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My question is what happens to gas stations as the changeover is underway? They make razor thin margins and rely on selling a lot of gas to turn a profit, whic
by derekp7 3y ago
My question is what happens to gas stations as the changeover is underway? They make razor thin margins and rely on selling a lot of gas to turn a profit, which leads me to believe there will start to be fewer gas stations even when only 20% of cars on the road are electric (just my conjecture, but it seems to make sense to me).
Now as gas stations start to thin out, that would put a damper on people buying gas cars as they would have to go out of their way to fuel up. Which downward pressure on resale value of cars, making people not to want to buy a brand new gas car if it looks like they won't get any trade in value in a few years.
The only hope that I can think of is when it gets to this point, there would be another "cash for clunkers" type of program to make the transition easier.
- Schiendelman 3y agoAs of the news yesterday, Tesla now has contracts with two of the largest gas station chains in the United States to install superchargers.
- dexwiz 3y agoIf EV companies get their way, we probably won’t be buying personal cars except as luxury or work items by 2035. Everything with be subscriptions, either leases, short term rentals, or taxis.
- rootusrootus 3y agoEvery EV on the market today is offered without a subscription and you can buy it outright.
- candiddevmike 3y agoGas stations are trying to become restaurants/grocery stores.