How to find electric car charging points on Google Maps

(Pocket-lint) - Google Maps has added the quality to find electrical conveyance (EV) charging locations, bringing other convenience diagnostic for drivers of EVs.

The caller diagnostic is disposable successful some the UK and the US and volition show charging points from a wide scope of antithetic charging networks. 

All you person to bash connected Google Maps is hunt for "EV charging stations" and it volition hunt the contiguous country for chargers, returning accusation connected what benignant of charger is disposable truthful you tin marque definite you're going to beryllium capable to plug your car in. You'll besides beryllium capable to spot if the charger is being utilized oregon if it's disposable (although we've not yet seen this accusation reflected connected maps successful the UK).

A December 2019 update successful Maps allows you to designate which plug benignant you're utilizing - J1772, CCS (Combo 1), Type 2, CCS (Combo 2), CHAdeMO, Tesla - truthful you needn't interest astir whether a presumption volition person the applicable charger. That makes the accusation comparable to Zap Map.

The summation of EV charging accusation is perchance utile for those readying longer journeys and wondering wherever they volition beryllium capable to halt and charge, oregon looking for a charging determination adjacent a vacation destination.

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So if you're utilizing Google Maps for navigation, you tin crippled a way and past hunt for EV charging stations, making it truly casual to adhd a charging halt to a route. If you're a instrumentality of Android Auto and regularly thrust utilizing Google Maps, past it's further utile information.

There's 1 happening to ticker retired for however: it doesn't ever cognize if a charger has restricted entree oregon is private. For example, if a charger is successful a car parks down a barriers, oregon attached to a peculiar premises, it mightiness beryllium marked but not really publically accessible.

_{This nonfiction was archetypal published connected 23 April 2019 and has been updated to bespeak caller features wrong the app.}

Writing by Chris Hall.