HOW WE RECORD DATA
A snapshot, not a live feed.
The trackers on this site are dated records with sources attached. They are not a live inventory, a funding portal or a dealer quote.
Electruck News publishes two working notebooks alongside the reporting: an incentives tracker and a trucks and equipment database. Both are assembled by hand from public sources, then frozen at a recorded check date. This page explains how to read them.
Check the date first.
Every program row and every dated model profile has a source-check date. That is the last time the record was compared with the source we have on file. It is not a promise that the number is still current. Status, funding, availability and specs can change after that date.
A model marked "Needs verification" does not have a dated source check in this snapshot. Treat those specifications and the recorded status as provisional.
A blank is not a zero.
If a battery, range, amount or deadline field is empty, it means the figure was not recorded, not that it is zero. Company claims stay attributed to the source. Trials are not full rollouts. Applications are not awards. A recorded "on sale" status is not current dealer inventory.
How incentive status is grouped.
The incentives table keeps the original status wording from the record. Filters group that wording into a shorter set: recorded open, mixed or varies, paused or pending, closed or unavailable, and needs recheck. "Needs recheck" is used when a recorded calendar deadline has already passed and the status still reads as open. Those rows are flagged in the table so they are not mistaken for a live, open window.
Amounts can be per vehicle, per site or a total program budget. Confirm eligibility, remaining funds and deadlines with the agency before you plan around a row.
How model records are kept.
The equipment database includes on-sale, announced, pilot and discontinued models. Market fields use Y when a model was listed in the recorded US or Canada check, and N when it was not listed in that check. Configurations, test conditions and GVWR classes differ across sources, so two similar rows should not be treated as a head-to-head test.
Range, charge time and peak power are carried from the source. They are not independently tested here.
Sources, downloads and limits.
Stories and tracker rows link out to the sources used for that record. External pages are not automatically re-checked at build time. You can download a CSV snapshot of the incentives and model tables. Those files are the same dated snapshot as the pages, not a live data feed.
The site does not include a charging-vendor directory. Some organizations are omitted under a content policy and will not appear in the trackers or the reporting on this site.
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