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Re:Oil companies buying up EV charging networks: Shell acqui... by handmodel on Saturday February 06, 2021 @02:36AM (#26044871)
I disagree. A lot of gas stations are conveniently located near the highway. You may think that not everyone drives on the highway - but people who do lots of road trips or drive continuously for work or have an hour long commute make up a disproportionate amount of the driving.

It's probably true a lot of upper-middle class people now would prefer to charge while getting some shopping in - but presumably in the future people will just want convenience. I could see a chain like Costco or Target adding EV stations to every parking lot - but I think for the most part gas stations are located where the cars are.

(Also, the scale of this seems good and a good way to make investors feel good about a hedge, but that's beside the initial point)

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Re:Oil companies buying up EV charging networks: Shell acqui... by bryanlarsen on Saturday February 06, 2021 @03:35AM (#26045177)
A highway charge takes about twenty minutes. Charging stations at restaurants and coffee shops do much better than those at gas stations.
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Re:Oil companies buying up EV charging networks: Shell acqui... by mixmastamyk on Saturday February 06, 2021 @03:44AM (#26045213)
Gas stations are almost always near other things, including restaurants.
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Re:Oil companies buying up EV charging networks: Shell acqui... by foerbert on Saturday February 06, 2021 @05:16AM (#26045572)
This is probably highly variable. None of the gas stations I can think of off the top of my head are near anything particularly nice nor interesting, and often are pretty inaccessible if you discount the road.
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Re:Oil companies buying up EV charging networks: Shell acqui... by mixmastamyk on Saturday February 06, 2021 @01:39PM (#26048721)
Commonly gas stations here on interstate highways are complimented with a number of restaurants, from fast food to sit down.
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Re:Oil companies buying up EV charging networks: Shell acqui... by nickik on Saturday February 06, 2021 @06:42AM (#26045918)
Seems fairly easy to turn a gas station store into a store and coffee shop.
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Re:Oil companies buying up EV charging networks: Shell acqui... by karottenreibe on Saturday February 06, 2021 @10:22AM (#26047112)
We have this in Germany in pretty much every gas station: I never sit down for a coffee there if I can avoid it. The atmosphere of looking at gas pumps and lorries while slurping my coffee just doesn't cut it for me.
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Re:Oil companies buying up EV charging networks: Shell acqui... by freshpots on Saturday February 06, 2021 @11:32AM (#26047608)
Target and Meijer are not uncommon supercharger locations for Tesla. Works well on road trips.
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