Photo credits
Every photograph on this site is published under the Unsplash License, which allows commercial use without attribution. We record the photographer and the source anyway. Each file was cropped and converted to WebP for the web. No photograph shows a Tesla or Waymo vehicle.
- hero-charlotte.webp, hero-charlotte-m.webp — Charlotte, North Carolina skyline at twilight, re-cropped to the upper frame and brightened (2026-09-04 polish pass). Brooke Balentine. unsplash.com/photos/XkyoIiDQWYU
- metro-charlotte.webp — Charlotte, North Carolina skyline at sunset. Brooke Balentine. unsplash.com/photos/EvjudCF6F0I
- metro-raleigh.webp — Skyline of Raleigh, NC from the Boylan Bridge. Elijah Mears. unsplash.com/photos/SScbTSOJ00E
- metro-wilmington.webp — Cape Fear Riverwalk, Wilmington, North Carolina. Kevin Dunlap. unsplash.com/photos/jIdbKQyNzX4
- band-raleigh.webp — Raleigh, North Carolina skyline at sunset. Reba Spike. unsplash.com/photos/ICOLTTjYgaA
- band-parking.webp, card-parking.webp — An empty parking garage with lettered columns. Declan Sun. unsplash.com/photos/OMLhHXm9eJg
- band-charging.webp, card-charging.webp — An electric vehicle charging station, plugged in. Haberdoedas. unsplash.com/photos/WBaRzGnZTD0
- band-stadium.webp — Crowd at a stadium concert at night, Denver. Colin Lloyd. unsplash.com/photos/IGiilWV0f20
- band-interchange.webp, about-opener.webp — An aerial view of a highway interchange at night, Atlanta. Venti Views. unsplash.com/photos/woFC4RG6Zhc
- band-interchange-2.webp, card-interchange.webp — Aerial view of a highway interchange at night. Paddma Sambhav. unsplash.com/photos/NCOYAer0vLw
- map-fallback.webp — Static picture behind the live map (shown without JavaScript, under reduced motion, or without WebGL). Drawn by
scripts/map-fallback.mjsfrom U.S. Census Bureau cartographic county boundaries (public domain), drawn to the same bounds as the live map. The live map itself is OpenFreeMap tiles, © OpenMapTiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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