Maryland Service Station Owner Unloads Pumps for Electric Vehicle Chargers

With the focus on electric cars and the introduction of a more robust charging infrastructure in the United States, one might think that old service stations would have been converted back into charging stations for electric vehicles . Until recently, you would have been wrong.

It turns out to be obvious, but nobody has done so until Depeswar Doley intervenes this summer at his gas station in Takoma Park, Maryland, according to a report released Thursday by CNBC.

His station, RS Automotives, has been around since the late 1950s, but it was not until that year that he began to question the way gas companies do business and to consider reassessing his business. business model. He was not totally convinced that trading his pumps for chargers would be the way to go until his daughter pushed him to the limit.

At present, Maryland has approximately 21,000 electric vehicles registered for on-road use. Although it's not a huge number compared to cities like California, it also lacks charging stations, which results in long waits. In addition to that, there is an electric taxi business operating in and around Takoma Park, and the two chargers in the city just did not work.

"You notice that there are not many electric vehicles on the roads," said Doley in a statement to CNBC. "So it's not something I'm expecting to get rich overnight or something like that, but it's a good cause [and] good for the environment. "

RS Automotives has four DC fast chargers with a power rating of 200 kilowatts, which means that customers can enter and exit fast enough and wait 30 minutes before their car reaches 80% load, they can access automated system. convenience store where screens display the prices of each of the four chargers.

What's even cooler is that Mr. Doley did not have to go out of his pocket to switch from dino squeezin to angry pixies. The Electric Vehicle Institute and the Maryland Energy Administration assisted by co-financing a $ 786,000 grant.

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