carys98
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But without chargers I’m not stopping at all. What happens when 10% of cars are EVs? Can Wawa, Sheetz, Circle K, and the others survive a 10% cut in the number of customers?The issue with gas stations as currently designed is most want you in there for 5 minutes. Assuming there's no major change in charging technology, how does a gas station benefit from having someone loiter for 30+ minutes? Many of the corner gas stations just won't benefit from adding chargers, unless the chargers themselves are profitable.
I just watched a TV show on Dunkin Donuts and how it became very profitable by redesigning all of its locations to churn people out with to go orders. Having 12 guys sitting around drinking coffee all day was making the company lose money, when they originally catered to a longer in-store crowd. McDonalds is doing the same thing removing their play places, they just don't want people sitting there all day, the insurance cost is more than the sales benefit. The cost of adding a charger to the corner gas station and store goes up considerably, if they need to change the whole store to accommodate customers with longer stays. I don't see these locations becoming the charging spots of the future.
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