Your Neighbor’s EV Charger Could Make More Money Than an Exxon Gas Station (And Nobody Knows Yet)
Los Angeles has officially lost its mind. Rich people are now renting their swimming pools to strangers. Not kidding. A startup called Swimply lets people book backyard pools by the hour like it’s an Airbnb for cannonballs.
Kids’ birthday parties. Influencers. Bachelor parties.Random strangers showing up at your house with floaties. And some hosts are pulling in $40k–$60k a year renting a hole full of water.
Which raises an obvious question. If people will pay strangers to swim in their backyard…
Why the hell aren’t we renting EV chargers yet?
America’s Dumbest Untapped Goldmine
Look around your neighborhood tonight. Behind thousands of garage doors are EV chargers doing absolutely nothing. Idle. Sleeping. Basically expensive wall decorations.
Meanwhile EV drivers are roaming the streets like it’s Mad Max but with iPhones, desperately searching for a plug. You can buy a charger for $400. Install it in your driveway.
And suddenly you’re sitting on something more valuable than your lawn. Electric fuel.
Your Garage = Gas Station
For the past 100 years the energy business was simple. Gas station owners printed money. Companies like ExxonMobil and Shell got rich because drivers had exactly one option: Pull in. Pump gas. Pay up.
But electricity breaks that model completely. Electricity is everywhere. Your house already has it. Your garage already has it. Your driveway could literally be the neighborhood gas station.
The $20 Outlet That Could Replace a Gas Pump
Here’s the insane part. You don’t need a giant charging plaza. You don’t need a billion-dollar energy company.
You need:
• a wall outlet
• an EV charger
• a driveway
That’s it. Congratulations. You’re now in the energy business.
The Coming “Driveway Economy”
The gig economy started with:
• Spare bedrooms (Airbnb)
• Extra cars (Uber)
• Backyard pools (Swimply)
Next up? Driveways. Imagine opening an app and seeing chargers all over your neighborhood. Not corporate ones. Normal houses. Normal people. Selling electricity the same way people sell coffee, parking spaces, or hot dogs. Suddenly your quiet suburban street has 10 micro gas stations. And the owners are your neighbors.
The Energy Revolution Nobody Sees Coming
Here’s the truth the giant charging companies don’t want to admit: They’re trying to solve EV charging like it’s still 1955. Build giant stations. Spend millions. Hope drivers show up. Meanwhile millions of chargers already exist. They’re just locked behind garage doors. The moment those doors open… The energy business stops belonging to oil companies. And starts belonging to everyone else.
The Wildest Part
People will happily rent their pool to strangers. But they haven’t realized yet that their EV charger is more valuable than the pool. One is for cannonballs. The other powers transportation. One sells fun. The other sells fuel.
The Question
When the EV revolution fully hits… will the energy stations be owned by giant corporations? Or by regular people with a driveway and a plug? Because if it’s the second one… Your boring suburban garage might be the next Exxon station on your block.
