> Just one more of the many reasons to drive electric

Oh yeah, just wait until your charging station installs ads. Then you're stuck watching an ad while your vehicle charges. That, of course, takes longer than inserting fuel into a tank. So more advertisements and more money for the charger!

I don't know how that's going to work given that the charging station in my garage doesn't even connect to a network.

Beside, if you're talking about public charging stations, it's already been done (can't remember the name at the moment). The difference between those chargers and a gas station is, you charge for free (Level 2, though). It's odd, too, because the ones I've seen are at grocery stores. So, plug in, go into the store...when am I supposed to see the ads?

Your car connects to the network.

...and then what? And remember that in your (very) hypothetical situation, I'm asleep while the car is charging.

Don’t worry, I’m sure Elon will find a way to integrate those charging networks with the screens inside his cars to show you ads there too. What’s better than showing ads on a small screen at a gas station? Showing ads on a big screen inside an electric car that charges for 5x as long!

I'll then have pretty good standing to ask how they got into my garage in the first place. :)

Electric charging takes long enough that you don’t want to stick around, right? No captive audience for this type of ad.

I promise you, this is coming to charge stations too.

Not my charging station. That would be a neat trick.