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EV charging in California

20,987 charging locations are on the federal register across California, spread over 718 places and 63 networks, with 77,525 ports in total. That is the largest count of any state.

Charging locations
20,987
1st of 52 states
Total ports
77,525
DC fast share
24.0%
2,751 sites
Ports per 10k residents
19.70
3rd by density

Places with the most charging

top 17
Place Locations Ports DC fast share
Los Angeles 2,100 10,441 5.2%
San Diego 986 3,465 19.6%
Irvine 802 1,909 8.5%
San Jose 670 2,824 20.0%
San Francisco 610 1,838 13.2%
Sacramento 518 1,888 19.7%
Santa Clara 387 960 5.4%
Menlo Park 324 700 6.9%
San Mateo 282 768 20.8%
Oakland 276 905 20.1%
Anaheim 255 787 24.3%
Santa Monica 247 776 21.1%
Sunnyvale 227 987 9.3%
Long Beach 219 661 17.7%
Palo Alto 217 968 5.8%
South San Francisco 206 616 17.2%
Redwood City 202 462 4.3%

Charging networks

ChargePoint 14,209 766 fast
68%
Not part of a network 1,383 629 fast
7%
Tesla Destination 754
4%
Tesla 654 10,963 fast
3%
Blink 605 87 fast
3%
Loop 538 71 fast
3%
FLO 456 1 fast
2%
EVgo 404 2,041 fast
2%
Electrify America 328 1,499 fast
2%
PowerFlex 242 143 fast
1%

Connector availability

J1772 AC 17,762
77%
CCS (J1772 Combo) DC fast 2,076
9%
Tesla / NACS AC or DC 1,924
8%
CHAdeMO DC fast 1,183
5%
NEMA 14-50 AC 140
<1%
NEMA 5-15 AC 47
<1%
NEMA 5-20 AC 30
<1%
J3271 AC 2
<1%

About this data

Source is the Alternative Fuels Data Center's public station register. Port counts are configured capacity as reported by operators, not live availability.