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The gas station will be older, crappier. As the shift to electric cars takes hold new gas stations won’t be built, old ones won’t be renovated, and they’ll be squeezed harder. Expect more stuff to buy at worse prices with more advertising. Chargers will likely rise up around a different type of venue that won’t be seen as a gas station. More cafes, places suitable to spend 15+ minutes. Places with seating. Increasing…
Not much. 15 years ago was 2010. Gas stations in 2025 are very similar to Gas stations from 2010. I doubt they will be too different in 2040. May be a few more EV chargers.
Mostly sells food and soft drinks, so hot dogs, fresh sandwiches, baked goods, with much more seating area so you can sit and eat while your car charges.
Has almost no car-related stuff, just one or two small sections of blinker fluid, wunder-baum and such.
And looking at the current trend, there will be far fewer of them, mainly located at strategic positions. The small, local gas stations will go away.
Gas Stations Are Adding E.V. Chargers and Reasons to Wait Around
As gas stations prepare for more electric vehicles to be on the road, they’re getting bigger. That has created tension in some communities.
Not much. 15 years ago was 2010. Gas stations in 2025 are very similar to Gas stations from 2010. I doubt they will be too different in 2040. May be a few more EV chargers.
And more hydrogen stations. Japan keeps investing in them a lot.
Perhaps it can work well for certain commercial niches, time will tell.
Not much. 15 years ago was 2010. Gas stations in 2025 are very similar to Gas stations from 2010. I doubt they will be too different in 2040. May be a few more EV chargers.
See article in today's New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/business/gas-station-expa... Gas Stations Are Adding E.V. Chargers and Reasons to Wait Around As gas stations prepare for more electric vehicles to be on the road, they’re getting bigger. That has created tension in some communities.
In my experience Petrol stations are very smart operators that accumulate new business models very quickly. My locals all: Sell petrol Sell snacks, meals and necessities (small convenience stores) Sell firewood Sell ice Provide gas bottle swaps. Sell large items that are convenient for ute tray transport (Slabs of drink and other items) Provide free water and air, basic car wash facilities. 15 years from now I expect…
While it's true they still do these things, or try to, in my experience nobody actually uses them because of understaffing and underpaying of employees to the point of them not caring.
Who wants a brown hot dog or dried out taquito that's been on a roller for who knows how many days? Who wants soda from moldy taps? Who wants to stand in line to change out propane, to be told there's only one person working, go out and wait til the line is gone? Air is still free, but you have to go in and ask for it to be turned on.
At least that's my experience, maybe each locale is different. I literally have never seen a person buy prepared food or exchange propane at a typical gas station(wawa/buckees excluded) in my adult life.