ev chargers at gas stations
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There's a Tesla Supercharger station at my local Fred Meyer grocery store. It's always busy. The other day I was in line paying for groceries and there was a family in line ahead of me. The man checked his phone and said "oh, the car is already at 80%, you finish up here and I'll go get it" and then he ran out to pull it off the charger and open up the space. I think it's the perfect setup to be able to grocery shop while your car charges.
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There's a Tesla Supercharger station at my local Fred Meyer grocery store. It's always busy. The other day I was in line paying for groceries and there was a family in line ahead of me. The man checked his phone and said "oh, the car is already at 80%, you finish up here and I'll go get it" and then he ran out to pull it off the charger and open up the space. I think it's the perfect setup to be able to grocery shop while your car charges.
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There's a Tesla Supercharger station at my local Fred Meyer grocery store. It's always busy. The other day I was in line paying for groceries and there was a family in line ahead of me. The man checked his phone and said "oh, the car is already at 80%, you finish up here and I'll go get it" and then he ran out to pull it off the charger and open up the space. I think it's the perfect setup to be able to grocery shop while your car charges.
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There's a Tesla Supercharger station at my local Fred Meyer grocery store. It's always busy. The other day I was in line paying for groceries and there was a family in line ahead of me. The man checked his phone and said "oh, the car is already at 80%, you finish up here and I'll go get it" and then he ran out to pull it off the charger and open up the space. I think it's the perfect setup to be able to grocery shop while your car charges.
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It must get decent convenience store traffic. I once stopped at a Supercharger in a Walmart parking lot, I went into the Walmart, used the bathroom than grabbed a diet coke for me and bottled water for my wife and another passenger
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There are some charging stations at the mall near me and what you described is another reason I would not use public charging stations unless I really had to. At the mall near me I have to be aware of where I am in the mall when my charging is almost complete or I could be taking a long walk back just to move my car. I just don’t want to be inconvenienced by that when I am shopping.
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. You would have to jack rates up above 400 percent to make it the same price as gas. I see people paying $100 for a fillup and still going into the convenience store and buying stuff, even with gas hitting $7 plus a gallon
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Yep, you sound like daughter and nieces. They practically keep Starbucks in business. My daughter pays $5 for an Ice macchiato...which is like 90 percent ICE LOL. Now their thing is the Boba shops. Boba is in, Starbucks is yesterday....
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While we are talking about gas station and EV stations, I remember reading about this gas station a couple years ago that converted all of their gas pumps to charging stations. I just don't see how the owner can stay in business without earning much revenue from charging. In the suburbs like where I live, no way I would ever use a charging station when I can charge at home so I just don't see the traffic volume being there to get people to shop in the mini-mart to make up the lost revenue. In the city where people can't charge at home, yeah maybe that would work but in the burbs, I don't think so.
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Exactly. Its a "Nuclear Free Zone" and the City drafted multiple resolutions to impeach GW Bush lol. Not a normal place! We call it the "People's Republic of Takoma Park"
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I don’t get it, so how does the owner pay the bills? When it opened the article says they only get around 5 cars a day using their chargers. How can it be sustainable unless they own the land and building outright.
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There are tons of grants out there for this sort of thing, the town also subsidizes his business because of its green/political nature.
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Makes more sense. I was thinking the $768k grant was a one time thing that covers the conversion from pumps to charging stations. I wonder if the owner gets to pocket the difference? So I guess taxpayers pay for it whether they want to or not. I guess that’s the price of going green.