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Re:First town in America to ban new gas stations by elif on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @10:35AM (#28221515)
A high turnover rate of strangers handling their wallets. Also a ginormous sunshade and legal occupation can be obtained for a $1 soda or lotto ticket.

Superchargers have nothing to do with financial transactions. You can't buy a soda or lotto ticket and claim to belong there.

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Re:First town in America to ban new gas stations by emodendroket on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @11:04AM (#28222059)
I can't really see why you couldn't have chargers attached to a convenience store or restaurant. It would seem to make a lot of sense.
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Re:First town in America to ban new gas stations by elif on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @12:14PM (#28223361)
Superchargers are almost always next to a restaurant. I've never seen one near a convenience store.
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Re:First town in America to ban new gas stations by emodendroket on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @12:19PM (#28223431)
In a world where electric cars were the most common means of transportation wouldn't there be a need for chargers about as widespread as gas stations now? I am having a hard time seeing why it wouldn't take a similar form. Perhaps there would be somewhat fewer because you can fit some in restaurants, stores, and other places, but I don't really imagine them eliminating the category.
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Re:First town in America to ban new gas stations by elif on Saturday August 21, 2021 @01:30AM (#28254483)
the difference is EV owners only really use chargers when they are road tripping. 95%+ of their charge comes from home so the charging infrastructure can be 95% smaller than gas infrastructure and still basically function.
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