# Open Charge Map EV Charging Station Locator

> Open Charge Map EV Charging Station Locator is a paid API for AI agents from x402-endpoints.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns nearby EV charging stations from Open Charge Map given a coordinate and search radius, including operator, connector type, power level, number of points, and status.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402-endpoints.onrender.com/ev/charging
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/open-charge-map-ev-charging-station-locator-912f4775
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_2Hzxr7JhiMgRAvwKSDt5O

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability open-charge-map-ev-charging-station-locator-912f4775
```

Example prompt: Find me EV charging stations within 15km of latitude 48.85, longitude 2.35 in Paris — show me up to 20 stations with their connector types, power output, and current status.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured EV charging station data for a specific geographic location with details like connector type, power level, and operational status — especially when building EV trip planners, route assistants, or fleet charging tools. Prefer this over general web search when you need machine-readable, structured station metadata from a trusted global EV database.

## Known failure modes

- Missing latitude or longitude returns a 400 validation error
- Distance value outside (0-200] range rejected
- maxresults outside [1-200] range rejected
- No stations found in the given radius returns empty array
- Open Charge Map upstream API unavailable causes 502/503
- Payment not attached or insufficient USDC balance returns 402

## How this service works

EV charging stations worldwide from Open Charge Map — give a location and radius, get nearby stations with operator, connector type, power (kW), number of points and status.

## Output

A list of nearby EV charging stations (up to maxresults), each with operator name, connector/plug type, power rating in kW, number of charge points, and operational status — sourced from Open Charge Map's global database.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "latitude",
      "longitude"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "distance": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Search radius in km (0-200], e.g. 5"
      },
      "latitude": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Latitude of search center, e.g. 48.85"
      },
      "longitude": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Longitude of search center, e.g. 2.35"
      },
      "maxresults": {
       "type": "integer",
       "description": "Max stations to return [1-200], e.g. 20"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "count": 1,
  "query": {
   "latitude": 48.85,
   "longitude": 2.35,
   "distance_km": 5
  },
  "cached": false,
  "source": "Open Charge Map (api.openchargemap.io)",
  "stations": [
   {
    "id": 198782,
    "town": null,
    "title": "SAEMES | PARKING LAGRANGE",
    "status": null,
    "address": "19 rue Maubert 75005 Paris",
    "latitude": 48.8507,
    "operator": null,
    "postcode": null,
    "longitude": 2.3487,
    "country_id": 80,
    "num_points": null,
    "usage_cost": null,
    "connections": [
     {
      "type": "Type 2 (Socket Only)",
      "status": "Operational",
      "power_kw": 22,
      "quantity": 2,
      "operational": true,
      "current_type_id": 20
     }
    ],
    "distance_km": 0.21,
    "operational": null,
    "date_last_verified": "2022-08-23T10:36:00Z"
   }
  ],
  "timestamp": "2026-06-24T14:30:00Z"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/open-charge-map-ev-charging-station-locator-912f4775/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402-endpoints.onrender.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402-endpoints.onrender.com/llms.txt)