Will Electric Vehicles Kill the Gas Station?
The main lobbyists who forced the issue weren’t gas stations, but new companies whose bread and butter were charging stations — EVgo Inc., ChargePoint Holdings Inc. and, of course, Tesla. They worry this padding could lead the utility to set a new floor for fuel prices that the gas station can’t match. “Honestly, I’m dreading it, but maybe there’s a silver lining,” said Bob Bajwa, the owner of a gas station in Ritzville, Wash., on the prospect of transitioning to EVs. Bajwa already has one charging station — installed on his property in 2015 by charging provider EVgo — that gets only the occasional customer and produces almost no revenue. It’s hard to imagine a future without an electric grid, but one without gas stations can be pretty easily conjured.
5 months ago
Politico
