pay for gas from inside your car

[Mike Mercury]

Chevy owners can now pay for gas from inside their cars

Teaming up with Shell this summer

Chevrolet is teaming up with Shell to launch a new feature that allows drivers to pay for gas from their vehicle’s infotainment screen. It’s the latest feature of General Motors’ new Marketplace service in which owners can prepurchase coffee and gas or make restaurant reservations from the driver's seat.

Owners of select Chevy models will soon be able to drive up to any Shell station, select the fuel payment icon on their dash screens, and then begin fueling. There’s no need to touch either your wallet or your phone, the automaker says. Actually, it’s a little more complicated than that, saib by Chevy’s senior manager of online commerce.

Chevy owners need to type in the number of the pump they are parked at, and then select their method of payment. (Marketplace allows users to input several different credit cards.) Then, owners need to input a PIN number sent to them by Shell when they register with the gas company’s “Pay and Save” program. The PIN allows for a “safe” transaction, Ruskin says.

And there’s more! The screen prompts Chevy owners to then authorize the payment. And when they get out of the car to begin fueling, they’ll need to input the authorization code at the pump given to them on their in-dash screen before the gas begins flowing. That’s three separate codes that are needed before even a drop of fuel enters your gas tank.

This feature is specific to 2017 and 2018 Chevy vehicles, and it only works at Shell stations in Detroit, Seattle, and Houston. Chevy says it’s gearing up for a nationwide rollout this summer, at which point it will be available at over 14,000 Shell stations.

The new feature is part of an ongoing effort by automakers to redesign the driving experience to include more smartphone-style features. When it was announced last December, GM described Marketplace as “the automotive industry’s first commerce platform for on-demand reservations and purchases of goods and services.” Of course, other car companies are exploring similar features, including Jaguar with an almost identical partnership with Shell.



Chevy says its in-dash payment system is “embedded,” meaning it doesn’t require a smartphone or any type of tethering like the Jaguar solution. And while Jaguar utilizes PayPal and Apple Pay as its payment method, Chevy notes that its users can import their own credit cards, cutting out the middleman.

As cars get more connected, adding Wi-Fi and LTE capabilities, expect to see more shopping features and branded advertising included on the screens of vehicles.

[DAB]

now if we could just stop people from driving off with the hose still attached....

[Black94lt1]

Well that sounds like a completely worthless feature unless the lady pictured will pump the gas for me

[04 commemorative]

or be in passenger seat full time

[simpleman68]

Not a lot of help for those of us in PA that pump our own gas.

I mean, you could sit inside and let them do it but it usually costs extra/gal
Scott

[simpleman68]

Originally Posted by 04 commemorative

or be in passenger seat full time

I think my wife has only put gas in our trucks once in the last 2 years.
It was such an event for her she actually came home and bragged about it as though she were looking for applause.
Scott

[Uncle Meat]

I remember a time when you never had to leave your car. Pulled up to the pump and a young man would pump the gas for you, take your money and provide change if required. Usually got your windows washed, tire pressure and your oil level checked while the car was being fueled.

Isn't progress great!

U.M.

[Dan Dlabay]

Originally Posted by Uncle Meat

I remember a time when you never had to leave your car. Pulled up to the pump and a young man would pump the gas for you, take your money and provide change if required. Usually got your windows washed, tire pressure and your oil level checked while the car was being fueled.

Isn't progress great!

U.M.

That's what we did when I worked at a Shell station back in the 70's. Pumped the gas washed the windows, check the oil and tires and collected the mony or credit card.

[MrPeabody]

So basically they have figured out a way to make it way more complicated to pay for your gas than it is now. Brilliant.

[SubZero]

meh, you still have to get out and pump it

Mobil pooched it with their SpeedPass. The keyfob was convenient, just wave and pump. But then they switched to the mobile app my local station stopped accepting the fob and it was too many steps and took longer then just swiping my CC. Then the app stopped validating my credentials, then it magically worked again, one time, then the app told me I needed to update but when I went to the app store on my phone, the new version isn't compatible with my device.

Oh well, I enjoyed the convenience while it lasted.

[Cybercowboy]

I find it mildly annoying to have to swipe my Sam's Club card and then my debit card before fueling. This would be so annoying it's ridiculous, plus Shell is practically the most expensive fuel out there from my experience.

[Black94lt1]

Originally Posted by simpleman68

I think my wife has only put gas in our trucks once in the last 2 years.

I don't think my wife has gotten gas in at least 10 years, I fill the cars up weekly and her commute is short enough that she doesn't have to fill up in between

[polarbear]

Originally Posted by Uncle Meat

I remember a time when you never had to leave your car. Pulled up to the pump and a young man would pump the gas for you, take your money and provide change if required. Usually got your windows washed, tire pressure and your oil level checked while the car was being fueled.

Isn't progress great!

U.M.

Oregon, every day.

[FasterTraffic]

Originally Posted by polarbear

Oregon, every day.

Mileage varies, of course, but I despise that from my travels in Oregon and New Jersey.

By the way, some of the reactions from Oregonites (Oregonians? Oregonistinians?) from Oregon loosening that law are hysterical.

[polarbear]

Originally Posted by FasterTraffic

Mileage varies, of course, but I despise that from my travels in Oregon and New Jersey.

By the way, some of the reactions from Oregonites (Oregonians? Oregonistinians?) from Oregon loosening that law are hysterical.

Oregonians. Just remember to pronounce the state "ORYGUN," not "OREGONE."

I like it for the simple reason that it keeps some entry level jobs around. And like NJ, we're surrounded by self-serve states where gas is quite a bit more expensive than it is here. The "loosening" isn't much of an impact. Just makes it possible to fuel up in rural areas after normal closing hours.

[Sea Six]

Originally Posted by polarbear

I like it for the simple reason that it keeps some entry level jobs around.

Also-

I think the state lawmakers should require the pump nozzles to have a restriction put in them to reduce the volumetric flow rate of the fuel being dispensed.

This one weird trick would increase the pay of the workers, since they would then be able to work a little longer to accomplish the same task as before.

If one just puts one's head to work, one can come up with all kinds of ways to spread the wealth around.








Here's another one. All those workers who have shovels?

Take the shovels away and give 'em spoons.