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The economies of gas stations will be interesting to watch for sure. Given that they already make only a few cents of profit per gallon sold, their main source
by heipei 4y ago
The economies of gas stations will be interesting to watch for sure. Given that they already make only a few cents of profit per gallon sold, their main source of profit is probably all the additional things (pizza and beer at 2am or on Sundays where everything else is closed here in Germany). Couple that with the fact that EV owners will spend more time at a station due to charging times, the switch to EV might honestly drive up their profitability quite substantially. And once you can get rid of pumps you just eliminated maintenance of moving/pumping machinery, fire hazards, regular visits by fuel trucks, and probably a lot of other things I'm not even aware of.
I'm not saying I'm right on any of these, but I'm really curious to see how this plays out. There's gonna be some "wow, I didn't think that would happen" moments along the way.