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I just finished renting an EV in Italy, and infrastructure was better than expected. However, oil companies that should be protecting their moat and putting pl
by schainks 3y ago
I just finished renting an EV in Italy, and infrastructure was better than expected.
However, oil companies that should be protecting their moat and putting plugs at every freaking station, especially the rest stops and stations that have coffee bars or places where people socialize.
- novok 3y agoThe franchisee system makes it that they dont really own most of the properties out there, and gas stations mostly make money on the attached shop, and the gas is a marketing draw to get traffic in the store. The shops might expand into cafe services if charging stays a long process in 5 to 10 years
- thatfrenchguy 3y agoInfrastructure is good but price per kWh is absolutely ridiculous, it’s like 0.5-0.8€, twice as much as in France.
- schainks 3y agoItaly has had that expensive electricity issue for a while. Their grid is reliant on local labor and local supply chain by design, for better or worse. The electricity prices still beats nearly $10/gallon petrol, and one friendly Airbnb let us charge on their property’s solar+battery installation, making their power half the market price.