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As far as fuel stations, most corner gas stations probably wouldn't. Pilot/Flying J is installing chargers at many of their stations though. Even the smaller ones usually have some kind of food service in them. 15-20 minutes can give you a significant addition to your range.
One of the not-so-secret secrets of gas stations is they don't really make much money on the gas. They really want you to come in and buy stuff. I can see chargers being viable at any gas station that has even a subway or McDonalds attached.

For that matter, there's an idea. Food chains should start adding chargers, not just along major highways, but in cities. Need to charge, you are going to choose to eat at the place with a charger.
I know in Chicago there are numerous Fast Chargers at Whole Foods, Target, Costco. That would help range anxiety.
 

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Near me, now that I look, closest charging stations are: about 5 miles, at a high school, they may not allow the general public to just park in their parking lot and charge, 8 miles, at a public park, well, many parks or city buildings in the city, a Shell station over 10 miles, and then the car dealers, mall, and other stores around the freeway around 13-15 miles away.
When the Pilot chargers open up that will be about 7 miles, if the closest Walmart adds them, about the same.
Every one of these chargers is west of me. To the east, over 30 miles to the nearest charger.
So currently if I needed to go somewhere and charge, just to charge, 8-12 miles to just sit around while charging, 13+ to shop, or sit down and eat or similar while charging. I can see that if Walmart put one in, it would see some use, and many charging would be shopping at the same time.
Realizing the closest park in that city, surrounded by residential, about 5 miles from me, doesn't have charging, neither does the one right by that walmart. Realizing the city left out the east side on something again.
 
 
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