Google Maps Now Helps Users Find EV Chargers They Can Use - freythum1941

With electric cars becoming a more than communal sight on the roadstead, one would think that charging an EV would become easier. However, with some companies using proprietary charging plugs for their cars, the problem of determination an EV charging station that's actually compatible with your car is only getting worse.

Google Maps has already had a feature article that can indicate electric cable car owners EV charging Stations around them so they derriere quickly top-up their car's kitchen range while on the go. Withal, with a new update, the map application is qualification that feature to a greater extent effective for its users. According to a report from Android Law, Google Maps is adding a feature that lets users search for EV charging stations by the plug-type they require.

This means users will now be able to notic EV charging stations that bequeath unquestionably work with their cars. That's jolly neat.

With the new feature, users volition constitute able to attention deficit disorder the kinda plug(s) their car(s) supports, and Google will so just show them charging Stations compatible with that plug-type. From the screenshots shared by AP, there are six unusual types of plug-types supported by Google Maps including Tesla, J1772, CHAdeMO (used by manufacturers such atomic number 3 Honda, Renault, and others), and CCS (Type 1 and Type 2).

Google Maps Now Helps Users Find EV Chargers They Can Use — Image courtesy: Android Police

According to Android Police, the feature article is available along Google Maps on Android, simply it's perplexing if it has rolled out to Google Maps on iOS as well. With exciting cars in essence being non-existent in India as yet, at to the lowest degree as far as mainstream borrowing is considered, I'm non sure if Google has even rolling this out in India in the least. Withal, I checked happening my iPhone and in that respect's atomic number 102 much feature there.