Charging, by the kind of place.
8 place types with enough public stations for a guide of their own — hotels, workplaces, dealerships, parking lots — and what each one is actually good for.
- Place types
- 8
- Stations in hubs
- 3,766
- States
- 21
- Cities
- 1,155
Choose a place type
Most stations firstParking garages and lots
Chargers in multi-storey garages, surface lots and park-and-ride sites — the largest place type in the directory.
- Stations
- 743
- States
- 18
- Cities
- 322
Workplaces
Chargers at offices and business parks, where the car sits for the length of a working day.
- Stations
- 599
- States
- 16
- Cities
- 312
Dealerships
Chargers at car dealers — the place type with the highest share of DC fast in the directory.
- Stations
- 594
- States
- 20
- Cities
- 403
Hotels and lodging
Hotel and motel chargers, mostly AC, with the Tesla plug alongside J1772 at many sites.
- Stations
- 509
- States
- 18
- Cities
- 329
Schools and universities
Campus chargers at colleges, universities and schools, almost entirely AC.
- Stations
- 372
- States
- 16
- Cities
- 188
Residential buildings
Chargers at apartment buildings and residential complexes, mostly AC and often for residents.
- Stations
- 361
- States
- 13
- Cities
- 203
Shopping centers
Retail parking lot chargers, with a higher DC fast share than most place types.
- Stations
- 307
- States
- 15
- Cities
- 169
Street parking
Kerbside and on-street chargers in dense urban areas, almost all AC.
- Stations
- 281
- States
- 12
- Cities
- 47
8 pages. A station can belong to more than one group, so the totals overlap and do not add up to the directory.
Questions
How these pages are builtWhat is a place-type page?
It groups the directory's stations by what the site is — a hotel, a workplace, a dealership, a shopping center — rather than by network or connector. The grouping comes from the place field on each station record, so a station appears on exactly one of these pages.
Which place type has the most EV chargers?
Parking garages and lots is the largest group with 743 stations, followed by workplaces at 599 and dealerships at 594.
Which place type is fastest?
Dealerships has the highest share of DC fast charging: 353 of its 594 stations charge at 50 kW or more. Hotels, workplaces and street parking are the other end of the scale — almost all AC.
Are all of these chargers open to the public?
Not necessarily. A charger in a residents' garage or a staff parking lot can be in the directory because the record lists it, not because anyone can drive in. The station page carries the access line the record holds, and the hours it records.