AFDC Electric Vehicle Charging Stations API

What you can build

AFDC station locations, charging ports, connector types, network, access restrictions, hours and source confirmation dates. Snapshot directory, not real-time charger occupancy or uptime. Stations, ports and connectors are different units; multiple connector types can share a port. Null counts remain unknown and free-text pricing is not standardized. Default retrieval selects available public stations; private, planned and temporarily unavailable records remain separately available. Use this dataset as a sourced input to an application, analytical model or retrieval tool. Retain its native dimensions when joining it with your own records.

Query AFDC Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

The example below is a real bounded request against the available release. Replace the environment variable with your server-side API credential. Review endpoint parameters and response schemas before changing selectors.

curl --fail --get "https://api.geoamcan.com/v1/transportation/ev-stations?state=CA&dc_fast_only=True&limit=1" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GEOAMCAN_API_KEY"

Saved response excerpt

{
  "requested_area": {
    "station_id": null,
    "state": "CA",
    "q": null,
    "status": "E",
    "access": "public",
    "connector": null,
    "network": null,
    "dc_fast_only": true,
    "lat": null,
    "lon": null,
    "radius_m": 5000,
    "bbox": null
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "station_id": 38521,
      "name": "City of Santa Monica - Civic Parking Garage",
      "state": "CA",
      "status_code": "E",
      "access_code": "public",
      "network": "Non-Networked",
      "connector_types": [
        "CHADEMO"
      ],
      "level1_ports": null,
      "level2_ports": 12,
      "dc_fast_ports": 2,
      "latitude": 34.010528,
      "longitude": -118.4898
    }
  ],
  "availability": {
    "status": "available",
    "source_updated_at": "2026-11-05T06:05:10Z",
    "coverage": [
      {
        "records": 5295,
        "access_code": "private",
        "status_code": "E"
      }
    ],
    "ordering": "native station ID ascending; radius results are not ranked by distance"
  },
  "snapshot": {
    "afdc-ev": {
      "release_id": 117,
      "release": "AFDC U.S. EV stations; source 2026-11-05T06:05:10Z",
      "fingerprint": "bf2c3738a3cb2cb2c1a66911d6257b17"
    }
  },
  "returned_count": 1,
  "complete": false,
  "next_offset": 1,
  "limitations": [
    "AFDC U.S. electric-station directory snapshot, not real-time charger occupancy, uptime, pricing or guaranteed access. Default results are public stations with source status E (available); private, planned and temporarily unavailable stations require explicit selectors. Station locations, charging ports/EVSE and connectors are different units; multiple connector types can share one port. Null port counts remain unknown, not zero; connector counts must not be summed into port totals. Source coordinate precision, restrictions, confirmation dates, unverified flags and free-text prices/hours remain explicit. Nearby straight-line distance is not driving distance, vehicle compatibility or a guarantee of charging availability."
  ],
  "source_attribution": {
    "afdc-ev": "U.S. Department of Energy Alternative Fuels Data Center, NREL (now National Laboratory of the Rockies); https://afdc.energy.gov/stations/"
  },
  "metric_definitions": {
    "station_id": {
      "unit": "station location",
      "meaning": "Native AFDC ID; related records are retained, not fuzzy-deduplicated"
    },
    "level1_ports": {
      "unit": "charging ports (EVSE)",
      "unavailable": "null, not zero"
    },
    "level2_ports": {
      "unit": "charging ports (EVSE)",
      "unavailable": "null, not zero"
    },
    "dc_fast_ports": {
      "unit": "charging ports (EVSE)",
      "unavailable": "null, not zero"
    },
    "connector_types": {
      "unit": "source connector codes",
      "meaning": "Multiple connector types may share one charging port"
    },
    "status_code": {
      "E": "Available in source directory",
      "P": "Planned",
      "T": "Temporarily unavailable"
    },
    "access_code": {
      "public": "Public access; source restrictions/hours still apply",
      "private": "Private access"
    },
    "distance_m": {
      "unit": "meters",
      "meaning": "Straight-line distance, not driving distance"
    }
  }
}

Captured 2026-11-05. Excerpt omits pagination credentials and may shorten nested records. Download verified source responses.

Coverage and interpretation

AFDC U.S. electric-station directory snapshot, not real-time charger occupancy, uptime, pricing or guaranteed access. Default results are public stations with source status E (available); private, planned and temporarily unavailable stations require explicit selectors. Station locations, charging ports/EVSE and connectors are different units; multiple connector types can share one port. Null port counts remain unknown, not zero; connector counts must not be summed into port totals. Source coordinate precision, restrictions, confirmation dates, unverified flags and free-text prices/hours remain explicit. Nearby straight-line distance is not driving distance, vehicle compatibility or a guarantee of charging availability.

The active release shown here is a catalog snapshot. Check the live catalog and response provenance for current readiness. The underlying public source and Geoamcan access terms are separate; consult the source’s licensing and attribution requirements.

Source and methodology

Source: US DOE / NREL (now NLR). Geoamcan is an independent API provider, with no agency affiliation or endorsement. Read our data methodology for source handling, geographic joins and update practices.

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