{"_note":"Charging buildout tracker (build-charging.py -> site/ev-charging-buildout.html). Quarterly: Paren US report (~2 weeks after quarter end), AFDC counts (1st of month), NEA China monthly (~20th), Tesla from Paren/AFDC. Prepend newest first.",
"asof":"2026-10-27",
"us":[{"q":"Q3 2026","ports":80964,"stations":14614,"added":4106,"addedStations":664,"teslaShare":49,"teslaAdded":1287,"src":["Paren Q3 2026 US fast-charging report","https://www.paren.app/reports/us-ev-fast-charging-q3-2026"]},
      {"q":"Q2 2026","ports":76858,"stations":13950,"added":4618,"addedStations":null,"teslaShare":null,"teslaAdded":null,"src":["Paren Q2 2026 (derived: Q3 total minus Q3 additions)","https://www.paren.app/"]}],
"afdc":{"date":"2026-09-01","dcfc":76236,"tesla":37995,"note":"AFDC counts public DC fast ports across all connectors; Paren's universe is larger, so do not mix the two series.","src":["AFDC via EV Infrastructure News","https://www.evinfrastructurenews.com/ev-networks/us-public-ev-charging-network-surpasses-250-000-charging-ports"]},
"china":[{"m":"Sep 2026","total":24777000,"public":5207000,"private":19570000,"added":554000,"yoy":37.2,"src":["NEA via China EV Home, Oct 22, 2026","https://chinaevhome.com/2026/10/22/chinas-ev-charging-infrastructure-reaches-24-78-million-units-by-end-september/"]},
         {"m":"Aug 2026","total":24223000,"public":null,"private":null,"added":null,"yoy":null,"src":["NEA via China EV Home, Sep 23, 2026","https://chinaevhome.com/2026/09/23/chinas-ev-charging-infrastructure-reaches-24-223-million-units-by-end-august/"]},
         {"m":"Jul 2026","total":23680000,"public":null,"private":null,"added":null,"yoy":null,"src":["NEA via gov.cn, Aug 25, 2026","https://english.www.gov.cn/archive/statistics/202608/25/content_WS6a8cf5edc6d00ca5f9a0cc67.html"]}],
"chinaTargets":["28 million charging points by end-2027 (three-year programme, Oct 2025)","Over 40 million by 2030 (15th Five-Year Plan)","Public fast-charge capacity 266 GW at end-September; 51 kW average per public connector"],
"notes":["US additions slowed from 4,618 ports in Q2 to 4,106 in Q3 as NEVI funding stalled and Tesla raised prices; Tesla still built almost a third of new ports.","China adds more connectors in a month (554,000) than the US has fast ports in total; most are private home chargers.","The US network passed 250,000 total public ports (Level 2 + DC) in 2026 per AFDC."]}