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Re:German Leaders at Odds with Industry Over Electric Cars by rplst8 on Thursday December 01, 2016 @01:28PM (#13081967)
The gas gets them in the door. People are a lot less likely to stop if they don't have to. Since electric cars take a lot longer to charge, they don't mesh well with the convenience store model. More like restaurants.

I think convenience stores will go through quite a huge change in the next 20 years. Small mom and pop gas stations without much of a "store" to speak of will probably disappear entirely.

Re:German Leaders at Odds with Industry Over Electric Cars by HeyLaughingBoy on Thursday December 01, 2016 @04:42PM (#13083811)
I honestly can't think of the last time I've seen a gas station that only sells gas or diesel. At least around here, they just don't exist. The "gas station" is the convenience store around here. I doubt their patronage would drop off much if they stopped selling gas.

Gas stations around here sell anything from the usual cigaretter, pop & snacks to really good "home made" food. I can think of one that had a small, very good, Mexican restaurant in the back and another that made gyros, falafel, etc. to order. I would go out of my way to stop at those.

But gas only? I simply can't remember seeing one in the last 10 years. The closest is the ones that are service stations that happen to have a few gas pumps.

Re:German Leaders at Odds with Industry Over Electric Cars by WorldMaker on Thursday December 01, 2016 @05:36PM (#13084225)
"Mostly" gas only pumps started reappearing in the last 10 years as a part of big supermarket chains. From one point of view they are mostly just gas pump islands floating in a sea of parking, but from the other point of view the nearby supermarket is simply an absurdly large convenience store.
Re:German Leaders at Odds with Industry Over Electric Cars by lakkal on Friday December 02, 2016 @04:13PM (#13092345)
The ones around here that aren't part of a convenience store are part of a car repair place.
Re:German Leaders at Odds with Industry Over Electric Cars by nedsma on Thursday December 01, 2016 @02:34PM (#13082646)
Also we'll see many service businesses (e.g. restaurants, theaters, public garages, malls) offering electric car charging for free or for a smallish fee depending on their type. So, instead of going to a gas station, you would go to a nearest mall, let the car charging while you do the shopping.
Re:German Leaders at Odds with Industry Over Electric Cars by camiller on Thursday December 01, 2016 @03:42PM (#13083329)
I think we will see some development of quick charge technology this will mitigate those concerns to a certain extent.