LIVE FILTERS
Filter by fuel and access. On mobile, drag the map and use the drawer below.
THE HOT TAKE
Most of the alternative fuel network is now electric charging. That is good news if you drive an EV near the dense clusters. It is also a warning: alternative infrastructure is not one future, it is several uneven futures competing for pavement.
SECRET SOCIETY MODE
Switch the map to hydrogen and the country turns into negative space. That absence is the story: a fuel can be technologically real and geographically imaginary at the same time.
STATE LAB
LESSONS FROM THE CSV PIT
The CSV was usable, but not legible. The app’s job is translation.
A station can exist on paper and still be gated behind private fleet access.
California’s lead is not subtle. Infrastructure abundance is a policy artifact.
No API required: preprocess once, deploy anywhere, let the browser do the interrogation.