How it works

1Dropping the pin pulls this automatically

Pin the spot on the parcel where chargers would go. Within a few seconds each item below appears as a ✓ with its source, fills its answer in the survey, and — where marked — feeds the score.

• Address, county, state, ZIP OpenStreetMap; FCC Census Block API (federal)→ address ✓ row, PDF
• Traffic on the nearest counted road (cars/day) and the road name FHWA highway data from each state DOT, 2024 or latest (federal); Caltrans first in California→ traffic ✓, nearest-road ✓ · score: traffic
• DC fast chargers within 10 miles — networks, ports, nearest Tesla Supercharger NREL / Alternative Fuels Data Center (U.S. DOE); backups OpenChargeMap, OpenStreetMap, supercharge.info (Tesla only)→ 5-mile map, PDF table · score: competition
• Level 2 chargers within 5 miles NREL / AFDC, then OpenChargeMap→ 5-mile map (upgrade prospects)
• EVs registered within 5 miles the state’s own registrations by ZIP — California DMV, Washington Dept. of Licensing (more states as added); each ZIP counted for the share of it inside 5 miles (Census ZIP boundaries)→ ✓ row with the ZIP list, PDF · score: EVs nearby
• EVs registered in the state AFDC (U.S. DOE)→ ✓ row, overview map
• Electric utility and its average commercial rate HIFLD / Oak Ridge service territories; EIA-861 (federal)→ utility ✓ (a “check” when two utilities cover the spot), PDF
• Power at the pin — the nearest circuit’s published room and its substation the utility’s own load / EV hosting-capacity map, where it publishes one (PG&E, SCE, SDG&E, Con Ed, National Grid and others)→ ✓ row, PDF · score: power
• Nearest substations and transmission lines HIFLD substations (2022 copy); Esri federal transmission-line archive→ ✓ row, amber pins on the map, PDF
• Parcel number, land use, acres, owner or tax mailing address, zoning state and county parcel records where public (CA counties, CAL FIRE, FL, NC, TX, WI, MA, NY, MT, OH, WA, UT, IN); local zoning maps where published→ APN, owner, zoning, parcel-record ✓ rows — marked “to confirm”
• County assessor link the county’s own assessor site→ link on the pin screen, for anything a record didn’t show
• Satellite views — the lot close-up and a 5-mile area map Esri World Imagery→ aerial photo slot, photo board, area map
• Google Street View and satellite links at the pin Google Maps→ PDF, email, survey view — so Nick can walk the site himself
• Surveyed before? this app’s own records — a pin within 75 m or the same street address→ update the earlier survey, or start a new one

Anything a source can’t answer is shown as “—” and left blank — never guessed — and scores neutral, not zero. On the Power gear screen, the phone also reads the panel or transformer label from your photo (Cloudflare AI); you confirm the numbers.

2Your few jobs

1. Stand where chargers would go and tap 📍 Use my GPS. Give the spot a short name.
2. Answer a few yes/no questions about the lot, and count or estimate the parking stalls.
3. Note any chargers already on the lot.
4. Photograph the labels on the electric meter, panel or utility transformer — or tick locked and move on.
5. Photograph the street front and the lot as they are today — Google’s pictures can be years old.
6. Tap Submit survey. Done.

No opinions, no counting cars — just what is there today and what Google can’t see. Every screen tells you what to do, and won’t let you skip a step that matters.

3What comes out

• Score 0–100 and a tier, worked out only from the facts above: traffic, access, power, charging on site, competition nearby, lot size and the EVs registered near the site.
  A ≥70 act nowB ≥50 investigateC ≥30 holdD pass
• A site-evaluation PDF, emailed to you and the review team.
• The 5-mile map — DC fast and Level 2 chargers and substations around the site.
• A read-only survey view — every answer and photo, no PDF needed.
• The pipeline dashboard — every site ranked by score, with what to pursue next.