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Re:UK has almost 1M EV chargers, with new public one install... by lotsofpulp on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @09:29AM (#40976421)
> I don't understand why the oil companies haven't gotten on board. Why aren't we seeing more and more L3 chargers at gas stations?

Oil companies’ involvement with gas stations is only to the extent of selling their brand to the gas station operator. I don’t think I have ever heard of an oil company itself operating a gas station, I doubt they even own a single one.

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Re:UK has almost 1M EV chargers, with new public one install... by atonse on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @11:36AM (#40977528)
No but they can get into electricity generation and sell it wholesale (by the kilowatt or megawatt hour) to gas stations like they do with liquid gasoline.

They have the massive amounts of money to make those investments and sell them to gas stations the same way they do now.

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Re:UK has almost 1M EV chargers, with new public one install... by ahoyhoy on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @11:33AM (#40977511)
Oil companies own and operate many, many gas stations, and are actively adding L3 chargers to them.
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Re:UK has almost 1M EV chargers, with new public one install... by nashashmi on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @09:33AM (#40976466)
they also got into fear and panic mode thinking that their investments in oil will be at risk.

Many of them have existing oil infrastructure that they want to put value on. If they are to become obsolete, their net worth and buying power will be threatened. And so they go into fear/panic. The koch brothers.

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