An app or website that shows charging stations and maps?

[jimbo69ny]

I'm looking for something like gmaps and plugshare combined. Have you guys have seen something like that?

If I take a long trip, like through multiple states, I'd like to be able to plan my stops and even call ahead to make sure the plug is actually there and working.

 

[jimbo69ny]

I just found this site but it doesn't pull from plug share. I'm not sure where it gets its data but it's mostly dealers.
http://evjourney.com/


If this doesn't already exist, it's a great idea for an app.
Pulls from all sources
Works as simply as gmaps
You can enter your vehicles range
It will give you station by station directions as you progress through your total journey.
You enter your start point and finish point and based on the stations available and your vehicles range, it will tell you if you can make the trip or not.

Anyone know a good app developer?

 

[jimbo69ny]

This site lists off a bunch if sites but none of them can do what I listed above.
http://www.plugincars.com/maps-apps-how-find-charging-stations-wild-107378.html

The department of energy site does show stations along a route but it doesn't have nearly as many stations as plug share
http://www.afdc.energy.gov/locator/stations/route/results?utf8=%E2%9C%93&start=simi+valley+ca&end=ithaca+ny&filtered=true&fuel=ELEC&owner=all&payment=all&ev_level1=true&ev_level2=true&ev_dc_fast=true&radius_miles=5

 

[TonyWilliams]

If this doesn't already exist, it's a great idea for an app.
Pulls from all sources
Works as simply as gmaps
You can enter your vehicles range

How exactly would you know your range? That's something the app should compute based on temperature, elevation, specific vehicle profile, wind, road conditions, vehicle speed, heater use (remember, EV's don't have an inefficient oil engine to cull waste heat from), etc.

We did a project like that for the LEAF called "LEAF Energy".

 

[jimbo69ny]

If this doesn't already exist, it's a great idea for an app.
Pulls from all sources
Works as simply as gmaps
You can enter your vehicles range

How exactly would you know your range? That's something the app should compute based on temperature, elevation, specific vehicle profile, wind, road conditions, vehicle speed, heater use (remember, EV's don't have an inefficient oil engine to cull waste heat from), etc.

We did a project like that for the LEAF called "LEAF Energy".

You wouldnt have to even get that technical. If its summer time and you usually get 125, figure you have a range of 100-110 before you need to be at the next charging station.

Ive actually started a spread sheet plotting the charging stations on a route from Cali to Ithaca NY. I was thinking about flying to LA, buying yours or another EV and driving it back to ny. After 13 stops I would be stranded in Denver. Because the next stop after Denver (according to Plugshare) is 212 miles away at the Ogallala Police Department, 400-498 E 2nd St, Ogallala, Nebraska, 69153. It looks like there are a couple other gaps larger than 100 miles on the route so unfortunately I dont think I will be driving it home.

I found out you can get directions on Plugshare.com that show all the charging stations along your route but its not available on their app.

I figured driving it from one coast to the other would have been a challenge but Im not even sure its possible.

 

[TonyWilliams]

You wouldnt have to even get that technical. If its summer time and you usually get 125, figure you have a range of 100-110 before you need to be at the next charging station.

Well, as somebody who has actually driven the car thousands of miles at a time, yes, to be 100% successful at long distance travel, you need to know.

Arbitrarily limiting the range to some capricious number like 100 - 100 miles won't save you if the car only goes 95 miles, eh?

 

[jimbo69ny]

You wouldnt have to even get that technical. If its summer time and you usually get 125, figure you have a range of 100-110 before you need to be at the next charging station.

Well, as somebody who has actually driven the car thousands of miles at a time, yes, to be 100% successful at long distance travel, you need to know.

Arbitrarily limiting the range to some capricious number like 100 - 100 miles won't save you if the car only goes 95 miles, eh?

Yeah that's true. I'm just not that tech savvy that I can build an app, let alone one that considers all of those variables. I'm sure someone can do it but that someone isnt me.

 

[mikegerard]

Just buy the jesla.... Maybe you can work a deal with the guy you're buying the rav4 from

Then you can charge at rv parks. That really expands your options.

 

[Michael Bornstein]

Be flexible. Instead of taking I-80, try I-70 for the stretch. Plugshare does list a Comfort Inn with a 120 outlet partway between Denver and Ogallala that might work for you. In fact, Having lived in the frozen north (Minnesota) for 4 years, I found that most public establishments (hotels, parking structures, even restaurants) had 120V outlets all over the place so that people could plug in their block heaters to keep cars warm during the winter. You could check with hotels along the route to see if you could use them to recharge. A "Quick240" might also help if these outlets are on different lines. Check also with KOA to see if there are any campgrounds with available 14-50 outlets, and get yourself a portable EVSE (GlennD on the Leaf forum sells them). If you really want to drive cross country, you can do it and you don't have to be as tech savvy as Tony to do it.

Anyway, if you go to Cornell, you should be able to figure it out (my brother graduated from there about 1951)