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The same day oil companies will go through the middle man and own the gas stations?
by maximus-decimus 3y ago
The same day oil companies will go through the middle man and own the gas stations?
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- yumraj 3y agoThere’s a subtle difference. Oil companies are not involved in direct last mile delivery. Electricity providers are already doing that.
- maximus-decimus 3y agoThat's a good point. But that means they do already sell people the electricity for their ev if they charge at home, which is probably most of the ev charging. So the question is would they bother invest in building charging stations to get the whole market.
- yumraj 3y ago> So the question is would they bother invest in building charging stations to get the whole market. I think that would depend on how the market evolves. Currently I believe they are content, as you say, just delivering to the homes and business (offices which provide charging to employees). If this market starts leaning towards solar and the charging station market becomes huge, I think it’d be trivial for these utilities to set up last mile charging stations, or perhaps create a subsidiary to do just that.
- HWR_14 3y agoThe oil companies certainly do own the gas stations. Do you think BP, Shell, Exxon, Mobile, Phillips 66,, Marathon and Chevron are named after giant oil companies for no reason?
- GenerWork 3y agoI think that while they can be owned by the oil companies, you can also enter into a licensing contract with said oil company to use their likeness.
- yumraj 3y agoAFAIK those are generally franchises, like say a Subway or a McDonald’s.
- HWR_14 3y agoThat seems like a distinction that doesn't matter to this conversation. The point is that it's done through the oil company. Either way, you expect to fill up at a PG&E station in 10 years, not a Tesla one.