US DC fast charging averages by DCFC Tracker

The tracker covers pricing at 12,006 sites and 66,656 stalls, representing 74% of the sites and 85% of the stalls in its tracked network.

National pricing is broadly stable

As of 2 September, the national average was down 0.1% over seven days and 0.2% over one month, but 1.0% higher than three months earlier.

The state-level spread is much wider. California averages $0.618/kWh, while Hawaii is the most expensive market in the tracker at $1.035/kWh. Nebraska is the lowest-priced state shown at $0.378/kWh.

DCFC Tracker sources pricing from charging-network public data and excludes free sites. Membership and subscription rates can be lower than the non-member prices used in the average.

UK rapid charging is considerably more expensive on the latest tracker

Zapmap’s July 2026 Price Index puts the weighted average PAYG price for UK rapid and ultra-rapid charging at 80p/kWh for chargers rated at 50 kW and above.

At the 31 August exchange rate, the US figure of $0.545/kWh is equivalent to roughly 40p/kWh. On that basis, the tracked US national average is around half the UK rapid and ultra-rapid weighted average.

That comparison should be treated cautiously. DCFC Tracker calculates a non-member US market average from the sites for which it has pricing, while Zapmap weights UK prices using estimated energy delivered across the networks in its model. Taxes, power bands, network mix and local electricity-market structures also differ.

Public charging prices vary substantially by market

The state differences show why there is no single underlying ‘cost of DC charging’ even within one country.

Electricity prices, demand charges, land, utilisation, site connection costs, network business models and local competition all feed into the tariff seen by the driver.

For drivers without reliable home charging, those differences can have a material effect on the running cost of an EV.

The DCFC Tracker figure is useful as a market signal, but it is not an official national charging-price statistic and does not cover every US fast-charging location.