Comment by byoung2

Comment by byoung2 8 days ago

7 replies

It is hard to predict a new advancement in EV technology, but if we get to a point where an EV is cheaper than the equivalent ICE and charges faster than you can gas up (so about twice as fast as the fastest EV today), and has a longer range than the equivalent ICE, then people will buy more of them. Then we will start to see more EV chargers than gas stations.

Advancements in AI might make it possible to have attendant-less stations if you can have automated sales of snacks and other merchandise, and automated payments for chargers and gas, maybe you don't need an attendant on duty 24/7

nevon 8 days ago

Automated payment is already very much the norm. Just put in your credit card before refueling.

Vending machines solved the automated snack sales decades ago, except for the restocking.

  • byoung2 8 days ago

    I meant that a lot of people still pay cash for gas, but a move toward more electronic payments or at least an automated cash kiosk would let you get rid of those last use cases for a human attendant to take cash

barbazoo 8 days ago

And they’ll need to be as cheap or cheaper than an ICE car :)