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EV charging in San Luis Obispo, California

The federal register lists 122 charging locations in and around San Luis Obispo, offering 357 ports between them. Of those, 16 sites have DC fast charging. That is the 34th highest count in California.

Charging locations
122
Total ports
357
DC fast share
23.8%
85 fast ports
Ports per 10k residents
70.5
population 50,636 (2025)

Overview

San Luis Obispo, CA has 122 charging locations on the federal register, offering 357 ports between them — the 34th largest count in California.

16 of the 122 locations have at least one DC fast port, or 13.1% of sites.

9 different charging networks operate in San Luis Obispo, CA, which in practice means carrying more than one app or card.

Against a population of 50,636, that is 70.50 ports per 10,000 residents.

Charging networks

ChargePoint 97 8 fast
80%
Not part of a network 10 1 fast
8%
Tesla Destination 6
5%
Tesla 3 54 fast
2%
Blink 2
2%
EVgo 1 2 fast
<1%
Flipturn 1 2 fast
<1%
Electrify America 1 10 fast
<1%

Connector availability

how many sites list each connector
J1772 AC 104
76%
CCS (J1772 Combo) DC fast 12
9%
CHAdeMO DC fast 10
7%
Tesla / NACS AC or DC 9
7%
NEMA 5-20 AC 1
<1%

Charging locations

largest 25 of 122
Site Network Ports DC fast Access
Cuesta Community College Lot 2A Blink 40 Public
San Luis Obispo, CA - Higuera Street - Tesla Supercharger Tesla 20 20 Public
San Luis Obispo, CA - Madonna Road - Tesla Supercharger Tesla 18 18 Public
San Luis Obispo, CA - Los Osos Valley Road - Tesla Supercharger Tesla 16 16 Public
Costco San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, CA) Electrify America 10 10 Public
California Men's Colony Prison Not part of a network 10 Private
San Luis Obispo, CA - Tesla Destination Tesla Destination 9 Public
Quality Suites SLO Evcs 8 8 Public
SLO Ranch Farms and Marketplace - Tesla Destination Tesla Destination 8 Public
Target Not part of a network 6 Public
Coast Nissan Not part of a network 5 1 Public
Home Depot Not part of a network 5 Public
Marigold Center EVgo 3 2 Public
Caltrans - District 5 Not part of a network 3 Private
Conserv Fuel SLO Flipturn 2 2 Public
San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District Not part of a network 2 Private
Marsh Street Parking Structure Not part of a network 2 Public
Caltrans - District 5 Not part of a network 2 Private
Tolosa Winery - Tesla Destination Tesla Destination 2 Public
Quaglino Prop Station 2 ChargePoint 2 Public
3196 3196-3220 #1 ChargePoint 2 Public
Calpoly Grand Ev2 ChargePoint 2 Public
Calpoly Lot H2 Ev4 ChargePoint 2 Public
Lexington Inn - San Luis Obispo - Tesla Destination Tesla Destination 2 Public
Marc Air - Tesla Destination Tesla Destination 2 Public

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About this data

Data comes from the Alternative Fuels Data Center's public station register. It covers publicly reported charging infrastructure; home chargers and unreported private installations do not appear. Port counts describe configured capacity, not live availability.