"[INSERT COMPANY] is an evil corporation" is a needless truism. All corporations are evil by definition.
this post was submitted on 01 Dec 2025
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but some are more evil than others.
I don't think Aldi or Costco are evil corporations. If we just say "All corporations are evil" then it allows the truly evil shit to slip by. Like yea, I get the "Oh there are some good ones" argument is stupid. But I think it's important to at least pinpoint and expose the specific decisions that are made which are truly evil.
Could’ve sold them to someone. But no, like the EV1 they must be dismantled and destroyed.
These were likely paid for with government stimulus money. If We had a different administration in power, they might have something to say about that (like clawing back a refund).
I think what we need is to get people together and work towards creating a new network using the cheapest most advanced available technology. Don't worry so much about fast charging because it's expensive, just strategically placed micro slow charging in parking lots of grocery stores. Make a deal where you split the profits or something.
There is no reason why they would have done this.
Money is a reason. Electricity can’t compete with oil on profit margins and (perhaps more importantly) market size.
Indeed, they shut them down because they want to stifle competition. My sentence was badly worded, rather "no good reason".
So taxpayer dollars funded these ffucks to the tube of 15 million (give or take a milly) to technology that Shell is now dismantling. ~190 employees lose their jobs. Thousands of retail charging locations disappear. Classic enshittification via acquisition. microsoft python flexing, embrace ,extend ,extinguish
bloody oil
Shell already runs an EV charging network called Shell Recharge. Sounds like they are consolidating.