[greenkey]

Same here, I avoid them when I can. It won’t be too long before the gas stations are fast chargers, though- I give it 20 years.

[mrtnmcc]

Simply replacing gas stations with chargers is a step back in electric's flexiblity. They don't need large underground storage tanks and special zoning. I think gas stations will simply vanish, and chargers will stay next to useful places like businesses, grocery stores restraurants, malls, etc.

[whitexn--g28h]

This is true in Urban markets, but in more rural areas the gas station is the grocery store and the restaurant. It will probably help those businesses by giving bored drivers a reason to come into the business and spend.

[somethoughts]

In the ideal world we'd turn the existing gas stations into solar powered super charger stations (which do sort of look like current gas stations [1]). Existing gas stations are often found near useful places like grocery/restaurant/business areas.

But as you say, there are less needs for equipment and regulation, so we could potentially have existing gas station locations converted AND new sites even closer and even more liberally sprinkled about providing even more convenience.

[1] https://electrek.co/2017/04/24/tesla-new-supercharger-statio...

[rtkwe]

More than a handful of the high speed super chargers need some pretty serious electrical infrastructure so there's still a pretty important niche for something like a gas station for people taking longer trips where the charging time means you need somewhere to kill time while you charge.

[ngcc_hk]

Still think battery that can plug and play is a good idea, with all sort of monitoring tools you would not trade your good rental one with a bad one. A d if you have two to three you can simply like drinks just replace it when drive along. (Heave enough not easy to do in your neighbourhood store.). Charging is only for like cinema etc. Gas station is a goner except as cafe etc.