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Gas Station Converts To Electric Charging Station And Speeds Ahead Of Curve

As the electric car industry ramps up, one gas station in Takoma Park, Md., changed lanes and became an electric vehicle-charging station. The owner hopes to motivate other stations to make the shift.
RS Automotive station's electric chargers look similar to their predecessors.

The electric car industry is expanding, and at least one business owner is capitalizing on that growth. RS Automotive — the first U.S. gas station fully converted to an electric vehicle-charging station — opened a month ago in Takoma Park, Md.

A brand new blue and white sign reads EV charging, replacing where the dollar and cents gas price listings stood. From afar the station's electric chargers don't look too different from their predecessors. Some drivers still think they can still

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