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The majority of petrol station traffic would be from the 'every day commuter', travelling to and from work.

And the majority of these 'every day commuters' would currently own conventional cars.

Those who drive electric cars would be charging their cars at home and as such hardly every need to stop in these stores.

By replacing conventional cars with EVs will only see that tight profit margin getting tighter.

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I wouldn't be surprised if I have made about as many convenience stops as I have made fuel stops (with fuel+convenience counting only as fuel).

And that's with me making few convenience stops. There's lots of people that get a coffee every day, they aren't buying gas each time.

Most of the people can't charge at home, it's not the US.

Why would anyone buy an electric car if they couldn't charge that car overnight in their own garage?

Because you can charge it in a few minutes at a gas station! Germans don't have garages, generally speaking - there's this concept that's a mystery to Americans called on-street parking.

Meaningless question because you won't have a garage in your life.

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