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As an American, I'm jealous of this policy. If all gas stations in the US were required to provide EV charging, there would be a significant uptick in EV adoption. Even if they don't end up getting used, the value is in the peace-of-mind for people currently on the edge of making the switch to EVs. It's a great way to encourage EV adoption, second only to straight cash incentives.

Another thing to consider is the assumption that home charging is always feasible. I would love an EV, but it simply doesn't make sense where I rent.

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If this were enacted in the U.S. I would expect the parking spots with charge ports to be filled for hours at a time, using up parking spots for the convenience store. Not the end of the world, but gas station operators and non-electric customers would probably find it annoying.

Gas stations are setup to service cars in minutes; to re-charge a similar number of electric cars in the same time would require either new battery technology that can be charged at something like 30C or a huge parking lot. Having more chargers around is a good thing, but gas stations aren't ideal for more than an occasional customer. It might be good in rural areas though that wouldn't otherwise have any chargers, as a sort of emergency backup charging location if some unwary traveler finds themselves without enough charge to get to the nearest city.

All new public charging stations really need to be Level 3. The only new Level 2 chargers that should be going in are ones where people already park for hours at a time (overnight street parking, apartment buildings, etc.)

Honestly people don't want to go to a gas station and wait and watch people fill up while their car charges, they'll park somewhere where they can get out, sit in a cafe, do some shopping, go to work, or go to sleep - in short people use chargers in a different way than they use gas pumps.

I think there is a place for gas stations with chargers .... along the interstate .... but not in cities

Aren't many gas stations in cities located in places where you could get out, sit in a cafe, do some shopping or whatever?

they tend to be on busy streets or corners where people can stop fill up and leave quickly - as I mentioned above electric cars just don't charge that fast, no one in an electric car wants to sit watching people gassing up - better that they leave the car for an hour and do something important in their lives - it really is a different way of thinking about how you use a vehicle

As an American with an EV this seems out of touch. I've lived downtown and in suburbs and gas stations have never been nearby.

Street parking needs EV charging and gas stations maybe need fast charging but not normal level 2 charging.

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