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Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Charging, Too (www.thedrive.com)
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[โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

If the argument is that it's a good business idea, then the mandate shouldn't need to exist, since companies would do it on their own.

My own guess is that it makes more sense in restaurant parking lots. People will take a while there, whereas gas stations are aimed at quickly getting someone in and out.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago

    Capitalism only in theory makes good business ideas happen by itself. The reality is that opportunism, stranded assets, and ideologival affiliations are in the way.

    It is a good business idea, when EVs become the standard. But for the fossil lobby making that happen as lare as possible or preventing it in the first place will always be more attractive, as that is the business they are invested with hundreds of billions in, that is the business where they have the control and that is the business where they have the network of autocracies and corrupt governments doing their bidding.

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