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Re:Everything I've Learnt About the Public EV Charging Busin... by z3ugma on Thursday September 01, 2022 @11:31AM (#32677835)
But a private capital monopoly is how this happened with gas stations in the first place!

Esso stations, still found all over the US, come from the name “Standard Oil” - “SO”.

It took the Sherman Antitrust act and government intervention for the economics of a decentralized system to make sense. https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/337/293

If past is preamble, we should expect a monopoly of crappy charging experiences followed by trust busting and regulation that make a decentralized system possible.

In my uninformed opinion I see a Wild West of taking the risk to find the right charging standards and business model, with a terrible user experience. But that is how many industries have gone before too.

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Re:Everything I've Learnt About the Public EV Charging Busin... by Fatnino on Friday September 02, 2022 @04:08AM (#32688012)
The nearest esso to the bay area is in Canada. You sure esso is found all over the US?

A bit of poking around suggests that esso is ExxonMobil and would therefore be sold in California under the Mobile brand.

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