[Tagging] Problems with amenity=charging_station

[Volker Schmidt]

 I am not a charging-station user myself,  but I got approached by two
different types of users about how to correctly insert
ebike/mobility-scooter charging points in OSM. Hence I looked into how this
could be done.
I started with the English-language wiki page
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dcharging_station> and
also the German one
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE:Tag:amenity%3Dcharging_station>.
Both pages and the actual tagging in OSM present a major problem:
the indication of the vehicle type for which the specific station is
intended is not mandatory, an is missing in 80% of the occurrences in Italy
and Germany:

amenity=charging_station

Italy:  2045

Germany: 14226

The Netherlands: 3452

amenity=charging_station and bicycle=*

Italy: 140 or 7%

Germany: 2542 or 18%

The Netherlands: 444 or 13%

In my view this is a major problem, but, as I said, I am not even a user. I
have no idea what overlap there is between categories. From an end-user
perspective I suppose that the suitability of a station for "my" specific
vehicle is the most important information.

Any suggestions and/or  experience?
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