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I agree that the petrol/diesel niche will increasingly shrink, but it could take decades to vanish. Perhaps some larger chain will step in, and incorporate one

I agree that the petrol/diesel niche will increasingly shrink, but it could take decades to vanish. Perhaps some larger chain will step in, and incorporate one dinky petrol station at each location? The safety issues probably rule out a chain restaurant, but maybe Walmart will become the go-to.

toomuchtodo 1y ago
Walmart is installing EV chargers at thousands of their locations. Tesla colocated at Meijer, some Targets, etc. Grocery stores, airports (Chattanooga airport hosts a Tesla charging station), anywhere people go today and there is power can be one. Petrol won’t go away overnight, but it will reach tipping points where it’s no longer cost effective to deliver it to areas or host a petrol station once an inflection point occurs with regards to demand. https://chargedevs.com/newswire/how-big-a-deal-is-walmarts-plan-to-deploy-thousands-of-fast-chargers/ https://chargedevs.com/newswire/how-big-a-deal-is-walmarts-p... https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2023/04/06/leading-the-charge-walmart-announces-plan-to-expand-electric-vehicle-charging-network https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2023/04/06/leading-the-ch... https://www.plugshare.com/ https://www.plugshare.com/ https://supercharge.info/map https://supercharge.info/map https://electrek.co/2023/10/20/cratering-motor-fuel-sales-in-norway-show-the-death-spiral-that-can-end-oil/ https://electrek.co/2023/10/20/cratering-motor-fuel-sales-in... (great comment on this: “Every day in the U.S. now there is enough EVs sold to displace an entire gas station-worth of fuel. Per day. And this is rapidly accelerating.”)
tzs 1y ago
> The safety issues probably rule out a chain restaurant, but maybe Walmart will become the go-to From a month and a half ago: "Walmart plans EV Charging network which will blanket the US within a few years" [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43814380 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43814380

toomuchtodo 1y ago

Walmart is installing EV chargers at thousands of their locations. Tesla colocated at Meijer, some Targets, etc. Grocery stores, airports (Chattanooga airport hosts a Tesla charging station), anywhere people go today and there is power can be one. Petrol won’t go away overnight, but it will reach tipping points where it’s no longer cost effective to deliver it to areas or host a petrol station once an inflection point occurs with regards to demand. https://chargedevs.com/newswire/how-big-a-deal-is-walmarts-plan-to-deploy-thousands-of-fast-chargers/ https://chargedevs.com/newswire/how-big-a-deal-is-walmarts-p... https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2023/04/06/leading-the-charge-walmart-announces-plan-to-expand-electric-vehicle-charging-network https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2023/04/06/leading-the-ch... https://www.plugshare.com/ https://www.plugshare.com/ https://supercharge.info/map https://supercharge.info/map https://electrek.co/2023/10/20/cratering-motor-fuel-sales-in-norway-show-the-death-spiral-that-can-end-oil/ https://electrek.co/2023/10/20/cratering-motor-fuel-sales-in... (great comment on this: “Every day in the U.S. now there is enough EVs sold to displace an entire gas station-worth of fuel. Per day. And this is rapidly accelerating.”)

tzs 1y ago

> The safety issues probably rule out a chain restaurant, but maybe Walmart will become the go-to From a month and a half ago: "Walmart plans EV Charging network which will blanket the US within a few years" [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43814380 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43814380