Out of Spec BITS tours the Aral Pulse Gigahub in Mönchengladbach, Germany, a flagship EV charging site with 14 Alpitronic Hypercharger 400s serving 28 stalls under a solar roof. The hardware is top shelf: 500-amp cables, tap-to-pay terminals, and covered parking. There's a self-service REWE grocery store, a driver's lounge, vending machines, spotless self-cleaning restrooms, and vacuum stations. Ad hoc pricing runs about 79 euro cents per kWh, steep even by German standards. Through the app it drops to around 54 cents. The site is gorgeous and nearly empty both times the host has visited. Location and cost seem to be keeping drivers away.