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I disagree. A lot of gas stations are conveniently located near the highway. You may think that not everyone drives on the highway - but people who do lots of r
by handmodel 6y ago
I disagree. A lot of gas stations are conveniently located near the highway. You may think that not everyone drives on the highway - but people who do lots of road trips or drive continuously for work or have an hour long commute make up a disproportionate amount of the driving.
It's probably true a lot of upper-middle class people now would prefer to charge while getting some shopping in - but presumably in the future people will just want convenience. I could see a chain like Costco or Target adding EV stations to every parking lot - but I think for the most part gas stations are located where the cars are.
(Also, the scale of this seems good and a good way to make investors feel good about a hedge, but that's beside the initial point)
- bryanlarsen 6y agoA highway charge takes about twenty minutes. Charging stations at restaurants and coffee shops do much better than those at gas stations.
- mixmastamyk 6y agoGas stations are almost always near other things, including restaurants.
- foerbert 6y agoThis is probably highly variable. None of the gas stations I can think of off the top of my head are near anything particularly nice nor interesting, and often are pretty inaccessible if you discount the road.
- nickik 6y agoSeems fairly easy to turn a gas station store into a store and coffee shop.
- karottenreibe 6y agoWe have this in Germany in pretty much every gas station: I never sit down for a coffee there if I can avoid it. The atmosphere of looking at gas pumps and lorries while slurping my coffee just doesn't cut it for me.
- mixmastamyk 6y agoCommonly gas stations here on interstate highways are complimented with a number of restaurants, from fast food to sit down.
- freshpots 6y agoTarget and Meijer are not uncommon supercharger locations for Tesla. Works well on road trips.