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by fargle 480 days ago
> This does not seem likely as even by adding this many cars to the market, there’s no way they would sell at 25% of value

agree.

and how does decommissioning 2200 chargers cost $50M - $100M? that's $22K - $44K each.

you turn the breaker off. you don't need to rip the chargers out.

regardless of whether or not you think it's a good idea, breathlessly inflating it to "might be" a billion dollars does not convince me more.

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I'm thinking they might sell/license the rights (not sure if that's the right phrasing) to these charging stations along with the maintenance/repair costs to a private company. If they spend $100M to decommission them, I will be very surprised.
> a billion dollars does not convince me more.

Buying up gasoline vehicles and buying fossil fuel for them will cost money. But I don't think that'll be a billion dollars.