Does this, or anything close to it, actually exist?

OVMS is aware of your range and location at any moment in time, it also knows the details of charging locations stored in OCM. What it can't do (yet) is help you plan a route or display a route in a user friendly way.

We really need upgraded OVMS hardware with more storage and interfaces to allow it to communicate with the cars CAN bus(s) and BT/WiFi devices in the car (including devices like the Parrot Head units). I've tried to get some traction for some new hardware with both the OVMS and GEVCU developers but haven't got very far

I suspect @Lee Howard and his team will need to provide the lead and get the new hardware developed... if anyone is interested in an open source solution to this problem then let us know

 

So it still seems that the answer is no. We do have the following "sort of do some of it" options which are new or new to me:

• http://www.jurassictest.ch/GR/
  
• http://egomap.eu (island of Ireland only it seems)
  
• http://www.evzone.org.uk/planner/ (in development)
• https://www.evtripplanner.com/planner/ (Tesla mainly, but LEAF in beta)
• http://www.evroutes.com
  
• http://evroute.controtex.com

Any others?

For what it's worth I fired off an email to the Waze team asking about charging points (slightly different thing) and live availability... no response at all yet (week or so later).

 

For what it's worth I fired off an email to the Waze team asking about charging points (slightly different thing) and live availability... no response at all yet (week or so later).

Surprisingly waze has electric pump in France, but not in uk ?
Add for the route planner, the Nissan tool does this, no? May be I misunderstood what you are looking for exactly.

 

I use https://www.evtripplanner.com/planner which, although Tesla biased, does have a) Nissan Leaf (beta) as a vehicle option b) other charging points other than superchargers and c) the ability to route through those points.

 

I've used:

http://www.evroutes.com/

http://www.evzone.org.uk/planner/

http://evroute.controtex.com/

Before. Each one seems to have their ups and downs! They are getting better though.

 

Hello,

I would like to plan a route from Southampton to Birmingham but cannot find a route planner that can incorporate chosen chargers every 60 miles or so, what do you all use or do you all magically know how far is between all the rapids on the motorways?

Thanks

 

For that I use zap map, you have to tell it the chargers you want to visit, I find it quite useful.

 

CarWings Website is supposed to do it ... but it's laughable.

This was on the go, not sure if it's maintained now : EV Route Planner

 

This is another one I use

I like the one that @BlackLeaf suggested, as you can choose which charging points to use.

I like the one I suggested as the interface is nicer, some people prefer fewer options.

AFAIK, neither one will report the status of a charger, so you'll need to check this manually.

 

Shame TomTom or Copilot haven't realised there is a need for this yet, hope they add charge points as a POI soon.

 

Only reliable way I've found is to get the postcodes from ecotricity or zap map and plug them into Google maps. Seems to work ok for me but usually budget for 40 - 50 miles between rapids to leave some redundancy if one is faulty.

 

EV Route Planner as previously mentioned, also Plugshare can also do directions with charge points.

 

Thanks all, I'll give those options a try, I have TomTom on my phone, would be good to have a way to import EV charge points into it.

 

Just for info, you should make Oxford Peartree from Southampton if you drive carefully (grab a 10 min charge at Chieveley to make sure) then up the A44 to Evesham CYC rapid there, then up the A46 and A435 to Birmingham would be my choice for the route. Cheers

 

After Pear Tree at Oxford I'd carry on up the A34 to the M40, you could charge at the Cherwell Valley Services if you needed to otherwise just crack on to Warrick Services and you should get to Brum from there, this will mean you can stay on the Ecotricity network and avoid the £4.50 charge at Enysham

 

Thank you! I may just do that @Rupert Holdsworth.

 

Just found this: RouteChargers.com | Home Page

Create a free account to get the most out of it and tailor charging options for your EV.

Enjoy!

 

Just found this: RouteChargers.com | Home Page
Create a free account to get the most out of it and tailor charging options for your EV. Enjoy!

Just tried this, account created but not logging me in and route shown has no chargers... so I am wondering if this is no longer maintained?

 

Best one I've seen so far, thanks.

 

I think that trying to plan an entire route with more than one charge is an act of faith. On route issues may take you along an entirely different string of chargers.

On a long trip I use Zap Map to list my intended charge points and the plan b locations with postcodes on some extremely low tech paper.
I then just add the next charge point while charging at the current one.

For serious trips I check the mileage to the next point (with appropriate safety margin) and then I only need to stay on the rapid for the minimum time at each stop.

 

Merged a couple of duplicate threads here. Will also update the first post with the one new one that I'd missed.

 

How about ChargeMap app and chargemap.com ? Has basic route planning and is supported by Nissan

 

I'm still using a paper format - pages of Plan A with back-up options, very tedious. It is annoying that Nissan hasn't built a decent route-planner into their own software, but as my Leaf map is now five years out of date, I'm not sure how much use it would be . It's an obvious area for TomTom to develop.

 

but as my Leaf map is now five years out of date, I'm not sure how much use it would be .

I tried using the satnav on the Leaf to get to the chargepoint that it knew about at Cobham services. This is on a new map data card supplied from the manufacturer just a few months ago; the services were opened in 2012. It's now 2015, and the satnav tried to lead me to the services via their service road that is now gated and barricaded, because according to the satnav, the rapid charger was in a field alongside the motorway.

 

Just found this: RouteChargers.com | Home Page

Create a free account to get the most out of it and tailor charging options for your EV.

Enjoy!

Am I missing something here? It gives me a route and shows me the deployment of chargers but it is nothing more than Google maps with chargers. EV Route Planner provides a more comprehensive planning solution.

 

Hi sorry, back now from London.

Route Chargers.com - for me - has a very elegantly designed UI which is why I like using it from time to time. Plugshare allows route planning too and is handy for checking in. I haven't tried EV Route Planner. Will give that a go!

 

I use Zap Map to give the distances between chargers (click on a charger then use the Goto button) it's a bit fiddly but can be done.

 

I love the EV Route planner.

From Sheffield to Newmarket is 7,000 odd miles.

Planned it last night with the same postcodes. Best Western in Newmarket with a charger.

This morning....

.....best thing is travel time 16 hours.....wow. Did someone fiddle with it?

 

I'm not entirely sure that's accurate.

These things are hard.

 

16 hours is doable, you just need to adequately heat shield your car for the trip through the molten core of the planet...