Research & Press
Free access for research and press
Researchers, NGOs and journalists can use Chargalytics Analytics free for 12 months, for non-commercial work. In return, credit us wherever our numbers appear: Source: Chargalytics (chargalytics.com).
Who it's for
People who work at a university, a research institute, a newsroom or a non-profit organisation: researchers, students writing a thesis, journalists and NGO staff.
Open to applicants in every country. You can write your application in any language.
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What you get
- The same as our Analytics plan: the charging map with live status and usage history, country dashboards, the CPO benchmark, ChargiPedia company profiles and the personalised newsletter.
- The Research API, also as an MCP server for AI assistants: aggregated figures by country, region and operator with monthly time series, plus ChargiPedia, the event registry and our articles. API documentation
- Free for 12 months. Renew by applying again.
- Not included: the Projects planning tool, file exports and our commercial Data API. We never provide raw data.
The terms in short
- Non-commercial use only: research, teaching, journalism and NGO work.
- Every published chart, figure or finding that uses our numbers carries the credit: Source: Chargalytics (chargalytics.com)
- No redistribution of our data, and no paid consulting on top of it. Commercial use needs a paid plan.
- Access lasts 12 months. We email you a month before it ends, and you can apply again to renew.
This is a short summary. The full Research & Press terms (opens in a new tab) govern your access.