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Only 16% of U.S. Fast-Charging Stations Meet Federal NEVI Standards, New ChargingNear.me Open Data Shows
Free daily dataset maps 878 highway stretches where EV drivers go more than 50 miles between fast chargers; the longest runs 376.6 miles across Montana
EDWARDS, Colo. — November 2026 — ChargingNear.me, the EV charging finder that tracks 58,139 public charging locations across all 50 states and DC, today released free open data showing that only 2,545 of the country's 15,926 open public DC fast-charging stations meet the federal NEVI minimums. Those minimums call for four CCS ports that can each deliver 150 kW, within 1 mile of a designated Alternative Fuel Corridor.
The Colorado and US EV Charging Open Data page publishes 18 files in CSV and JSON. They are rebuilt every day from the U.S. Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center station data and released under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license.
Key findings as of November 5, 2026:
- 2,545 of 15,926 open public DC fast stations (16%) pass the federal NEVI station minimums. The other 13,381 fall short on port count, charging power or distance from a corridor, and the file lists the reason for each.
- 878 stretches of U.S. Interstates, U.S. highways and designated EV corridors run more than 50 miles between fast chargers. 307 of them are on FHWA-designated Alternative Fuel Corridors.
- The longest gap is 376.6 miles, on US-2 from the Idaho line to Havre, Montana. Three more gaps of 270 miles or longer run through Montana, Idaho and Kansas.
"Drivers don't need another map of where chargers are. They need to know where they aren't, and which ones can actually charge a car fast," said Ross D. Blankenship, founder of ChargingNear.me. "We made this data free so state energy offices, planners, reporters and developers can use it today and cite it."
Every file includes a row count, version, last-updated date, column dictionary, methodology and a "Cite as" line. Agencies can request a weekly file in any format through the For Agencies page. Developers and AI assistants can pull the same data through ChargingNear.me's free EV charging API and MCP server.
Drivers can use the same data on ChargingNear.me to find EV charging stations near them by plug type, network and charging speed, with 273,136 ports across 129 networks.
About ChargingNear.me: ChargingNear.me is a free EV charging station finder covering all 50 states and DC, with open data, a free API and an MCP server for AI assistants. It is built by Wins Parking, LLC, a parking and EV charging design, build and management company operating since 2016.
Media contact: Ross D. Blankenship · reserve@winsparking.com · (970) 279-1744
Data source: U.S. Department of Energy, Alternative Fuels Data Center Station Locator. Cite as: ChargingNear.me, "U.S. DC fast stations checked against NEVI minimums," US EV Charging Open Data, version 5, November 5, 2026, CC BY 4.0.