Where is the future of gas stations?

Our company is also a gas station, but we are a private enterprise. The delisting plans of traditional fuel vehicles announced by Europe, America and China have a great impact on our traditional industries. What is the future of gas stations? Will they disappear? Or in what role? Let's analyze it together.

By the end of 2020, the number of motor vehicles in China was 372 million, including 2,865.438 billion vehicles and 4.92 million new energy vehicles. Fuel trucks are still being produced at present, and it will take at least several decades to digest such a huge quantity.

Therefore, the gas station will not quit the historical stage in a short time, but its function is different from now. How short is this "short time"? It should be no less than 50 years. So don't worry about the disappearance of gas stations for the time being.

It is only a matter of time before traditional fuel vehicles finally withdraw from the market. For gas stations, the time to withdraw from the market is definitely later than that of fuel vehicles. So what do gas stations do in the future and what role do they need to play?

1, as a power station.

At present, new energy vehicles are mainly electric energy. Due to technical bottleneck, the charging efficiency is very low. It is often seen that there are queues waiting for charging in parking lots and service areas.

Compared with the charging pile, the power exchange station occupies a small area and has high working efficiency. It only takes a few minutes to change the battery, which is about the same as adding oil once.

The power exchange mode is actively promoted by the state, and setting up power exchange stations at gas stations has better application scenarios and space. Recently, Weilai Automobile and Sinopec joined hands to change power stations in the same layout, which is a good example.

2. Act as a hydrogenation station

As a clean, efficient, safe and sustainable energy, hydrogen energy is considered as the most promising clean energy in 2 1 century. Although there are few achievements at present, it will still be the research direction of new energy in the next 20 years, and hydrogen energy will eventually be the best choice for human beings to use clean energy.

The breakthrough of hydrogen energy technology research will be the beginning of the explosion of hydrogen energy vehicles. By then, hydrogen refueling stations will be all over the country like gas stations now. It is not difficult to transform a gas station into a hydrogen refueling station. Personnel can go to work as long as they are trained, and changing from gas station to hydrogen refueling station can achieve "zero waiting".

3. Comprehensive service places

At present, gas stations only take refueling as their main function. With the development of society, their functions will become more and more abundant. In addition to basic services such as refueling, changing electricity and charging hydrogen, other attributes will be added, such as leisure catering, clothing, shoes and hats, car beauty, fruits and vegetables. The gas station will become a comprehensive service place to provide consumers with more convenient services.

Gas stations will not disappear in a short time unless there is an alternative energy source that can last for a long time and can be recharged at home. Going to a gas station in the future is no longer a gas station, but a comprehensive place for changing electricity, hydrogenation and enjoying convenient services.

There is no need to feel sorry for yourself for people who work in gas stations. With the development of the times, learning skills and mastering technology, like gas stations, will always be useful!

Let me introduce the future of gas stations in detail. What is the development trend of gas stations? I think this topic is particularly interesting. Will gas stations have a future? Isn't there always a gas station? But when you think about it, it's really not like that. Gas stations will definitely be subverted by charging piles or another new product in the future.

First of all, with the increasing number of single-station service vehicles, it is necessary to greatly improve the service efficiency of gas stations, mainly by improving the service quality of gas stations, improving the location and layout of gas stations, and increasing non-oil services to improve single-station service vehicles and increase single-station efficiency. Using high-tech facilities and equipment to improve the service level and efficiency of gas stations.

Secondly, the liberalization of oil prices and fierce competition will eventually lead to the continuous decline of refined oil profits, so that the balance point of sales profits will continue to move up, so that gas stations with poor location and low efficiency will withdraw from the market.

Thirdly, the gradual improvement of environmental protection laws and regulations will inevitably lead to the increase of investment in gas station construction, forcing inefficient gas stations to gradually withdraw from the market.

Future development trend of gas station: towards network chain operation

Whether it is a chain gas station, a rental station with its own business or a franchise station, branded chain operation may be the way to reduce costs and compete for customers, but it is not necessarily the only way. Networking gas stations, building networks and intelligence are better means of competition. For example, the national refueling platform is to realize the connection between car owners and gas stations, thus improving the operational efficiency of gas stations.

Provide a variety of energy supply schemes

As a station providing energy supply for automobiles, gas stations must constantly adapt to the development of automobile energy technology with specific and accurate service targets and special functional positioning requirements. Gas stations can no longer be the only purpose of refueling. From passenger cars to trucks, more new available energy sources such as energy supply methods, charging stations and hydrogen energy are needed.

The service is more humanized and personalized

Do you mean the operating mode of oil companies or gas stations?

Oil companies, especially oil companies and refineries in Shandong, must take the road of alliance, keep warm in groups, "three lines, one reduction and one supplement", go out to sea to find high-quality oil sources and explore overseas markets. The same price is better than two barrels of oil, winning loyal customers.

The number of gas stations in China is generally on the rise.

From 2010 to 2020, the number of gas stations in China is on the rise, which is consistent with the trend of road construction and car ownership in China. By 2020, the total number of gas stations in China will reach 1 19000, of which the two main gas stations account for about 45% of the total number of gas stations in China, private gas stations account for about 50%, and CNOOC Sinochem and foreign gas stations account for the remaining 5%. However, in terms of sales volume, the two main sales accounted for more than 70%, and the remaining 30% sales contributors were CNOOC Sinochem foreign-funded and private gas stations.

China gas station market concentration is high.

The two main gas stations of state-owned gas stations are PetroChina and Sinopec. By the end of 2020, Sinopec has 307 13 gas stations and PetroChina has 226 19 gas stations. The two main gas stations, Sinopec and PetroChina, account for about 45% of the total number of gas stations in China. Private gas stations account for about 50%, and CNOOC Sinochem and foreign gas stations account for the remaining 5%. Among them, foreign gas stations are still mainly in the form of Sino-foreign joint ventures, mainly including Shell, ExxonMobil, BP and Total. Foreign-funded enterprises have their own unique advantages in brand, management, digital marketing and pricing. The participation of foreign-funded enterprises not only intensifies the industry competition, but also promotes the traditional state-owned and private gas stations to improve the service quality and promote the overall transformation and upgrading of the industry.

China gas station has great room for non-oil business development.

Judging from the operating status of gas stations in China, the operation of gas stations in China has two characteristics: high profit and large room for development of non-oil business. From the profit point of view, the gross profit margin of domestic representative enterprises such as CNOOC, PetroChina, Sinopec and other gas stations has been maintained at a high level, while the gross profit margin of small oil companies has been maintained at around 10%, which is at a high level. From the perspective of the development space of non-oil business, the profit of non-oil business in China accounts for a small proportion of total sales profit and has a large development space.

Judging from the current development of gas stations in China, there are some problems, such as low management level, backward retail format, and low qualified rate of gas metering. Compared with foreign gas stations, PetroChina and Sinopec, which represent China, still have some problems such as low degree of organization and backward management methods. Judging from the retail format, there are still many scattered low-level gas stations in China, which are in a backward state. At the same time, in the investigation report of unannounced visits to thousands of gas stations from 2020 to 2002/KLOC-0, 800 gas stations met the national verification standard with an error of 3‰, and 509 Sinopec gas stations were randomly selected, with 469 qualified, with a qualified rate of 92%; 7/kloc-0 gas stations were randomly selected, and 54 of them were qualified in measurement, with a qualified rate of 76%; 424 private gas stations were randomly selected, and 277 were qualified, with a qualified rate of 65%. The qualified rate of refueling accuracy in China gas station is nearly 80%, and there is much room for improvement.

China gas station will be diversified.

Judging from the development status of China gas station market, China gas station is mainly developing in the direction of diversification, two-level scale differentiation, network operation and remote centralized management. Among them, diversification is mainly reflected in that in addition to the traditional sales of refined oil, gas stations must find new profit growth points and carry out diversified services; The scale polarization is reflected in the following aspects: urban gas stations will develop in the direction of small size, one machine with multiple devices, while expressway gas stations will gradually develop into large service communities; Network management and remote centralized management are produced under the general trend of intelligence. With the continuous improvement of the Internet, the remote centralized management of gas stations will replace the current background management system of gas stations, thus realizing the optimization of oil inventory, distribution and transportation.

—— The above data refer to the Analysis Report on Market Foresight and Investment Strategic Planning of China Gas Station Industry by Forward-looking Industry Research Institute.