Fuel & Charging
Fuel & Charging is a data page on the Domestic Intelligence desk of Glassbox Auditing. What drivers pay for gasoline and diesel each week by region and state, set beside crude and other countries' pump prices, plus listed EV charging prices, where stations and chargers are, and the cost to drive 100 miles on gas or electricity. Fuel is a visible weekly cost, so pump prices feed inflation and what households have left to spend.
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What is on this page today?
- 167,200 public EV charging sites in 126 countries; United Kingdom has the most outside North America (26,025) — 214,939 DC plugs, 108,386 of them 150 kW or faster. US and Canadian listings here are partial (AFDC is the source for them, sections 4 and 5), so they are left out of the ranking. (Open Charge Map (CC BY 4.0), 7 Nov 2026)
- 83,992 public EV charging stations in the U.S., +1,127 in 30 days — 79,854 DC fast-charging ports · +813 fast ports in 30 days (U.S. Department of Energy (Alternative Fuels Data Center), 6 Nov 2026)
- US public chargers that list a price charge a median $0.40 a kWh (07 Nov 2026) — 2,357 of 83,992 stations list a $/kWh rate and 8,738 say free; the middle half list $0.30 to $0.50. Paid fast-charging networks rarely list prices, so this is not an index. Change since this terminal's record began on… (Alternative Fuels Data Center (U.S. Department of Energy), 6 Nov 2026)
- 28.3 registered EVs for every public charging port nationally; Hawaii is the most stretched at 42 — EVs registered at the end of 2025 (AFDC) over public level 1, level 2 and DC fast ports on 07 Nov 2026; fewest: Wyoming (8.6). There are 2,691 registered light vehicles for each gasoline station. (Alternative Fuels Data Center (U.S. Department of Energy), 6 Nov 2026)
- Listed charging prices run highest in Sacramento, CA: a $0.57 a kWh median across 12 stations — Cities where at least 10 stations list a $/kWh price (16 cities); the lowest is Madison, NJ at $0.20. Only listed prices count, and a city's mix of stations changes its median. (Alternative Fuels Data Center (U.S. Department of Energy), 6 Nov 2026)
- ChargePoint Network runs the most US public charging stations: 49,224, 59% of 83,992 — Stations by the network that operates them (AFDC's list of public stations); Blink Network 5,844, Tesla Destination 3,922, Tesla 3,318. (Alternative Fuels Data Center (U.S. Department of Energy), 6 Nov 2026)
- Regular gasoline, U.S. average: $4.153 a gallon, -11.6¢ on the week — +111.8¢ on a year earlier (EIA, 1 Nov 2026)
- Regular gasoline, California: $5.748 a gallon, -14.0¢ on the week — +139.0¢ on a year earlier (EIA, 1 Nov 2026)
- Diesel, U.S. average: $6.292 a gallon, -6.0¢ on the week — +257.4¢ on a year earlier (EIA, 1 Nov 2026)
- Regular gasoline costs $1.78 a gallon more than the crude oil in it (week of 02 Nov 2026), +$0.20 on a year earlier — Pump price $4.15; WTI crude $100 a barrel, $2.38 a gallon. The gap is refining, distribution, retail margin and taxes. Weekly moves in crude line up best with the pump 1 week later (correlation 0.60, last 10 years): a… (EIA (retail gasoline and WTI spot price), 1 Nov 2026)
- In the median state, 100 miles costs $19.53 in gasoline, $6.08 charged at home and $14.88 on listed public chargers — Median rated model of 2026 (21 MPG gasoline, 37 kWh per 100 miles electric; model counts, not sales-weighted). Gasoline at each state's EIA price for 02 Nov 2026 (its region's where EIA prices no state); home power at… (EIA; Alternative Fuels Data Center (U.S. Department of Energy); EPA fuel economy ratings, 1 Nov 2026)
- Denmark has the EU's dearest pump price: $10.56 a gallon of Euro-super 95 with taxes (week of 02 Nov 2026); US regular is $4.15 — 0 of 27 countries are cheaper than US regular, converted at the week's euro rate. Euro-super 95 is the closest grade to US midgrade; compare with care. Canada, self-service regular in September 2026: St. John's $5.79 a… (European Commission (Weekly Oil Bulletin); Statistics Canada, 1 Nov 2026)
- Households spent 3.8% of their disposable income on energy in September 2026, +0.5 points on a year earlier — Spending on energy goods and services (fuel and utilities, annual rate) over after-tax income: the share of household budgets the pump and the power bill take. (Bureau of Economic Analysis, 29 Sep 2026)
- 109,174 gasoline stations in the US in 2023, -0.1% on 2022 — Employer establishments in NAICS 447 across the states, 1998 to 2023: closures mean fewer, bigger stations or demand moving to EVs and efficiency. (Census Bureau (County Business Patterns), 11 Mar 2023)
Where does the data come from?
Items on this page come from Open Charge Map (CC BY 4.0); U.S. Department of Energy (Alternative Fuels Data Center); Alternative Fuels Data Center (U.S. Department of Energy); EIA; EIA (retail gasoline and WTI spot price); EIA; Alternative Fuels Data Center (U.S. Department of Energy); EPA fuel economy ratings; European Commission (Weekly Oil Bulletin); Statistics Canada; Bureau of Economic Analysis. Each item links to its own source. All sources, how items are checked.
What does this page lead to?
- Prices & Inflation (Macro): Gasoline is about 3% of the CPI basket and its most volatile part, so a pump-price jump shows in headline inflation the same month. (moves the same way; same month; economy scale) Source: EIA Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update (weekly retail $/gallon).
- Household Finances (Macro): Gasoline and other energy goods are a fixed weekly cost for most households, so higher pump prices leave less for other spending, and lower-income households feel it most. (moves the other way; weeks; economy scale) Source: BEA personal consumption: gasoline and other energy goods; Census households, via FRED.
- Oil to Prices (Macro): Diesel is one of trucking's two largest costs, so higher diesel prices feed truckload freight rates and, through them, the prices of goods moved by road. (moves the same way; 1-3 months; economy scale) Source: BLS producer price indexes for freight (truckload, LTL, rail, deep-sea, air) and the Cass Freight Index, via FRED.
- Auto & Energy (Companies): Higher gasoline prices widen the running-cost gap per 100 miles between gas and electric cars, which raises the appeal of EV makers' cars. (moves the same way; months; company scale) Source: EIA Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update (weekly retail $/gallon).
- Energy Industry (Companies): Pump prices that rise faster than crude widen the margins of refiners and fuel retailers, and pump prices that lag crude squeeze them. (either way, depending on the cause; weeks; sector scale) Source: EIA Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update (weekly retail $/gallon).
- Vehicles (Domestic Intelligence): A wider gap between gasoline and home-charging cost per 100 miles is one reason buyers choose electric, which shows over years in the electric share of each state's fleet. (moves the same way; years; sector scale) Source: fueleconomy.gov vehicle data (EPA / DOE ratings).
What feeds this page?
- Auto & Energy (Companies): Charging networks and carmakers on this page build the chargers Fuel & Charging counts, and the refiners and fuel retailers here earn the margin between crude and the pump. (moves the same way; months; sector scale) Source: AFDC station locator (EV charging stations, ports and listed prices).
- Energy (Global Intelligence): Refinery outages cut gasoline and diesel supply in the region the refinery serves, which tends to lift that region's pump prices within a week or two. (moves the same way; 1-2 weeks; economy scale) Source: EIA Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update (weekly retail $/gallon).
- Oil & Tankers (Global Intelligence): Crude is the largest part of the price of a gallon, so a sustained crude rise from disrupted tanker flows reaches U.S. pump prices within weeks. (moves the same way; 1-3 weeks; economy scale) Source: EIA Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update (weekly retail $/gallon).
- Wildfires & Hurricanes (Global Intelligence): Gulf of Mexico hurricanes shut offshore oil platforms and Gulf Coast refineries, which tends to lift gasoline and diesel prices for a few weeks, as Hurricane Harvey did in 2017. (moves the same way; 1-3 weeks; economy scale) Source: EIA Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update (weekly retail $/gallon).
- Energy & Materials (Macro): Crude is about half the retail price of a gallon of gasoline, so a lasting move in WTI reaches state pump prices within a couple of weeks. (moves the same way; 1-2 weeks; economy scale) Source: EIA Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update (weekly retail $/gallon).
- Natural Gas (Macro): Gas plants set the price of power in much of the U.S., so higher Henry Hub prices tend to raise retail electricity rates and the cost of charging an EV at home. (moves the same way; months; economy scale) Source: EIA electricity retail sales (residential price by state).
- Oil Stress (Macro): Tighter crude and refining reach the pump within a few weeks, and diesel first when distillate stocks are low. (moves the same way; 1-3 weeks; economy scale) Source: EIA Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update (weekly retail $/gallon).