Pages

Reference, milestones, and feature notes from the project.

FAQ

How do I participate?Spot a Fisker Ocean, photograph the plate, and text or upload it. Here's every way in — plus how to follow along and find your profile.
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Why are there Fisker Oceans in NYC?Coverage of Fisker Oceans being bought at auction and used as ride-share vehicles in NYC.
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What are Ocean Points (◎p)?Ocean Points reward contributors who find Oceans we've never seen before — and the harder they get to find, the more valuable they become.
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What are badges?Proper recognition for Ocean spotting done well
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What is Oceans of NYC?A community scavenger hunt for every Fisker Ocean operating on NYC streets — before they all disappear.
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Milestones

Mamdami makes a cameoThe Mayor of New York City tried to photobomb an Ocean sighting. We are choosing to take this as an endorsement.
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A Big WeekThree milestones in eight days: 75% of Oceans found, 5,000 sightings, and 2,000 unique Oceans.
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ABC News' Press Play podcast features Oceans of NYCThe Memorial Day episode explores the world of interesting hobbies
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May 8th in Ocean historyRecords fell on May 8, 2026: first 100+ sighting day, 21 contributors, 3,000 total sightings, 1,500 Oceans, 60% of the fleet.
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50%Halfway. 2,465 Oceans estimated to be on the road, and we've now seen half of them.
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Finally, Staten Island fallsStaten Island finally entered the catalog. Backgrounds verified — this was actually Staten Island.
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Ocean in a Car washairlineflyer.net followed an Ocean through a car wash to get the most unique photos of an Ocean to date. Maybe. Yes.
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10%The first notch on the progress bar. 231 Oceans logged from 245 sightings by 29 contributors.
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Jalopnik covers Oceans of NYC, we've hit the big timeAmber DaSilva wrote up the project for Jalopnik. We are, by any reasonable measure, internet-famous now.
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Features

Introducing Photo TagsAnyone can now tag sighting photos — rare colors, multi-Ocean frames, great photography, and the ones that are just so New York.
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Missed ConnectionsA new page shows the moments when two contributors spot the same Ocean on the same day, without knowing it.
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Introducing First-Sighting RateA new graph on the stats page shows how often new Oceans are being found — versus how often we'd expect, given the TLC fleet.
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Introducing BadgesA new badge system rewards contributors for milestones, geography, plate patterns, and a few sequences only the truly devoted will hit.
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Introducing the Stats pageA live view of project progress — sightings, contributors, first-sighting rate, and the leaderboard.
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