“How petrol stations fight for survival”
Handelsblatt
Petrol stations have to “radically change” to cope with the transition to a more efficient and possibly largely electric transport system, write Franz Hubik and Regine Palm in Handelsblatt. Petrol stations could become mobility stations offering cars, bicycles and other modes of transport to share, rent, exchange or clean, Thomas Schlick, mobility expert at Roland Berger, told the newspaper. The biggest threat could be autonomous driving, “because if the people don’t have to be there physically anymore, the best offers around the petrol pump are of little benefit – nobody will use them,” write Hubik and Palm.
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