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Don’t know about BP or Shell but local power companies seem prime to take over that space. Tesla relies on them for power. I don’t see why the local power compa
by worrycue 3y ago
Don’t know about BP or Shell but local power companies seem prime to take over that space. Tesla relies on them for power. I don’t see why the local power companies won’t cut out the middle man that’s Tesla and service customers directly.
- alephnerd 3y ago> local power companies seem prime to take over that space Theoretically yes, but in action they are hemmed by their regulators as they are quasi-public owned and operated.
- willio58 3y agoIn theory, they could do this, but local power companies are so regulated and bureaucratic that they'd never be able to take on building and maintaining charging stations for cars. At least that's how it is where I live (I have family that works at my local power company)