A Brief History of the Gasoline Service Station

[kvietor]

The gas station began to show up around the country around 1905-1910. That's about 10 years after the first automobiles were sold in the US.

http://faculty.quinnipiac.edu/charm/CHARM%20proceedings/CHARM%20article%20archive%20pdf%20format/Volume%206%201993/455%20beckman%20jones.pdf


An interesting statement on the first page. "For many years, however, the automobile remained a 'rich man's toy'..."

Reading through the document, it's interesting to note that the infrastucture for charging today's electric vehicles is following a similar, if not shortened, timetable if you consider the Roadster was introduced in 2008.

 

[ggies07]

Interesting. Thanks for the history lesson! Another piece of info to use against the statement "tesla is just a toy"

 

[jerry33]

Electric vehicles outsold gas vehicles until 1915 when the electric starter was invented.