Ways to plan your driving routes

[Evholic_101]

Hi! What other ways do you guys plan your driving route? (excepting the known route planners).

 

[Billj]

I think there are two good ways to do this. The built-in planner. Or A Better Route Planner. The only benefit to ABRP that I can find is it will allow round-trip planning, which is a necessity if you cannot charge at your destination for the trip back. Or to route to Superchargers because the built-in planner does not believe we can charge there yet. (you can, but it's a hack/cheat).

 

[AcuraRex]

There are several web-based tools, and ChargeHub is a great one. It provides a simple map of chargng stations, making it easy to find one nearby or plan trips.

 

[Billj]

I forgot about ChargeHub. Will it work on Apple CarPlay? I know A Better Route Planner will.

The big drawback I see to any of these systems, over the built-in mapping/routing software, is they do not know the current State-of-Charge of the vehicle, and cannot automatically initiate fast charge prepping.

(Not true of all EV's. Friend's Mach-E for example, Apple Maps can do all that. It knows your current charge level to more accurately route plan, can initiate battery prep, etc.)