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I seriously doubt it will look similar for the most part. I expect a lot more places like Target or malls to have chargers, and this is already happening around

I seriously doubt it will look similar for the most part. I expect a lot more places like Target or malls to have chargers, and this is already happening around me. Once you're charging there, why not go in and do some shopping since you've got nowhere else to go? The incentives are strongly aligned on both ends to make this happen. Yeah, there will be some charger parks that look like gas stations, but I would expect that to be a small fraction of them. People thinking about gas stations are stuck in an old mode of thinking. We already have a massive investment into electricity resulting in it being everywhere. Building on top of that makes much more sense vs limited special infrastructure.

ethbr1 3y ago
Agreed! The defining characteristic of gas stations (and EV stations) will be average_stop_time. These are order-of-magnitude different between gas and EV. Consequently, it seems reasonable that convenience-optimized gas stations (fast food, grab and go snacks) will transition to more leisurely interactions (restaurant, shopping, attraction) for long-distance EV stopping points. Which interestingly opens a distance-based development opportunity along high-volume routes (e.g. interstates). X miles from (major city) to (major city) along (major interstate), regardless of whether there's any sort of town there, suddenly becomes an attractive place for commercial development. But all of this is predicated on fast charging and battery tolerance... more expensive cars / infrastructure = shorter wait = more like current gas stations.