It’s not because they’ve hired more gas station attendants. The gas station of the future is going to have to mirror the diversity of its clientele. But the gas station also will likely be a place where you can pick up your order from Amazon after it was delivered to the station by drone. In essence, your gas station becomes a giant post office box or a personal concierge — a convenient one-stop shop for the sharing economy as it blossoms. The busiest time for the gas station of 2035 may be at 2 a.m. when autonomous driving cars are programmed to take themselves to the station to fill up for the next morning’s drive to the office.

Source: Forbes April 18, 2017 20:06 UTC