Research Outline

Location Data: Gas and EV Charging Stations

Goals

To understand how Radar and Recargo from previous findings correct and maintain their gas and EV charging station data.

To identify 2-3 more companies in the US that are selling location data of gas and EV charging stations with the following key data points: types of data provided (location, price, charges), key customers of each company, and prices charged for the data provided (if available).

To identify 2-3 companies in Europe that are selling location data of gas and EV charging stations with the following key data points: types of data provided (location, price, charges), key customers of each company, and prices charged for the data provided (if available).

Early Findings

Our research on how Radar/Gasbuddy and Recargo/Plugshare corrects and maintains their gas and EV charging station data, and our preliminary research on identifying more US companies that sell the location data of gas and EV charging stations revealed insights. Here are the key pieces of information we found:

Radar and Recargo Data: Correction and Maintenance

US Companies: Location Data of Gas and EV Stations

  • Other companies in the US that sell the location data of gas stations are: Gas Guru and Waze.