Anything involving modifying parking stalls or electricity quickly becomes expensive, and these require both. Signage, striping, curb and walkway alterations, b

Anything involving modifying parking stalls or electricity quickly becomes expensive, and these require both. Signage, striping, curb and walkway alterations, burying cable and permits quickly add up. The installation may also require security considerations since the charger is worth something. But you are completely right; stations that become conspicuous charging destinations are going to do a lot of convenience store business. It'd be smart of well located towns to work on making it easier to add charging infrastructure so they can continue to be popular stops.