exit. It was a two-car charger, next to a small business district street...across from a McDonalds.
The crew went over to the McDonalds and asked the manager about the ‘hub’ for recharging. The manager said it’d been there for about 18 months, and no one from the McDonalds had ever witnessed a car there recharging.
So the topic came up...about the rate of cost, if you had driven up and attached for four hours. They dug the local charge cost out and it was an outrageous amount, but the guy noted that he had to get his investment money back.
I read at some stations, customers are plugging in and then go shopping/eat only to find out another EV owner has unplugged their connection. I find that hilarious.