How Refuelia works, when you need an account, where its data comes from, and how your privacy is handled. Can't find your answer? Contact us.
Refuelia is a free, worldwide live map of fuel stations and EV chargers. It combines open map data from OpenStreetMap with verified external data and contributions from signed-in drivers, so you can see which stations are nearby, what fuel and connectors they offer, their opening hours, and, where it is available, recent availability and prices. The full data model is explained on How it works.
Yes. The map and all core features are free to use, with no subscription.
No account is required to browse the map, search for stations or check available information, or to confirm with one tap that a station has fuel. Posting a price, a comment or a review does need a free Google sign-in. A free account is needed only to publish comments, submit reviews, confirm station information, upload photos and build a contributor reputation. You can sign in securely with Google.
Sign-in helps Refuelia reduce spam, prevent duplicate or abusive reports and build a more trustworthy community. Your public contributions may display your chosen profile name and avatar, but your email address is never shown publicly.
Refuelia may receive your Google account identifier, display name, email address and profile photo, depending on the permissions you approve. Your email address is not displayed publicly.
Your public display name and profile photo may appear next to comments, reviews and reports. Your email address remains private.
Yes. You can request account deletion from your account settings (My profile → Privacy & account settings) or by contacting [email protected].
Two sources: OpenStreetMap for the station itself, and signed-in driver reports for what's happening right now. Prices come from official feeds where a country has one, otherwise from drivers. Refuelia never invents availability, prices or reviews: the full data model is explained on How it works.
OpenStreetMap is updated continuously by its global community. New reports are displayed after they are successfully submitted and processed; update frequency may vary depending on the data source. Open/closed status is calculated live from each station's opening hours and your device clock.
Not always. Prices come from official or verified open data where available, or from driver reports, and are always shown with a timestamp so you can judge how fresh they are. Prices change frequently: treat them as a guide and confirm at the pump.
Prices vary by data source, by how recently they were reported, by fuel grade, and because stations change their prices often. When a price looks old, Refuelia shows when it was last updated.
When you open the map it loads real fuel and EV stations for the area you're viewing from OpenStreetMap. Tap any station to see its details, opening hours, fuel or connector types, and any available information. Zoom or search a city to load stations elsewhere.
Only stations that exist in OpenStreetMap are shown. In some areas the map data is sparse, and you need to zoom in for stations to load. If a station is missing, anyone can add it on OpenStreetMap and it will then appear on Refuelia.
Only to centre the map on you and show the nearest stations. Your location is used in your browser and is not sent to or stored on our servers. You can decline and simply search a city or address instead.
Garages, tyre shops, oil-change centres and car washes, the auto-service points mapped in OpenStreetMap. Use the Repair & service filter on the map, or the Services page, to find them near you.
From OpenStreetMap, like everything on the map. Opening hours and services offered appear where they've been mapped; Refuelia never invents them.
Set the map filter to Repair & service, or open the Services page and search your area. Tap a marker for hours and what it offers, where known.
EV charging locations mapped in OpenStreetMap, with connector types such as CCS, Type 2, CHAdeMO, Tesla/NACS, GB/T and Type 1 (J1772) where that detail has been mapped.
Switch the map filter to EV chargers to show only charging locations. Some networks provide live status; other locations show mapped connector and power details only. Refuelia shows the source and timestamp so you can tell live status from static map data.
A public message board where drivers share what they're seeing right now: queues, prices, closures, working chargers and open garages. Reading is free for everyone. Open it from in the menu.
Reading the chat is free and open to everyone. To post a message you sign in with a free Google account: this keeps the conversation accountable and cuts down on spam.
Yes. Every message is public and moderated. Personal details, illegal, hateful or spammy messages are removed and repeat offenders are blocked. See our Community Guidelines.
Plan a trip and Refuelia shows fuel and charging stops along the way, so you can choose where to refuel or charge without leaving your route. Open it from Along my route on the home search.
By putting real stations (and, where available, timestamped prices) right on your route, you can pick a cheaper or better-placed stop instead of pulling off blindly. You decide; Refuelia just shows what's actually there.
Confirming a station takes one tap and no account at all. A free Google sign-in is needed only to post a price, a comment or a review, so a named person stands behind those. Open a station and use the Confirm or Report options to say whether fuel is in stock and how long the queue is.
Sign in with Google, open a station, and add a comment. Comments help other drivers know what to expect.
When several signed-in drivers confirm the same thing, confidence rises, and Refuelia shows how many confirmations there are and how recent they are. Conflicting reports are flagged rather than hidden. The full trust model is explained on How it works.
As little as possible. For rate-limiting we store a hashed value of your IP address and the date, never your raw IP. If you sign in with Google, we store your Google account identifier, display name, email address and profile image to run your account and show your contributor profile; your email is never shown publicly. See the Privacy Policy for full detail.
Yes. When you are signed in, you can delete your account and its personal data from your profile menu, or email [email protected] to request deletion. Some contributions may be anonymised rather than removed where they are needed to preserve the accuracy and continuity of station information.
Essential cookies and local storage keep the site working (theme, language, saved stations). Analytics and advertising cookies are only used with your consent, enforced with Google Consent Mode. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time using in the footer.
Use Report a Problem in the footer, or the report option on a station. For map details like the wrong address or brand, you can also fix it directly on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to Refuelia.
Email [email protected], or use the Contact page. For privacy questions, email [email protected].
Open it, look, drive on. If you saw something worth passing on, you can confirm fuel or a working charger there and then without an account. A price or a comment needs a free Google sign-in.
Where there’s really fuel and a really working charger, right now. Prices come from drivers — someone types in what they actually paid, so it is real, timestamped, and missing until somebody posts it. We never invent a number. Fuel and EV together, worldwide, free.
Passed a station today? Confirm it on the map — one tap, no account, and the next driver sees it.
What a pin can say
Every other map draws the first one and stops. The last two are the point: when nobody has checked, this map says nobody has checked, instead of guessing green.