GetOffYourGas
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Elephanthead said:I wish gas stations would install CHAdeMO QCs and charge me $10 a half an hour. I would love to take my leaf on weekend trips. I can stop and take a constitutional break for at least 20 minutes with a borrowed newspaper. If they rented it 4 times a day on average I think they would eventually get payback. They don't make anything selling gas but they would probably make 12 bucks off my drink purchases for me and the kids. Sometimes the kids weasel in a $10 toy that cost the store 20 cents. That is more profit then 500 gallons of gas.
I'm not sure where you are, but around here, 4x a day 7 days a week is highly optimistic, at least in the short term. But long term, it really depends on getting the cost of installation low enough for a business owner to see a potential benefit. I would gladly pay a lot more than the cost of electricity for this convenience, but at $10 a session, 4x a day, 365 days a year, that's $14,600/year. It would take several years to recoup the initial investment.