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Richard230

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Gas stations are still popular
« on: September 08, 2024, 02:54:21 AM »

An article in the San Francisco Chronicle today reports that Costco has just opened up a new gas station with 32 pumps in San Jose. This compliments their other gas station in the same city with 40 pumps. It must be a real challenge keeping all of those huge pickups and SUVs filled.   ::)
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Re: Gas stations are still popular
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2024, 10:10:02 AM »

An article in the San Francisco Chronicle today reports that Costco has just opened up a new gas station with 32 pumps in San Jose. This compliments their other gas station in the same city with 40 pumps. It must be a real challenge keeping all of those huge pickups and SUVs filled.   ::)
But how many EV chargers there?


-Don-  Auburn, CA
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Re: Gas stations are still popular
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2024, 07:05:00 PM »

An article in the San Francisco Chronicle today reports that Costco has just opened up a new gas station with 32 pumps in San Jose. This compliments their other gas station in the same city with 40 pumps. It must be a real challenge keeping all of those huge pickups and SUVs filled.   ::)
But how many EV chargers there?


-Don-  Auburn, CA

No EV chargers were mentioned in the article - which is kind of my point in bringing up the subject. The big money is in selling gas. Reselling electricity to power EVs not so much - unless you are PG&E, of course.  ::)
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Re: Gas stations are still popular
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2024, 11:47:16 PM »

No EV chargers were mentioned in the article - which is kind of my point in bringing up the subject. The big money is in selling gas. Reselling electricity to power EVs not so much - unless you are PG&E, of course.  ::)
I recall that in the city of Sacramento, they made it illegal to open up a new gas station without EV chargers. 


But as usual, it means installing more where they are not as needed.


I would like to see more chargers out in the middle of nowhere.


In NV, EV-connect does a great job of that. But nobody else does.


Here is where I charged up three days ago.


And here two days ago.




Both places are out in the middle of nowhere of the NV desert.




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