Yoshi (YC S16) launches “set it and forget it” vehicle re-fueling service in SF

Post by newman314 » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 5:00 AM UTC

nick007 wrote: post #35

technofiend wrote: post #27

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I guess I'm one of those weird outliers who has a use case but still won't use the service. My wife works nights and rarely remembers to fuel our vehicle. I commute via Uber or bus so I never have it either. $15/mo is still too much for the service. Sooner or later my wife will run out of gas and then she'll do a better job of remembering to fuel the truck.

Our price per gallon is competitive with gas stations in your area (actually a bit below the AAA average).

Post by NegativeLatency » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 5:23 AM UTC

prawn wrote: post #213

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The density of gas stations is high enough that it works just fine to take a little detour to one of the several gas stations on the way between anywhere and anywhere when the dashboard light comes on. This might be more useful if gas stations begin to fold because of electric cars.

I think gas stations will gradually turn into something else. Already in Australia the serious ones are developing beyond just car refuelling.

Post by danieltillett » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 5:48 AM UTC

syedkarim wrote: post #240

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I had never heard of this kind of service until a couple of weeks ago when I saw a Booster fuels truck. The advertised prices on the truck were a good 20 cents/gallon lower than the Chevron across the street from where it was parked. OTOH, I don't know if they use top tier fuels with whatever detergent packages or if it's Arco-quality gas, or what.

There's no such thing as top tier fuel. Gas is bought off the spot market, just like orange juice. The quality of Arco's product on any given day could be identical to that of Chevron/Shell/more-expensive-name-brand.

Post by pbreit » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 6:01 AM UTC

aresant wrote: post #92

I think the HN crowd underestimates how valuable target users consider their time. I probably average 2 trips to the gas station a month and I have a below average commute. Each trip takes me 10 mins out of my way + 10 mins of fueling depending on if there's a line or not. And it's always before work (I'm in a rush) or after work (want to get home to family). Paying a startup $15/mo to reclaim even 40 mins a month of…

Post by pbreit » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 6:11 AM UTC

gnicholas wrote: post #137

Having started driving in the age of 99¢/gal gas, I am highly sensitive to price differences between stations, and I choose between 3 stations that are always within 5¢ of each other. I am typically not so price sensitive (with other purchases), but with gas I make minor schedule/route deviations to save Having a service like this would save me some amount of time, I suspect that if I significantly relaxed my fueling…