Germany will require all petrol stations to provide electric car charging
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Re: Germany will require all petrol stations to provide electric car charging
#2While I’m all for a future full of electric cars, I wonder what kind of financial burden this will put on petrol stations or even if charging stations fit the same paradigm as gas pumps since they take much longer to charge
Re: Germany will require all petrol stations to provide electric car charging
#3How that would work? I park my car in the petrol station and return 8hours later?
Re: Germany will require all petrol stations to provide electric car charging
#4While I’m all for a future full of electric cars, I wonder what kind of financial burden this will put on petrol stations or even if charging stations fit the same paradigm as gas pumps since they take much longer to charge
Less of a burden than just losing all their customers which don't need petrol anymore.
Re: Germany will require all petrol stations to provide electric car charging
#5While I’m all for a future full of electric cars, I wonder what kind of financial burden this will put on petrol stations or even if charging stations fit the same paradigm as gas pumps since they take much longer to charge
I do wonder how the logistics of this will work in small gas stations. They will now need a dedicated spot for each port. Also now need amenities to support riders who are waiting for their car to charge.
Re: Germany will require all petrol stations to provide electric car charging
#6While I’m all for a future full of electric cars, I wonder what kind of financial burden this will put on petrol stations or even if charging stations fit the same paradigm as gas pumps since they take much longer to charge
The electric-car charging stations that I have seen at petrol stations elsewhere in Europe are not actually maintained by the petrol station. Rather, it appears that the petrol stations just allow charging-station brands to rent a portion of their plots of land to erect their infrastructure on. Consequently, requiring car charging at all petrol stations, instead of being a financial burden, may actually allow them to increase their income.
Also, since margins on petrol are so low, many petrol stations make their profit from their shops, not from the fuel itself. Since it takes some time for a car to charge, customers are likely to spend more time and therefore more money in the petrol station’s shop.
Re: Germany will require all petrol stations to provide electric car charging
#7How that would work? I park my car in the petrol station and return 8hours later?
Maybe the selection of candy bars and magazines is so extensive that it will take that long to browse.
J/K. I'm 99% sure that commercial charging stations charge in ~30 minutes or less, not 8 hours.
Re: Germany will require all petrol stations to provide electric car charging
#8How that would work? I park my car in the petrol station and return 8hours later?
Have you heard of this company called tesla?
Re: Germany will require all petrol stations to provide electric car charging
#9This seems a bit unfair/cruel considering electric cars will probably decimate petrol stations. Most people will charge at home, or when parked at their destination (like work).
Edit: Curious to know why this comment is unpopular?
Re: Germany will require all petrol stations to provide electric car charging
#10While I’m all for a future full of electric cars, I wonder what kind of financial burden this will put on petrol stations or even if charging stations fit the same paradigm as gas pumps since they take much longer to charge
The electric-car charging stations that I have seen at petrol stations elsewhere in Europe are not actually maintained by the petrol station. Rather, it appears that the petrol stations just allow charging-station brands to rent a portion of their plots of land to erect their infrastructure on. Consequently, requiring car charging at all petrol stations, instead of being a financial burden, may actually allow them to…
If it were the case that allowing charging was an economic benefit to the owners of gas stations, I guess they'd already be doing it.
Since so few of them are, I assume that it's not beneficial.
If the government wants this, it should pay station owners to do it.