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> And the convenience stores are the thing that makes the money at gas stations. Because the gas is expensive, you need to hold inventory (and have a tank that
by bsder 2y ago
> And the convenience stores are the thing that makes the money at gas stations.
Because the gas is expensive, you need to hold inventory (and have a tank that needs to be insured and inspected and ...) and a lot of the profit is going to huge oil companies.
If you are running chargers, there is no inventory and the cost is whatever the electricty costs are.
I suspect that chargers could actually be a profit center as opposed to gas pumps which barely break even and sometimes go negative in profits.
- bobthepanda 2y agoEV stations have a lot more competition that doesn’t need to turn a profit; a person’s home. Nobody has home gas tanks to fill up their car. I don’t know many people buying electric without having a home charger.
- borski 2y agoLiterally anyone who lives in an apartment.
- Dylan16807 2y agoThat's a pretty big exaggeration. It's not easy to install your own in an apartment, but increasing numbers of apartments have chargers and most apartments could have them.
- borski 2y agoSure, they are slowly getting added, but the incentives are pretty low. The vast majority of apartment-dwellers charge either at work (if they are lucky enough to work for a large enough company that builds chargers) or at a public charging station
- bobthepanda 2y agothat's the thing, i have a lot of friends who are in apartments, and know very few of them going fully EV