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Types of EV Charging

Trickle EV Charging

The slowest type of charging, this is best reserved for long overnight charges at home and is typically provided by a standard 3 pin plug, which lacks the safety features of a dedicated charging point.

Slow EV Charging

A better option for home charging, this allows for both top up and overnight charging through a dedicated charging point. A fixed charging solution provides a faster charge than that from a 3 pin socket.

Fast EV Charging

Ideal for top up charging, this can provide up to 60 Kilometers of range per hour of charging, or a full charge in a few hours. Fast chargers are ideal for keeping you going while out and about, and are typically found in public car parks via the Open Charge app.

Rapid EV Charging

Usually only found in motorway service stations, rapid chargers typically allow for around 80% charge in as little as 20 minutes. This is useful for longer road trips and journeys beyond your local area.

Data Sources

The data made available through the Open Charge Map system and related services is sourced from many locations and is often provided directly (“crowd sourced”) by our users and those of apps using our services.

Credit and Most importantly our thanks goes to following major data sources currently included in our database:

Open Charge Map Contributors (http://openchargemap.org)

 License: Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)

afdc.energy.gov (http://www.afdc.energy.gov/)

 License: This data is provided by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (“NREL”), which is operated by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (“Alliance”), for the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”), and may be used for any purpose whatsoever.

Mobie.pt (http://www.mobie.pt)

 License: Public Data redistributed by agreement

UK National Charge Point Registry (http://chargepoints.dft.gov.uk)

 License: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0.

Nobil.no (http://www.nobil.no)

 License: NOBIL by Transnova, Norway is licensed under Creative Commons 3.0 Unported License

AddÉnergie Technologies Inc. (http://www.addenergietechnologies.com/)

 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Catalan Energy Institute (ICAEN) (http://icaen.gencat.cat/)

 License: General public data

Oplaadpalen.nl (http://www.oplaadpalen.nl/)

 License: Licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 : http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/