EV Charging Map Screensaver
The EV Charging Map screensaver plots real public electric-vehicle charging stations near a chosen city, drawn live from the Open Charge Map network. It's free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
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Press ESC to leave fullscreen. Settings are saved in your browser only.
How the EV Charging Map screensaver works
The saver queries Open Charge Map's public database for real charging stations near your chosen city.
Each station appears as a dot sized by how many connectors it has.
A running count shows the real total number of stations found nearby.
Pick from a few starter cities, including Toronto by default.
Open Charge Map and how charging data is gathered
Open Charge Map describes itself as a non-commercial, non-profit service listing charging locations, supported by a community of businesses, charities, developers and other interested parties. Its data comes from community contributions, where users submit new locations and edits that go into review queues before publication, and from imports from other sources, which are also held for approval. Operators can also share data feeds. Each record describes a site, its address and the connectors on offer.
Connectors are the plugs: for example Type 2 and CCS in Europe, and J1772, CCS or NACS in North America, with CHAdeMO for some older models. A single location can hold several charging points, and each point can have several connector types, so the number of dots and the number of vehicles that can charge are not the same thing. Speed also varies a lot, from slow alternating-current posts to high-power direct-current chargers.
Because the data is community maintained, coverage can be uneven. New sites can be missing and removed ones can linger in the database. Details like power ratings and operational status are only as current as the last person or operator who updated them. A density of dots in a city reflects both real infrastructure and how well that city has been mapped.
A worked example
Set it to Toronto and dots spread across the real charging network there — each one an actual public station logged in Open Charge Map, not a placeholder.
Settings & tips
- City re-centers the map on a different metro area.
- Accent recolours the station dots.
- Open Charge Map is community-maintained — coverage varies by region.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this every charger everywhere?
- It's Open Charge Map's real, community-maintained database — extensive in many regions, but coverage isn't universal.
- Is a key needed?
- No key is required for this light, periodic use of the public database.
- Does it show real-time availability?
- It shows real station locations and connector counts; live in-use status isn't part of the free tier.
- Is it free?
- Yes — free, no download, in your browser.
- What is the difference between a station and a connector?
- A station is a location, which may contain several charging points. Each point offers one or more connectors, the physical plugs a vehicle uses.
- Why might a charger I know is missing?
- The dataset is maintained by contributors and operators, and new submissions are reviewed before publication, so new or small installations may not have been added yet.
- Does a larger dot mean faster charging?
- Not necessarily. It reflects the number of connectors recorded, which says how many plugs there are, not how much power each delivers.