What's New

The data download URLSession code has been completely re-written with async/await functions resulting in faster download and decoding.
Help files have been improved.
A bug on the utilities screen that rarely caused a progress view to hang has been fixed.

App Description

Vehicle alternative fuel locations and mapping directions to those locations. Full United States coverage. A default filter can be set to any state or any category of fuel. A global filter can be set to produce stations within a user-defined radius of the user location. A global filter can be set to produce stations within a user-defined radius of a user-defined coordinate. Standard iOS search capability is available for filtering on the station name or city.

Data for the fuel types of BioDiesel, Compressed Natural Gas, Ethanol(85), Electric, Hydrogen, Liquefied Natural Gas and Liquified Petroleum Gas are included.

Any service location can be mapped by state or by a user-specified radius from the user location.

Full data on the service location is shown as provided by the source. This can include service location name, location, type of fuel, hours, credit cards accepted, fuel-specific hardware and more.

Data is provided by the US Department of Energy.

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • May 08, 2017 Initial release
  • June 14, 2019 New version 3.0
  • September 16, 2023 New version 4.0
  • April 25, 2024 New version 7.0